EAW051158 ENGLAND (1953). The residential area at St James', Polsloe Priory and Polsloe Bridge, Pennsylvania, from the west, 1953

The Victoria Inn, Union Road

Broom Factory

Exeter City FC Big Bank.

The huge Pinhoe Grain Silo.

Pinhoe Brickworks which became Westbrick. Now houses.

Whipton Showground home of the Devon County Show.

Stoke Hill housing estate being constructed. Just part of the huge post-war council house building programme that puts today's housing starts to shame!

Allotments.

Ladysmith Secondary Modern Boys School

St Mark's Church.

Whipton Health Centre where we had our polio vaccinations!

Prefabs.

First houses and flats in Whipton Barton being built.

The start of the huge Whipton Barton housing estate.

The notorious Exeter By Pass.

The second world war Nissan hut that was there until the sixties.

Still as it was 60 years ago with three football pitches marked out during the season.

My cub group's football pitch.

As a kid we used to call this playing field JOC (Jailsea) and it's where the circus came every summer, Billy Smart's, Bertram Mills and Chipperfields.

Polsloe Bridge Halt where we caught the train for Exmouth.

Engine Sheds now Morrisons.

Exmouth Junction.

Southern Region Exeter to Waterloo line.

Allotments and garages.

Galsworthy Square

Walpole Close