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lovely photo g.co/maps/wevxy. One thing that always strikes me about Streetview is how little the infrastructure of Irish town centres has changed. Shop signs, cars and fashions change but buildings are usually recognisable.

Here is something Quite Interesting - the monument (see note) is for Isaac Corry who as Ireland's Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of Union, had introduced a Window Tax (see previous photo comments). " A local legend has it that the [Chancellor's] road was constructed after an incident in which Corry's stagecoach was stoned while passing through Newry by people angry at an unpopular window tax he had introduced." (ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Corry#Later_years)

Moira Thanks for the Street View, Moira, and you're dead right about how often towns change over time, but essentially stay the same!

so amazing

beachcomber australia Thanks for the Isaac Corrry info, and now two of our photos in a row tagged for Window Tax. What are the odds of that?

Halle-flippin-lujah she's back. I've been like a junkie all week suffering withdrawal symptoms. Believe me "Cold Turkey" is not a nice state to be in. Welcome back Carol and I hope thats the end of the leave for this year?

There's an awful lot of weight at the rear of that car and that gentleman in particular. A lot of it is behind the back axle and it could make life interesting going up a steep hill. Imagine travelling on that in a downpour?

Swordscookie Lovely to be back! But afraid not on the leave front. Don't know how to break this to you gently, so you'll have to be a brave soldier - I'm going away again next week (feast or famine!)... But then I'll be around for ages, no flitting off on tourist cars for me! Though if this picture was taken today, the poor tourists would still be huddling in blankets. Brrrr and boooo to the arctic winds!

Crowded buses even then.

Michiel2005 Wonder if it was the same back then - that you waited for ages and then two came along at once?