Now known as the Badger Hounds on Hinderwell High Street, this Valentine’s postcard image shows a High Street much quieter than today; but isn’t this one great with the boys and their metal hoops. The condition of the road surface indicates a time before buses and motor vehicles of any sort. Sandie Dowkes tells us: ”My great grandmother Rosa Robinson was the licensee of the Commercial Hotel in 1929 and her son Leonard a Frank Robinson ran a taxi service from there and was the first person to take a motor car down into Runswick Bay to bring out a sick lady to bring to hospital.”
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson and Keith Bowers; many thanks to Sandie Dowkes for the update.
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