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The Black Prince, Bexley Box

Started by hb88banzai, May 19, 2015, 08:32 am

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hb88banzai

May 19, 2015, 08:32 am Last Edit: Jan 06, 2016, 09:30 am by hb88banzai
R35 - the Box on the north corner at the junction of Rochester Way and Bourne Road, Bexley.

Here's a circa 1955 photo of it --

R35-Bourne_Road-Bexley-c1955.JPG

Here it is blown up even more (centre frame) --

R35-Bourne_Road-Bexley-c1955-Blowup.JPG

The junction has been altered quite a bit with the widening of Rochester Way, but here's a streetview showing the approximate Box site --

R35-The_Black_Prince_Box-ApproxSiteStreetview.JPG

URL:  https://www.google.com/maps/@51.447505,0.154523,3a,90y,38.75h,72.56t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s0X-L1khCEFmDKoCmeN0H7A!2e0?hl=en

Opposite the Box on the south corner of the junction was The Black Prince P.H. (shown here circa 1950) --

R35-Opposite_Corner-The_Black_Prince_P.H.-Bexley-c1950.jpg

It's still there --

R35-Opposite_Corner-The_Black_Prince_P.H.-Bexley-CurrentStreetview.JPG

In the photo of the Box, the forecourt parking area for The Black Prince is visible on the right side of the photo, one of the entrances being in front of the tree in the foreground, another behind.


hb88banzai

Dec 31, 2015, 06:36 am #1 Last Edit: Jan 06, 2016, 09:29 am by hb88banzai
Courtesy of petewilson, here's a hi-res version of the above c1955 photo of this Box --

R35 junction of Rochester Way and Bourne Road, Bexley (c1955) (Hi-Res).jpg

A blowup of the Box using the full resolution of the scanned image --

R35 junction of Rochester Way and Bourne Road, Bexley (c1955) (FullHi-Res)-Blowup.jpg

Now we can clearly see the GPO Kiosk next to the Met Box.