Argyle Road

Bridge Street

Cheap Street

Jack Street

Mill Lane

The Arcade links the Market Place to Bartholomew Street. It is a delightful passageway which used to have a variety of little interesting shops and business. Sadly the Pedestrianisation appears to have killed off some, notably "Sweet Nostalgia" (formerly Shaves) which sold a variety of items besides tobacco and sweets, including the rubber ends which fit on walking sticks to make them none slip. Over the years I can remember my mother buying several.

Argyle Road is the one street in Newbury which evokes the town's history most. It all looks old, exceedingly old, but don't be deceived. Whilst some buildings are, others are deceptively modern, that is, c. 20th century. Can you guess which is which? The Southern Town Walk on The Newbury Society's web-site may give you a clue.

These are some "modern" views of Cheap Street c. 1999 - 2001. My earliest memory of Cheap Street is that of visiting a rather nasty dentist in the mid-1950s. But then aren't all dentists nasty when one is young. My other early memory of Cheap Street is that of the toy shop opposite the Post Office - I can't quite remember its name, but Red comes in some where: it may have been called The Red Stores. I seem to remember going upstairs to see the Dinky Toys and the Triang train sets, probably as a reward after going to the dentist! If you can jog my memory, please E-mail me.

I take my Discovery to be service at Newbury 4 Wheel Drive which is in Mill Lane (the mill being Greenham Mill, which longer exists, but when I was a child was adjacent to Greenham Lock on the Kennet Navigation. The mill used to scare me to death because it made al sorts of strange, and sometimes unexpected, noises.)