Some lovely old postcard pics of Barnsley town centre.

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  1. Mr Badger

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    #1 Mr Badger, Sep 6, 2016
    Do you remember these?

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    Outdoor-Market-Le-Lt.jpg

    barnsley-sheffield-road-c1950_b333001.jpg
     
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    #2 JLWBigLil, Sep 6, 2016
    Wow. I certainly remember the first, second and fourth images.
    Thank you for posting them.
     
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    #3 GloucesterRedsBigBro, Sep 6, 2016
    all bar the Market Hill one.
     
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    #4 SuperTyke, Sep 6, 2016
    Anyone feel like explaining where each one was taken/looking to?
     
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    #5 Gordon Owen, Sep 6, 2016
    - First one is took just down from where Specsavers is looking towards what is now the Alhambra. The white building on the right is still there, Barnsley Building Society.
    - Second one, bus station in the same place, you can see the courthouse building in the background and the church was where Whispers was, l believe.
    - Third one, obviously Market Hill pre town hall, the rusty sculpture is now where the buildings in the foreground are. The two bank buildings at the front are still there. Roughly took where the mushroom used to be
    - Fourth one, probably where Poundland is now is looking towards the Civic and pictures
    - The final one some of our older posters might be able to help with but it looks like its near the outpost on Sheffield Road looking towards town, view now blocked by the Alhambra
     
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    #6 GloucesterRedsBigBro, Sep 6, 2016
    The Duke Of York on the left wrapped round the bottom of New Street.
     
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    #7 Gordon Owen, Sep 6, 2016
    So that's probably took where Alhambra roundabout is now?
     
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    #8 Capital Tyke, Sep 6, 2016
    Barnsley much as how I remember it apart from Market Hill. Thanks for posting them.

    The Town centre was ruined in the seventies by those ugly concrete/pebble-dash constructions now occupied by WH Smiths, Boots etc and the indoor market.

    I'm relieved that Regent Street and Market Hill escaped the bulldozers.
     
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    #9 Bondy, Sep 6, 2016
    Makes me feel old recognising those views.

    Great to see them though
     
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    #10 Gally, Sep 6, 2016
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    #11 Mr C, Sep 6, 2016
    Aye, in a dress & bonnet. Well spotted... :D
     
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    #12 JLWBigLil, Sep 6, 2016
    You're a pair of rotten swines for mentioning that!
    I DO look rather fetching in that outfit, though, even if I do say so myself!
    :D:D
     
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    #13 GloucesterRedsBigBro, Sep 6, 2016
    happens a few yards further back and in the distance is old woolies where costa coffee etc is now
     
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    #14 shed131, Sep 6, 2016
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    And before you ask Roy / Trev ,,,,lol the answer is no....lol i wasn't driving the bus ....mind you i took my test in one very similar ....and yes i can remember the bus station like it is on the post card,,,lol
     
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    #15 Bossman, Sep 6, 2016
    As if I'd be so rude Bri :-D
     
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    #17 jedstar, Sep 6, 2016
    Anyone know roughly when that Duke of York boozer was knocked down?
     
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    #18 GloucesterRedsBigBro, Sep 6, 2016
    I imagine early 70's when the market and surrounding areas were destroyed.
     
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    #19 jedstar, Sep 6, 2016
    Whoever's decision a lot of that was should have been strung up, don't get me wrong that pub isn't going to win any awards for it's design but it's a building with character, just like a lot of those that were knocked down at the time.

    The plans for the stuff going up now will probably seem just as bad in the future. Why not build stuff out of brick? The Alhambra is a decent example of how things could be built in the modern era, again not a classic building but it will never really look dated.
     
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    #20 Coexist, Sep 6, 2016
    Got to be the Kendray bus pulling out
     
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