Highfields Remembered - Historical photographs of the streets of Highfields

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Waring Street

A picture of a row or terraced shops with a car parked outside

Houses in the part of Waring Street between Melbourne Road and Guthlaxton Street.

A picture of a partly demolished row of terraced houses

Houses nos 27A - 37 Waring Street, the corner with Swaffham Street is on the left. Photographed in 1967 prior to demolition.

A picture of a long row of rear yards of terraced houses

The rear of houses in Waring Street,next to Gladstone Cottages. Photographed prior to demolition, 1966.

A picture of a row of terraced houses with small front gardens. There is a shop at the begining of the row; 'Highfields Plating Co.'

The north side of Waring Street looking towards Upper Kent Street.

A picture of a row of old terraced houses

Houses nos; 30-46 on the north side of Waring Street photographed from Porter Street 1966.

A picture of a row of old terraced houses with a large piece of waste ground in front covered in rubble

The south side of Waring Street prior to demolition, Guthlaxton Street is to the left and Porter Street is to the right. Prior to demolition, Briggs Tannery would have been in the foreground .

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