Worcester city centre's The Shambles with St Swithun’s Church and by Church Street pictured by Michael Dowty in around 1961 (Image: Michael Dowty)
THEN: Worcester city centre's The Shambles with St Swithun’s Church and by Church Street pictured by Michael Dowty in around 1961.
Despite opposition from Worcester City Council and after an appeal from developers, the impressive black and white, 16th-century, half-timbered home of J and F Hall ironmongers was demolished in 1962.
The same view of The Shambles in 2024 below with St Swithun’s Church in all its splendour but a rather different building next door.
Argos moved out in 2021 and long-running plans for a rooftop bar have yet to come to fruition.
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