Cobbled Collection

Boy and Bicycle by the River Severn
A boy and his bicycle on the banks of the River Severn at Bewdley Bridge, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Aberdeen 1950S
Trams, well-dressed pedestrians and a few smart cars on the cobbled Union Street, Aberdeen

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Trastevere, Red Vespa

Citroen D. S. Orleans, France, Europe
Citroen D.S. Orleans, France, Europe

Red Volkswagen Beetle parked on cobblestone street, Tepoztlan, near Mexico City where many city dwellers spend weekends, Morelos, Mexico, North America

Serbia - Belgrade - Terazije Square - The central square of the Serbian capital. Date: circa 1910s

England, Hampshire, The New Forest, Lymington, Colourful Shop Fronts on Quay Hill

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Ireland, County Dublin, Dublin City, Temple Bar traditional Irish public house on street corner with cobbled street

Parisian cafe, Paris, France, Europe

The Bakers Arms Public House, Leyton, London
A wonderful colour postcard of the suburbs of London in the early 1900s - a tram approaches The Bakers Arms Public House in Leyton

Market Street at dusk, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

The famous cobbled street of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Artist: Gustave Caillebotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

Radcliffe Camera with cyclist, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Old Entrance of Porta Delgada - St. Michaels, The Azores, Portugal. Date: circa 1910s

East Croydon Railway Station Date: 1905

Bishop Auckland
A quaint old shop front in a steep, cobbled corner of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Date: 1950s

Parisian cafe and street scene, Paris, France, Europe

Oxford Street / 1900 / Photo
A busy scene in Oxford Street, London with many pedestrians on the pavements and horse- buses on the cobbled street

The Grenadier in Wilton Mews, Where Coachmen Drink No More, c1935. Creator: Unknown
" The Grenadier" in Wilton Mews, Where Coachmen Drink No More, c1935. Public house in Belgravia, London, built in 1720 as the officers mess for the senior infantry regiment of the British

The cobbled medieval square of Elm Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shire horse drawn dray
Shire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Clovelly / Devon 1926
Clovelly, North Devon: the High Street

Police / Watchmen
A night watchman on his rounds. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Man and Woman of Friesland (Holland). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Narrow street filled with flowers and plants, Salobrena, Andalucia (Andalusia), Spain, Europe

Mermaid Street in Rye, East Sussex, England

Old classic Fiat 500 car parked in a cobbled street of Rome, Lazio, Italy

Parked red Vespa scooter in a cobbled street of Rome, Lazio, Italy

Cottages on West Looe Hill, West Looe, Cornwall. 1961
A view of cottages on West Looe Hill including properties called (in 2017) Ifor, Cauldron Cottage, Trevale, Mornessa, The Binnacle, Compass Cottage, Gulls Cottage, Chy-An-Nor and Fiddlers Elbow

Spitalgasse street with Plonlein half-timbered building and Siebers Tower, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa with the Arch of Ecce Homo
Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Street of Old City, which traditionally Jesus walked carrying the cross, way to his crucifixion. Arch of Ecce Homo. 2nd Station

Cafe and street scene in Montmartre, Paris, France, Europe

Clepington Road, Dundee, Scotland Date: circa 1910

Liverpool housewives seen here gossiping in the street. Women holding parcel June 1962

Shoe shine Lisbon, Portugal
A young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Christmas market in the Town Hall Square (Raekoja Plats) and Town Hall, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tallinn, Estonia, Europe

Cobbled street and old houses on Church Square, Rye, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bayeux, Normandy, France - 14th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) on La Rue des Cuisiniers. Date: circa 1910s

Lizzie the munition war-worker in Sheffield, WW1
Unofficially connected with Mr. Lloyd Georges department! The elephant munition-worker at Sheffield. Lizzie, a circus elephant was a familiar but incongruous sight on the cobbled streets of Sheffield

Butcher in Montmartre, Paris, France, Europe

Astronomical Clock and Old Town Hall with the Church of Our Lady Before Tyn beyond, Old Town Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Old houses in St. Anne, Alderney, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Old cobbled street, Elm Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hann. Munden, Germany - Parsonage
Hann. Munden (short for Hannoversch Munden) - a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located in the district of Gottingen at the confluence of the Fulda and Werra rivers

French Cafe and Garage - Paris
Scene of local people standing outside a Paris Cafe, positioned next to a garage offering cars for hire. The smart cafe waiter stands alongside a rather lovely (and rather huge) dog

Joseph Yates Ltd - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road
Joseph Yates Ltd - Timber Merchant - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, London

Cobbled streets of Lijiang Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Lincoln city centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

England / Lenham
A corner of the old and picturesque Market Square at Lenham, Kent, England, with its quaint old shop fronts

Grey Street, Newcastle
Looking down Grey Street in Newcastle. Date: circa 1830s

Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. Date: circa 1910s

The main street leading into Ostia: Ostia was the main sea-port for Rome, and flourished in the first and second centuries AD and declined after the fourth century AD

The Mail Coach Changing Horses, engraved by R. Havell, 1815 (colour litho)
XCF271694 The Mail Coach Changing Horses, engraved by R. Havell, 1815 (colour litho) by Pollard, James (1797-1867) (after); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Houses on Cobbled Street
A woman waits outside a terraced house on a cobbled street in Warrington, Cheshire Date: circa 1960

Cobblestones, Cascais, Portugal, Europe

Connecting up a hosepipe during the Blitz
Fireman, A.R.P men and volunteers move to quickly attach a hose to the nearest pavement hydrant close to a fire caused by the German bombing campaign over the Capital throughout 1940

Louvre Courtyard / Bayot
People milling about in the courtyard of the Louvre (where the pyramid now stands)

Cobbled steps leading to the calvary, Pollensa, Mallorca (Majorca), Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Roman street, Paestum, Campania, Italy, Europe

Musician carrying double bass along cobbled street to Plaza Mayor, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Calle Crisologo at dawn, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Region, Philippines

St Michaels Mount and old causeway at sunrise, Marazion, Cornwall, UK. October 2015

An Old Coachmakers Shop in Long Acre, (1881). Creator: Unknown
An Old Coachmakers Shop in Long Acre, (1881). Premises of Hatchett & Co, coachbuilders at Covent Garden in London. John Hatchetts company (c1750-1870)

Village of Plaka (Milos Island, Cyclades Islands, Greece)

Colourful buildings line a narrow street in the old town of Ciutadella, Ciudadela, Menorca, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Cobbled street in Altea, Costa Blanca, Valencian Community, Spain

Town Hall, Market square, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Bavarian Gate (Bayertor), Landsberg am Lech, Southwestern Bavaria, Germany

England, East Sussex, Rye, Mermaid Street at Night

England, East Sussex, Rye, The Mermaid Inn and Mermaid Street at Night

La Botija Tavern, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba

Street of Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba

Street scene, Giron, Santander, Colombia, South America

Colourful Main Street of Monchique, Western Algarve, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Glorenza - Glurns, Trentino Alto Adige - South Tyrol, Italy

Cordes-sur-Ciel, Tarn Department, Midi-Pyrenees, France

Breaking garbage strike at $5 day, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Breaking garbage strike at $5 day, 1911. Shows horse-drawn garbage wagons collecting trash during a New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911

Garbage carts protected by police, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Garbage carts protected by police, 1911. Shows the garbage strike in New York City, Nov. 8-11, 1911

Garbage strike, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Garbage strike, 1911. Shows the garbage strike in New York City, Nov. 8-11, 1911

Survivors at Arras, 1917. Creator: CRW Nevinson
Survivors at Arras, 1917

Crossing The Street, 1873-75. Creator: Giovanni Boldini
Crossing The Street, 1873-75. As figures hurry along in different directions, an elegantly dressed--and unaccompanied--woman crosses the cobbled street

The Tolbooth, Old Edinburgh (colour litho)
8677306 The Tolbooth, Old Edinburgh (colour litho) by Scottish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tolbooth, Old Edinburgh)

Street in Whitechapel, London (b/w photo)
8676205 Street in Whitechapel, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Street in Whitechapel, London)

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"Cobbled streets tell stories of bygone eras and timeless charm. In Aberdeen, Scotland, the 1950s come alive as locals stroll along the historic pathways. Meanwhile, in Trastevere, Rome's vibrant district in Italy's Lazio region, a red Vespa zips through the narrow cobblestone alleys. Traveling to Orleans, France, one can admire the elegance of a Citroen D. S. , gracefully gliding over cobbled roads. Across Europe, from Serbia's Terazije Square to England's Hampshire countryside in The New Forest town of Lymington with its colorful shop fronts on Quay Hill – cobblestones connect us to history and culture. In Mexico's Tepoztlan near bustling Mexico City lies a picturesque scene: a red Volkswagen Beetle parked on a charming cobblestone street where city dwellers seek respite during weekends. Further south in Morelos state lies an enchanting market square at dusk in St Andrews, Fife - Scotland; its cobbled paths illuminated by soft lights. As we journey across continents and time periods, we find ourselves transported back to Paris' rainy days captured beautifully by Gustave Caillebotte’s painting 'Paris Street; Rainy Day' from 1877. And just around the corner is Wilton Mews' Grenadier pub where coachmen once gathered but drink no more since 1935. Finally arriving at Oxfordshire's Oxford cityscape with its iconic Radcliffe Camera building standing tall amidst cyclists navigating the ancient cobbles. And what better way to end our journey than sitting at a Parisian café? Here in Paris itself – epitome of romance and sophistication – we sip coffee while admiring yet another European gem. " [Note: The given caption exceeds 150 words.