EPW041165 ENGLAND (1933). Gabriel, Wade & English Timber Yard and environs, Exeter, 1933

Millbrook Cottages

Ash Grove

Exeter St. David's Station

St Edmunds. Only a ruin remains. http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_churches/stedmunds.php

All Hallows on the Wall - one of Exeter's lost churches. Read the history here: http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_churches/allhallows.php

Vic Beer & Sons had a smithy here for a long time 'till it relocated to the junction of Willeys Avenue and Tan Lane - now moved on to Peamore.

St Mary Steps Church

View down Fore Street

The City Brewery building with bottling plant behind.

Fore Street

Commercial Road

Commercial Road

This whole area was covered by the tannery buildings.

Even today we look up when we see an aeroplane overhead. In the thirties with the scarcity of aeroplanes it's no wonder almost every photograph has people looking up towards it. Here we see two people from the soap and candle works out in the May sun pointing out our photographer. What a sight that must have been from the ground, an open biplane with a pilot and photographer pointing a large box object at the subject!

Slipway.

Haven Road

Shooting Marsh Stile

The tannery. This building was, I believe, still occupied by JL Thomas Hide and Skin works until the 1970's. Renown locally for its horrible smell the company rendered dead animals skin and bones etc into soap amongst many other things.

Foundry.

Soap and Candle Works.

Coneylake ran from this point cutting off the island from Exeter apart from two bridges shown on the 1932 OS Map.

This area is Great Shilhay and was in fact an island joined to the rest of Exeter by two bridges. Coneylake was the name of the leat/passage of water separating the island from the mainland but cannot be seen due to the photo angle.

Crane

Cricklepit Mill

1933 and still an interesting mix of lorries, cars and horse drawn transport.

Now a Harvester restaurant

A fascinating view of Exe Island and the West Quarter