John Oram's photos with the keyword: Woolston

The basic external decor of The Victoria public house in Victoria Road, Woolston was already in place when a mural was added at the end of June 2020. The Churchill figure and the quotation, usually attributed to George Santayana, are not directly connected but both, I imagine were inspired by recent, rather heated socio-political debate. I note the events of June 2020 as a matter of record and do not intend to fan the flames of any particular faction any further. 200_3_P1130012E

Lloyds Bank (closed), 1 Victoria Road, Woolston, Southampton. In viewing this, another closed bank, it occurred to me that the salvation of areas like this, left without a bank after this closure, might lie in the operation by banks of more utilitarian, less ostentatious buildings. On the corner of Victoria Road and Portsmouth Road, this is a grand building indeed but, like so many other closed banks, it stands empty more than two years after its closure on 5 March 2018. 200_3_P1120795CE