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©Neil
Sculpture of two men carrying a roll of lino. The Staines Lino Factory was the first factory in the world to manufacture linoleum, a type of floor covering, which was available to everyone. The factory was set up in 1864 and continued to make linoleum for over 100 years and made 'Staines Lino' a world-wide name. There is no trace of the factory now.
©Al Menzies
The bridge spans the River Thames at Staines. There has been a bridge here since Roman times - initially a wooden bridge. This was replaced by a stone bridge in 1796. When this began to crack, it was replaced with an iron bridge, which was itself replaced in 1807. The current bridge was opened in 1832 by King William IV and Queen Adelaide. [ref: 'Thames Bridges, from Dartford to the Source': by Neil Davenport, Silver Link Publishing, 2006. SBN 1 85794 229 3.]
©Al Menzies
by Antony and Simon Robinson
©Mumpenny
©Ruth Sharville
The Blue Anchor - a former pub - is in the foreground, and the Town Hall can be seen at the back.
©Ruth Sharville
W H Smith and Debenhams (formerly Kennards) are little changed externally from when I was a child growing up in Staines in the 60s and 70s, unlike many of the shops in this town.
©Ruth Sharville
From the river the Old Town Hall is an impressive sight, more so that from the front where it is surrounded by other buildings.
©Graham Horn
Some of the shops which have changed little over the last decades, in a town with many new developments and rebuilt premises.
©Ruth Sharville
The white building is the old Angel Hotel.
©Ruth Sharville
©Ruth Sharville
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©Dennis Turner
Dist:0.1km<br/>Woolworths has long since ceased trading, but in Staines the formidable shop building still has the sign to remind us of what is no more.
©Ruth Sharville
Dist:0.1km<br/>Two stainless steel arches marking the entrance to the Memorial Gardens in Staines.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.1km<br/>A steel origami-style swan overlooking the River Thames at Staines.
©Philip Halling

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