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Gilesgate Bank looking towards Claypath c1910

Cathedral 1980

Cathedral 1980

Court Lane c 1920

On the banks of the river at Durham c 1910.
The roadway leads down to Prebends Bridge which crosses the river to the Bailey, the heartland of Durham University. The cottage in the picture is still there today. Caption, Malcolm Fraser

Durham City.

Durham Cathedral

Gilesgate bank, Durham City in the early 1900s

Elvet Bridge.

Durham Miners' Hall opened 1915.
This building on Red Hills replaced the original Miners Hall in North Road, which is still standing and occupied by a night club and an amusement arcade. The upper floor of the front of the old building still has niches set in it which used to house statues of miners leaders. Caption, Malcolm Fraser

Durham Market Place, dominated by the Church of St Nicholas. c 1910
The domed structure on the right, with the statue of Neptune on top was 'The Pant', originally the only water supply in the City, which was fed from the Fram Spring up near the railway station. The pant was the responsibilty of a 'Pant Master' who received one shilling (5p) a year. This amount was still being paid to the City Engineer in the 1960's. Caption from Malcolm Fraser

Old print of Elvet Bridge.

Durham City

View of Durham City from the Railway Station.

Old Elvet, Durham City c1910

Durham Market Place in the 1960s, police traffic control box to right. A world first for Durham!. In 1960, the traffic control box in Durham market place became the first in the world to be fitted with television screens to control the traffic. They were connected to two cameras, one at the bottom of Silver Street looking at Framwellgate bridge and the other in Saddler Street looking at Elvet bridge. The control box became obsolete when new bridges were built and the market place no longer had all the through traffic. Caption from Malcolm Fraser

The Royal County Hotel in Old Elvet about 1960. Traffic is crossing the old Elvet Bridge in the background, which was pedestrianised after the new roads and bridges were built in the mid-1960's. Caption from Malcolm Fraser

Cathedral from Prebends Bridge.

Durham Cathedral.

The 900 year old Durham Castle with Framwellgate Bridge and River Wear in foreground.
Thanks to Jon for correction.
Through traffic was diverted away from this old bridge in the mid 1960's. MF

Market Place, Durham City, the Church of St Nicholas in the background. The pant in the right foreground was demolished in 1923.

The Keep, Durham Castle.

Postcard

Framwellgate Bridge seen from the Cathedral.This photo was taken before 1965, when new roads and bridges were constructed to take through traffic away from the market place. Caption from Malcolm Fraser

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