FOR better or for worse, it is looking likely that Queen Street is set to change, but before then take a look at the area from decades past.

Black and white photograph of floods in Queen Street, Newton Abbot
Black and white photograph of floods in Queen Street, Newton Abbot (Photo supplied Newton Abbot Museum)
Black and white photograph of Queen Street with Commercial Hotel on left hand side. Street decorated with bunting
Black and white photograph of Queen Street with Commercial Hotel on left hand side.Street decorated with bunting (Photo supplied by Newton Abbot Museum)
Queen Street, looking at J H Bibbings, Pharmaceutical Chemist, the pedestrian in the foreground is Mrs Christiana Ditchburn
Queen Street, looking at J H Bibbings, Pharmaceutical Chemist, the pedestrian in the foreground is Mrs Christiana Ditchburn (Photo supplied by Newton Abbot Museum)
Queen Street and St Paul's Road showing Devon Villa with the Oak Tree that formerly stood on the site of the War Memorial. Also shown are a horse drawn vehicle and a number of pedestrians
Queen Street and St Paul's Road showing Devon Villa with the Oak Tree that formerly stood on the site of the War Memorial.Also shown are a horse drawn vehicle and a number of pedestrians (Photo supplied by Newton Abbot Museum)

► Thank you to Newton Abbot Museum for supplying the photos.