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Description: | The north side of the Bargate and the southern end of Above Bar Street. The Bargate looks in good order, and the postcard was probably made after repairs to the north face in 1912 by Garret and Haysom following a fall of stone. The lions bearing standards on pedestals each side of the central archway show well. These are made of lead and were replacements in 1743 of earlier wooden lions.
The postcard was issued by Joseph Welch and Sons of Mile End, Portsmouth. Our postcard (postmarked 1 February 1917) was probably printed in Belgium by their Trichromatic process, with soft shades of browns and greens predominating. It is dated on the reverse from 'Rest Camp, Southampton'. This was the transit camp on the Common, used primarily as overnight accommodation for troops en route to the docks and overseas service. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | Bargate Above Bar Street Garret and Haysom Above Bar town defences gate | Temporal: | start=1910-01-01; end=1917-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Joseph Welch and Sons | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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