A view of Church Row and The Square, possibly after the road widening scheme of 1934. The building with the canopy is C. Yeates Pork Butchers (1904 – 1938). The building beyond the cattle market is number 12 The Square, home to John Walker.
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Looks like the final stages of the 1934 Church Road ( or Row) scheme, with the concrete being surfaced with tarmac to provide a quieter surface for traffic.
If you go on Google and put in Church Row Scheme you will get scores of pictures showing the construction