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Neptune's Fountain, Cheltenham, over the years

Neptune's Fountain, Cheltenham, over the years
A composite image of the same area through time - Cheltenham, England.

At the top, a photo taken today, of “Neptune’s Fountain” in front of commercial offices at the end of the block of Municipal Offices in the town centre.

In the middle picture from the 1950s, the same fountain, but behind it used to be the Regal Cinema, opened in 1939, renamed as the “ABC Cinema” in 1962, closed in 1981 and demolished in 1986.

At the bottom, a restored and colourised photograph originally from around 1880, showing the Imperial Rooms at the same site. The building pictured used to be the Imperial Spa, and was originally located about 250m away from the fountain. The Imperial Spa was demolished in 1837 to make way for the construction of the Queen’s Hotel (which is still in operation) and the building was reconstructed brick by brick at the site shown.

Erhard Bernstein, Amelia, Annemarie, Patrick Brandy and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo


6 comments - The latest ones
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Da zeigst du ja sehr schöne Bilder aus der neuen und alten Zeit lieber Gavin,klasse schaut das mit diesen Brunnen aus :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,liebe Grüße Güni :))
3 weeks ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful collage.
3 weeks ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Very interesting collage and information, Gavin!
3 weeks ago.
 Mikus
Mikus club
Eine sehr interessante Zusammenstellung. Prima, Gavin.
3 weeks ago.
 Patrick Brandy
Patrick Brandy club
Intéressante info pour cette belle série bonne journée.
3 weeks ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
The architecture was much more elegant in 1837.
3 weeks ago.

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