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The town’s voluntary fire brigade formed a celebratory arch when King Edward VII’s car passed through North Street on 31 October 1905.
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A former coaching and posting house, the Chequers Hotel was modernised in 1874 and remained in business until 1950.
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The Chequer’s long assembly room was often used by Bishop’s Stortford’s Masonic lodge.
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Joe Brazier, landlord of the Chequers in the early 1900s, became the subject of a painting by John Kinnersly Kirby R.A. that was later exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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The White Horse Inn, pictured in the 1800s, is currently a Pizza Express restaurant.
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Long’s ballroom just prior to demolition in the the 1980s.
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The band of the Volunteer Rifle Corps stand on parade in North Street, 1868. They later became the first company band of the 1st Herts Volunteer Regiment.
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Midland Bank moved from this site at the corner of Water Lane in 1987 to new premises at the corner of Barrett Lane.
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LEFT: Dr Robert Wallace had a practice at No 23 North Street until after the Second World War.
RIGHT: Sydney Milbank was joint owner of Speechly and Millbank's chemist shop.
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Boardmans pictured in the early 1980s and, next to it, the White Hart in its original position above the grocers shop.
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