roundabout

Just a thought... If this is in the UK (London), why are all the vehicles driving on the wrong side of the road? They should be on the left hand side, not the right...

I guess the transparency was scanned the wrong way round. Simple to flip over to get it all correct. The road markings, signage and buildings do look typically British.

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Definitely a reversed image. If you're familiar with the local geography then you are facing west towards Hanger Lane: the spur off the roundabout should be to the south not the north as here. Having said all that the traffic driving on the wrong side of the road is a dead giveaway.

The traffic is indeed a dead giveaway. (Well spotted everyone). Duly flipped.

The chains are still there as is the famine pot(?) but the small statue is gone and the lovely lamp replaced by a palm tree. www.google.es/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x486708991a2e07bf:...

The DIA dates the church to 1866, the tower and spire to 1882.

It is before the Tram arrived

This one in the archive has tram wires, and the creeper has grown across the main door. Clearly later. There is a pole for the tram wires in this little roundabout. The later shot has cobbled roads.

Nelson's Pillar and Kingstown Opened August 1885,

Is that Manors Station at the bottom right of the photo? There's even less of it now if I remember right.

Its hard to believe how big a part of the transport scene it was, I think part of it was used for a couple of scenes in 'Get Carter' . I need to get up to Newcastle again, I haven't visited for a while.