Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is a large ancient market town with several historic pubs, is home to the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery and, the 1,200 seat Waterside Theatre.
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| Aylesbury’s street scenes in 1956 |
The town is recognized as the spiritual cradle of the Paralympic Games. It is situated in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milton Keynes.
Aylesbury was awarded Garden Town status by the Government on 2 January 2017. The town’s housing is set to grow by over 16,000 homes by 2033 in Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan.
Here below is a set of fascinating photos from Ron Adams that shows street scenes of Aylesbury in 1956.
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street, Aylesbury |
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| Buckingham Street. Agro Electrical, Aylesbury |
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| Cambridge Street. Bowdens Bakers on the right (now Adlans shoe-repairer), Aylesbury |
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| Cambridge Street. Showing good old Narbeth’s, Aylesbury |
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| Castle Street, Aylesbury |
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| Castle Street, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street taken from the station forecourt, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street. Railway Hotel, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street. Station Garage, Aylesbury |
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| Great Western Street. the Railway Hotel, the shop on the left is Hayward’s, Bridgewater’s were the main civil engineering company in Aylesbury |
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| Hale Leys Passage, Aylesbury |
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| Hale Leys Passage, Aylesbury |
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| Hale Leys Passage, Aylesbury |
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| Hale Leys Passage. Old Post Office on the right, Aylesbury |
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| Market Square, Aylesbury |
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| Market Street, Aylesbury |
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| Nelson Terrace, Aylesbury |
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| Nelson Terrace, Aylesbury |
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| Off Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Off Great Western Street, Aylesbury |
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| Parsons Fee, Aylesbury |
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| Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury |
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| Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury |
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| Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury |
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| Rickfords Hill. Saracen’s Head, Aylesbury |
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| Royal Bucks roundabout, Aylesbury |
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| Temple Square, Aylesbury |
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| Temple Square, Aylesbury |
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| Temple Square. Leading to Church Street, Aylesbury |
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| Temple Street. Building facing is M.T.Cocks (family grocers), Aylesbury |
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| White Hill, Aylesbury |
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| White Hill, Aylesbury |
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| White Hill. Oxford Road, Aylesbury |
