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Gallery: Allsorts

Newcastle Street, London, 1907

@iamtimbo / 9 years ago / 3359 views / 2 comments

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This building in Newcastle Street carries hoardings advertising all sorts of products, from lager to soap.

Newcastle Street no longer exists - it was demolished to make way for the Aldwych street system, along with the BBC World Service's Bush House.

Right at the top of the building is an advert for Partington's Bill Posting, whom I assume are responsible for the posters on this building.

Individual advertisements listed are: The Irish International Exhibition in Dublin, a show at the Lyceum Theatre just around the corner in Wellington Street, Pears' Soap, Allsopps Lager, the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, Martin Harvey at the Adelphi Theatre and Sanitas disinfectant.

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iamtimbo
@iamtimbo on 13 Dec 2017 21:57:48

I think that this building is the one in the centre-bottom in this aerial view of the Aldwych....

https://twitter.com/robnitm/status/941011847351881730 

iamtimbo
@iamtimbo on 30 May 2015 08:36:48

Your neck of the woods, @oovis!