Woodhall
Spa - Past & Present
|
| |
 Heritage
Trail Location 21 - The Broadway
|
| |
 |
Photo 1 - An early
1900's postcard by local photographer - Mr Harrison. Looking
east along the Broadway from the Railway Crossing. Woodhall
Spa railway station and the pedestrian bridge can be seen on the
left hand side |
The wide, tree lined, Broadway was part of the design of Richard Adolphus Came, the London architect employed by the Syndicate who took over the Spa from Mr. Hotchkin. Mr. Came envisaged a small garden city in the midst of the flat agricultural land surrounding Woodhall Spa. The Broadway was created at the beginning of the 1890s and we can imagine it then, with horses pulling smart carriages along the straight, leafy, road while fashionably dressed visitors strolled along the pavement under the glass and wrought iron canopies in front of shop windows.
Mr. Erdmann Voss, hairdresser, was one of several Germans living here before World War 1. He later moved to Station Road.
|
 |
Photo 2 - Early
2000's photograph by the webmaster. Note that
the station fence is still there and used as a notice board, but
trees have replaced the platform |
Mackellar`s was well patronised from Edwardian times, when as well as the expected beer, cider, spirits etc. and various European wines, the shop also advertised wine from California and Australia, “in flagons and half flagons.” Mr. H.R.Maynard was a chemist on the Broadway in the early 19th century.
|
| |
 |
Photo 3 - Broadway
shops circa 1920's |
|
 |
Photo 4 - Broadway
shops circa 2000's |
This shows the same premises today. The Victorian canopies above the pavement were renovated in 2007. A ceremony was held to mark the occasion, on a fine Saturday morning in April, with children from St. Andrew`s School performing Maypole dancing in the gardens of the Woodhall Hotel. Afterwards they walked in procession up the Broadway, distributing posies of flowers to the shopkeepers. |
 |
Photo 5 - Broadway shops 1st World War era (Postcard in webmaster's collection). |
|
 |
Photo 6 - The Broadway (Jan 2012). Note the original building in the foreground has been demolished and replaced with one now occupied by McColls the newagents |
|
 |
Photo 7 - The Broadway (Postcard - stamped 1906 - in webmaster's collection) |
|
 |
Photo 8 - The Broadway Jan 2012 |
|
 |
Photo 9 - The Broadway and Railway Station (Postcard in Webmaster's collection |
|
|
The Heritage Trail |
| |
Click
on the numbers on the map to visit the next point on the Woodhall Spa Heritage
Trail. |
Select here for location 20 - Kirkstead
Select here for location 21 - The Broadway
The trail
can be started at any location, but we suggest you also visit the
Cottage Museum to view the photographs taken by John Wield during
the heyday of the Spa and items associated with this
unique Victorian Spa town.
The Trail is just one of several projects in the hands of the Woodhall Spa Parish Council sponsored Heritage Committee. Click here if you are interested in the committee or their projects.
How
well do you know Woodhall Spa?
See
if you can identify the location of these architectural
features and items of street furniture! Or find the Letterbox
Find out more abouit the Woodhall Spa Conservation
Area |
|
|
| If
you possess any interesting old photographs of Woodhall Spa and you
don't mind them appearing on this website then please contact the webmaster. |
| |
|
|
|
Top of page
|
Page
last updated 1 Jan 12 |
|
Arts
& Crafts
