Where is This? No.178

Published on: 30 Sep, 2015
Updated on: 30 Sep, 2015

By David Rose

Much scratching of heads and wracking of brains must have been going on by those trying to work out last week’s mystery vintage picture, which showed a single-storey building and a chimney.

I was not sure myself, but Brian Holt and Ann and David Bailey, have got it spot on. It was the Corporation Club in Bedford Road, with the chimney belonging to the Guildford Laundry.

Doug and Bill Stanniforth were close when they suggested the location was a dump. (I think it was a bit of a dump).

However, this council-owned site was, in years gone by, where the corporation’s dustcarts deposited their refuse before it was transferred to barges to be taken downstream to its final resting place at Slyfield!

Many will have seen the new ‘Green Man’ artwork on the wall of the new Aldi store (opening on November 5) at Burpham on the site of the former Green Man pub. That was the quirky picture.

Where and what can be seen here?

As promised, we have another bus picture as the mystery vintage picture this week. It is from the collection of Aldershot & District bus historian Peter Trevaskis.

This view in the town centre has changed a bit! But I am expecting many will recognise it. Details of the bus and its destination will also be welcome.

Seen this boundary stone?

This week’s quirky picture features a boundary stone, that is in fact, not too far from that new Aldi store. That’s the clue for you. Do you know where it is and the boundaries it marks?

If you know the answers to this week’s mysteries and can perhaps add some extra facts, please leave a reply in the box below. They will be published at about the same time next week along with two more mystery images.

Responses to Where is This? No.178

Vic Moseley Reply

October 1, 2015 at 11:21 am

This is at the bottom of North Street looking up with John Perrin’s furniture shop to the right and the shops on the left with their awnings down are where the Friary Centre now is.
John Lomas Reply

October 1, 2015 at 4:17 pm

The old picture is the bottom of North Street.

I think the bus is a Loline, possibly 358 (reg SOU 456) or similar fleet number, the route appears to be 20c.

If it is 358 then that vehicle is in preservation and appears on the Dennis Society website.

The shop on the right would appear to be John Perrin’s store after some redevelopment compared with how it looked in the early 1950s.
Christopher Fairs Reply

October 1, 2015 at 10:45 pm

Is it the bottom of North Street with the entrance to Friary Street at the lower right of the picture?

One of the shops (the one with two shutters) I believe was the outfitters, Shirleys. It looks like the 1960s.
Alan Cooper Reply

October 2, 2015 at 1:35 am

North street and in the background church at junction with Woodbridge road. Great photo!
Sheila Atkinson Reply

October 2, 2015 at 11:54 pm

The bus is at the bottom of North Street, opposite Shirley’s store. Spooners florist shop used to be on the right-hand side.

I don’t recognise the boundary stone.
Ray Springer Reply

October 5, 2015 at 11:41 am

The picture shows an Aldershot & District bus at the bottom of North Street.

John Perring is the furniture store on the right of the picture.

The Friary Shopping Centre entrance has now replaced the shops on the left of the photo. I guess the picture is from the mid 1960s.

The bus is a Dennis Loline number 20c bound for Aldershot. In those days there were different routes of the number 20, and I believe the 20c used to continue beyond Aldershot to Farnborough.

I think the boundary stone must be on the London Road at Burpham marking the Borough of Guildford boundary – but that’s a complete guess.
Chris Townsend Reply

October 6, 2015 at 3:17 pm

John Perring’s furniture store was featured in Where Is This? No.58.

It was at the foot of North Street, on the corner of the present Phoenix Court.

There’s a chemist’s shop on the left (Moss?) and Mothercare further up the street, and the Methodist Church, demolished about 1973.

My guess is that the photo was taken not long before that.

The boundary stone is on the London Road, just north of Abbotswood. The stone marked a Parliamentary County Division Boundary, according to an O.S.map of 1896.
Brian Holt Reply

October 6, 2015 at 7:25 pm

1958 Dennis Loline, Gardner engine double decker bus Reg No: SOU 458, fleet no 350 pictured at the bottom of North Street.

Service 20 was Guildford to Aldershot, but certain rush hour Journeys on weekdays extended to Farnborough (Reading Road) service 20c, which is the one in photo.

Because there are no people in the photo it must have been early morning. It may have been going to the bus station empty for the first bus of the day which left at 6.45am for Farnborough.

On the right is John Perring’s furniture store, and on the left the first shop is Moss the Chemist,then Shirley’s clothes shop.
Margaret Cole Reply

October 6, 2015 at 9:15 pm

The Aldershot and District bus number 20c travelling down North Street. John Perrings furniture store on the right and the Methodist Church standing behind.

This bus must be en route to Farnham Road bus station to start its journey.

The 19th century boundary stone marks the parish boundary between Burpham and Worplesdon and can be located just past Abbotswood, London Road, opposite number 168a, hidden slightly behind a lamp post. I nearly missed it!