tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post1257093029923712417..comments2024-03-28T09:28:18.455+00:00Comments on Postcards Then and Now: Woking, Surrey c1930Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-77721651224030451892018-04-16T17:47:00.920+01:002018-04-16T17:47:00.920+01:00Ha! I did grow up in Woking and read War of the Wo...Ha! I did grow up in Woking and read War of the Worlds - I know many of the places (loosely) referenced. Funnily enough, I know live in Grovers Mill new jersey of Orson Wells' War of the Worlds radio broadcast fame.Marcus Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-37294943752320841962018-04-16T17:44:22.747+01:002018-04-16T17:44:22.747+01:00I think the Albion Hotel was demolished in the ...I think the Albion Hotel was demolished in the '60s. certainly the first incarnation of the modern Albion House was erected at the end of that decade and the first occupant of Woking's first "skyscraper" was BAT. The canopy is turn of the century and I pass no comment. Next to Barclay's on Chertsey Road was a National Provincial Bank, and it was still Nat West at the end of the '70s when i went to see the manager to get a loan to buy my first decent car.Marcus Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-28118660615901908732012-03-13T23:55:13.248+00:002012-03-13T23:55:13.248+00:00I'm nowhere near from Woking, but I read about...I'm nowhere near from Woking, but I read about it in War of The Worlds. <br />I love the older picture.<br />I do agree with you. Nowadays, all sorts of architecture are mixed until nothing really means much anymore and also traffic lights and signs, ugly commercial stuff. This killed much of the pretty view all over the world.PeterFloydianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809499373579196090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-61336158431275448952011-11-18T17:16:21.597+00:002011-11-18T17:16:21.597+00:00Know this bit of Woking well and love the then and...Know this bit of Woking well and love the then and now approach!Julie Goucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368170005503879489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-26917693334609855582011-11-16T23:16:01.172+00:002011-11-16T23:16:01.172+00:00I hate to be overly sentimental for all things old...I hate to be overly sentimental for all things old and quaint, but I do sometimes wonder if we pay any attention to aesthetics at all anymore.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-84901665263343740192011-11-16T10:16:38.219+00:002011-11-16T10:16:38.219+00:00A wonderful postcard, especially with the cars. I...A wonderful postcard, especially with the cars. I don't think the modern view is an improvement, in fact far from it.Lisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562101358640638937noreply@blogger.com