Humanities & Science
History: The History of Chelmsford High Street 1860 - 1960
Course details
Course code
Q00021063Course date
Start: 14/01/25
End: 14/01/25
Number of classes
1 sessionsBranch
ChelmsfordTutor
Guest SpeakerFee range
Free to £8.40
How you'll learn
Venue
Christchurch United Reform Church (Chelm164 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0AW
Level of study
Availability
You can enrol online for this course
Course overview
A talk featuring the recent history of the town centre before the coming of the large shopping centres and pedestrianisation. This will bring to life tales about the shops in the High Street, some of which are still there and some that are sadly no more.
Course description
During this talk, we will journey on a virtual trip back into the past to a time when the High Street was a main thoroughfare. At that time the street was a mixture of both shops and houses with some of the owners living above their businesses. Mostly then, a shop was part of the house rather than an apartment over a retail establishment.
The most common way to travel around the town then was by horse or bicycle.
Throughout this talk there will be the constant themes throughout this talk are; Water and Flooding, Roads and Traffic, Alcohol and Abstinence, Housing retail and Hospitality.
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