Changing Harbour Scene

This coloured postcard of 1905, shows the upper harbour, many of the buildings and the dock itself have been demolished and altered out of recognition compared with modern photographs of the same scene.  New Quay Road now runs through the Angel Hotel Vaults building on the quay side, and much of the dock was filled in and developed. Across the harbour, to the left of the now demolished St Michael’s Church, the wide slipway to the harbour was known as Alders Waste.

Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.