Feathers Street, Flint in 1870s?

[ThrelfallYorky]

I've got a certain connection with someone who lodged in Feathers Street in 1870s, and actually went there and took some photos last year, but half the street (at least) is very modern, and I wonder if there is a photo of the street at about the time this man would have been lodging there? I would guess it wasn't ever a "posh" area, he was a miner, and there seemed to be plenty of Pubs in the area, but does anyone know of a decent image of it at about this time, please?

[Shep]

Got these from http://www.fflint.co.uk/thumbs18.html

I doubt you'll find any Victorian pictures.

[hanes teulu]

I thought Victorian images unlikely, and had simply googled "old photos feather street flint". From the same site thought this had a feel of the past

www.fflint.co.uk/sta.jpg

[ThrelfallYorky]

I think the building(pub?) at the end of the street is still there, and it looked turn-of-the-century to me when I was taking pics there. Thank you for your kind efforts, hanes teulu, and Shep. I thought a few buildings o one side had enough period details to look right when I was there, and just wondered what if other side ( which of course had the house I wanted) had been the same.
Again, my grateful thanks.

[hanes teulu]

Welsh newspaper's on line   http://newspapers.library.wales

The search key "feather's street" or "feathers street" returns a number of hits - no pics, but reading the items might give a flavour of the place? They don't all relate to Flint. You can use the date slider bar to limit your search to the period you are interested in.

If you spot a name/house number that's of interest, but it's in Welsh, and you might need a translation, you can PM me for details

[ThrelfallYorky]

To provide a translation service is a most kind offer - I become dumbstruck when map reading in wales, sadly. I shall promptly seek out that site, and have a happy time hunting about. I assume it's history was ... not very salubrious . Thank you again, hanes teulu.

[Eldon]

Got these from http://www.fflint.co.uk/thumbs18.html

I doubt you'll find any Victorian pictures.

These are Victorian buildings. They all appear in the census returns. I was born in no 68 which I understand is next to the large building at the end which was a chapel. At the other end was a pub and the police station There is footage on youtube of these houses being demolished to make way for the flats (circa 1965) They lasted over 120 years and now the flats are being demolished. They lasted 50 years!

[ThrelfallYorky]

Ha! Isn't that just the way. When I looked in real life at the street, one side did look as if it was originally Victorian - well, mid-to-late, at least. the chap I was thinking of lived there in 1870s, so it would have been very different then. Thank you for the input, Eldon.

[Eldon]

I don't think that there any properties in Feather Street, today. What you are probably referring to are structures at the back of Church Street. All the houses were on the opposite side with even numbers. 2 was the pub, 4 the police station all the way up to the other end where the large building (aerial photo) was a chapel. They were all demolished. Another factor is that the numbers varies from census to census. In one census there was a  house 78, but most have a maximum of 68. Inhabitants were mostly labourers and chemical workers. I am trying to find a street map which shows all the house numbers, circa 1950.