Description: Looking east, with Rose & Son, mattress makers and upholsterers, occupying what was once the Old Bridge Tavern at 1a, Holloway on the left (1, Bridge Place until 1899). It closed in the summer of 1930. 1, Holloway (previously 2, Bridge Place) on the corner is the Carousel Snack Bar. 1 & 1a, Holloway were built in about 1857. B. Wilton & Sons, newsagents and tobacconists were at 3, Holloway and on the right at No. 5 was Harold Meister, who ran a music shop (3 & 4, Bridge Place until 1899). All were demolished in early 1964. At one time Bridge Place extended northeast towards the Old Bridge, but it was truncated following the building of the Great Western Railway and the realignment of the end of Claverton Street.
From a collection of slides from the 1950s-1980s, by Lesley Green-Armytage. Photographed in May 1963.