POWIS Street
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Travelodge hotels are renovating the old Co op building and the clock tower is being rebuilt and fitted with a new clock mechanism
Feb 21st 2012.. Powis street at Hare st junction
Junction of Powis st and Hare st. Work on the corner plot has just begun and this property is to become a branch of TK Maxx which eventually opened Feb 14th 2013
April 30th 2012.. TK Maxx under construction
The corner properties of Hare st and Powis st will soon be renovated and opened up as TK MAXX April 30th 2012 copyright Chris Mansfield
Clarkes factory shop and view down Powis st. When the property was first built in the 60s, it was occupied by George Scobles bathroom supplies .. Later it was home to Brentford nylons before becoming Clarkes
May 25th 2012.. Inside the Co op Clock tower
Here's something very few people will have ever seen... This is the interior of the Clock tower on top of the old co op in Powis street .. The dome has been completely replaced and the rest is being restored... May 25th 2012
The corner of Hare street and Powis street will soon be a new TK Maxx store. Taken July 5th 2012
Oct' 3rd 2012.. TK Maxx redevelopment
Progress shot of the new TK Maxx on the junction of Powis st and Hare st October 3rd 2012
Bon Marche has now gone and been replaced by a shop called CEX which buys and sells consumer electronics
April 11th 2012 .. Powis street
This is a rear view of the old Co op building on Powis street at the time it was being converted into a Travelodge hotel
May 25th 2012.. New Look, Powis street
New look, at the junction of Calderwood street and Powis street. This building was previously occupied by a Littlewoods store, which opened in july 1973.
May 25th 2012 . Co op / Travelodge conversion
This is the clock tower on top of the old co op building in Powis street.. The scaffolding is due to come off soon and the clocks will once again be working . May 25th 2012
May 27th 2012 .. Powis st / Greens end
This is the NatWest bank on the corner of Powis Street. Taken on a sunny sunday morning in March 2009. This property was built in 1950-60 and opened on March 4th 1960 as Easterns furniture store. Later it became Willams furniture then Wades furniture
Showing TK Maxx being built
July 11th 2012 .. Powis street junction with Macbean st
This modern corner develpment was built in 1985. A shop called MEMO used to trade where Poundland now sits
Sept' 29th 2012 .. Powis street
This corner block is being rebuilt as a TK Maxx store
11th April 2012.. Hare street triangle
Hare street Triangle under renovation April 2012 This corner will soon renovated and transformed into a TK Maxx store
H.Samuel have traded at this address ( 40 Powis st ) since 1904.. The property was built 10 years earlier for a draper called Edmund Carter
The properties to the left of picture are 51-53 Powis street. They would have been built in the late 1860's by William Harris a local builder ..
May 26th 2012 .. Co op / Travelodge conversion
Workmen re fit the restored weather vane to the top of the clock tower on the Co op building in Powis street. May 26th 2012
June 13th 2012 .. Powis street
The old Co op clock has been rebuilt and the scaffolding is coming down
July 5th 2012.. Powis street, clock tower
The clock tower on the old co op building in Powis st has been restored and the clock is once again working ..
The old Co op building
October 3rd 2012.. 83 Powis street
Pizza hut recently vacated this property after about 30 years on Powis street.. Shortly after closure the property was occupied by Betfred betting shop
Socialist worker paper sellers copyright Chris Mansfield
Two Council wardens on Powis street
The old Co op Building in Powis street will soon be re opening as a travelodge hotel. In this picture the clock tower is wrapped in scaffolding and is being extensively restored. Photo taken May 25th 2012.
June 14th 2012 .. Powis street
The corner building of Powis street and Hare street is being rebuilt around its original framework and will become TK Maxx
This is the inside of the old Co op clock which has been a landmark in Powis street for more than a hundred years... The clock and the dome that houses it were fully restored by Travelodge when they renovated the building . The clock mechanism has been replaced with a small electric motor . July 5th 2012
New street sign indicating the boroughs new Royal status copyright Chris Mansfield
Powis street with Barnard close on the right
May 25th 2012.. Co oP building
The Old Co op was built around 1903.. It was converted into a Travelodge in 2012
May 26th 2012 .. Looking towards Powis street
from the multi storey car park in Monk street.. Showing the conversion of the old co op building in Powis street into a Travelodge
A new shop called CEX entertainment exchange has opened on this day.. they buy and sell electronics such as phones, computer games, videos, cameras etc etc .. The shop was previously Bon Marche
Aug' 23rd 2012 .. Powis street
This building at the corner of Powis & Hare street is being remodelled for TK Maxx. This corner block was originally built in 1961-2 the occupiers at that time were Burtons tailors who had been on the site since 1929.. Burtons also built another shop around the same time at the bottom of Hare street
