From the front
of the station
forecourt to
your left is
Station Road.
This is the
first road built
in the Town Centre. Connecting the station to the housing on the east
side
of the town and the industrial area.
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As you proceed
down the hill,
the first
building on your
left is
"The Peoples
House".
This
was
run as a restaurant in the 1920's when the "Skittles Inn" in Nevells
Road
was turned from, "The pub with no beer" (as it became known), into what
it is today, "The Settlement",
an adult
education centre.
Beyond this
a short parade
of shops / offices and a relatively new addition to the Garden City, a
public house. Then the first large new development this close to the
town
centre. A complex of retirement homes being constructed (@ 9/2000) by
McCarthy
& Stone on the site of what was a fairly worn out building which I
believe used to be a Garage.
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On the other side
of the road the parade of shops extends from Midland Bank (HSBC)
on the corner, to "The Arcade".
This glass
covered shopping
parade joining Station Road and Leys Avenue has recently been restored
to bring back the glory it enjoyed in the 1920's.
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Beyond this
point you can find
some of the earliest shops in Letchworth, which are much smaller in
scale
than the 1920's buildings at the end of the street.
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