King Street, Lincoln Lane, and Caroline Street, which was located where Field Street meets Main Ridge East today, close to where John Adams Way cuts through the town, were all discussed in the piece.
* This article has been amended after readers identified Pinfold Lane in the gallery – a street not mentioned in the original article.
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It was not known how long Lincoln Lane would remain with its forgotton look. A Ministerial inquiry was to be held into the redevelopment scheme, but a date had yet to be fixed. Photo: Midlands
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The future was also uncertain for Caroline Street. Photo: Midlands
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Houses there had been condemned and cleared because they were no longer fit to live in. 'The area is a wilderness - but a tidy one', the Standard reported at the time. Photo: Midlands
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"We can't do anything here until we know the exact line of the proposed inner relief road," said the borough surveyor Mr C. R. Theobald. "We know the approximate line, but that is subject to confirmation." Photo: Midlands