Stepped wall with central pillar surmounted by strolling soldier with slung rifle.

From banks of River Avon. Evesham Abbey Belltower behind:-

Reverse view. River Avon below:-

Closer view. Evesham Abbey Belltower again visible.:-

Incsription. “To the enduring memory of the Glorious Dead of the Borough of Evesham who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1920.” That “1920” is unusual.

Great War Memorial Plaques:-

Second World War Memorial Plaques:-

Art Deco style cinema in Evesham, Worcestershire.

Not perhaps as high deco as the Regal, Rochdale, or the Embassy, Braintree, this is still clearly deco with its rounded corner, the rule of three in windows to left and chevron patterned doors:-

Central portion:-

Doors:-

From left. Rule of three in windows again:-

There is a lovely bridge over the river Avon at Evesham, called the Workman Bridge after the mayor under whose auspices it was built.

Workman Bridge from banks of River Avon:-

Roadway, Workman Bridge, looking towards Evesham centre. Belltower of Evesham Abbey to left:-

Weir Seen from Workman Bridge:-

I meant to put this photo of a war dead dedication in St Lawrence’s Church, Evesham, in my previous post. 2nd Lt Ernest Geoffrey Crisp, 15th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment, killed in action in France 16/12/1915, aged 24:-

These buildings are very close to the town’s main streets.

Bell Tower, Evesham Abbey. The tower is all that remains of the mediæval Abbey:-

St Lawrence’s Church is nearby:-

The cross of poppies made me think this was a War Memorial:-

Great War Commemoration in St Lawrence’s Church, Evesham:-

I’ve covered Evesham before but this time we parked in a different place and were able to explore different parts of the town and so we found this shop with Deco windows:-

This is on the main street and probably isn’t deco but more on the cusp:-

And this has changed ownership – or at least its name – since we were there last (see second link above):-

Evesham in Worcestershire was about 10 or so miles from where we were staying.

I’ve heard of the Vale of Evesham but we didn’t really notice it as such until our last day and had a climb up a steepish hill on our way to Oxford and could see back where we’d come from. There were some apple trees in bloom but nowhere to stop to photograph them.

Evesham itself is a bit down-at-heel but with some quaint old buildings.

Evesham Central Market had a deco flourish on its roofline, though.

Inside there were the usual sort of wee shops found in an indoor market, but only a few of them, plus a set of rooms housing a “junky” kind of antique dealer’s. A bit further up there were two rather less “junky” antique shops side-by-side just off the other side of the main street.

At one end of the street there was this building which doen’t really look very deco apart from the chimney and the decoration between the windows and the roof line.