Highfields Remembered - Historical photographs of the streets of Highfields

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Stoughton Street

A picture of a row of derelict terraced houses leading down a gentle slope

Stoughton Street. Photographed 1967.

A picture of the rear of partially demolished terraced houses showing a large factory in the background

The rear of no; 53 Stoughton Street and behind are the Rank Taylor Hobson Works. Photographed from Evington Street 1967.

A picture of a the gable ends of a row of small cottages

Gladstone Cottages, Stoughton Street. Photographed 1966

A picture of a row of abandoned cottages. There is an old mattress lying in the cobbled street

Gladstone Cottages, Stoughton Street. Photographed 1966.

A picture of an abandoned terraced shop with two doorways to the left

Entrance to Gladstone Cottages [on the right] Stoughton Street. Photographed 1967

A picture of the rear of a row of derelict terraced houses showing an overgrown yard

Stoughton Cottages, Stoughton Street. Photographed 1967.

A picture of a row of abandoned terraced houses. Washing lines are still attached to the walls

Ivy Cottages, Stoughton Street. Photographed 1966.

A picture of a small road junction showing terraced houses on each side. There is a shop on the corner

Stoughton Street. 1966.

A picture of a man in a suit standing in front of a low wall with railings behind

This is opposite our house in Stoughton Street, where a certain Jerry Dorsey lived, he is better known as Englebert Humpperdink. Brett Pruce 1997

A picture of a man in a suit standing in front of a row of terraced houses

Extract from the recollections of Brett Pruce. This is where I was born in Stoughton Street. I found it quite difficult going to see it as it is now. I remember it as a safe and clean place to grow up in. Brett Pruce 1997.

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