Canterbury High Street Revisited

Was great to walk down Canterbury High  Street again last summer.

Got a quick shot inside the Eastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr (above). Have just read that Eastbridge Hospital became an accommodation site for pilgrims after the death of St. Thomas Becket in the late 12th century. Can recall seeing a very old fresco when my wife and I went on a short guided tour of the building in summer 1999.

Below, there is the Black Griffin pub on the High Street. Remember this pub having a bare wooden floor and great Rock jukebox. In particular, I can remember going on an all-day drinking trip to Herne Bay and Whitstable in 2007 or 2008 with EFL Steve, getting back to Canterbury, and listening to the whole Metallica album 'And Justice for All' in the Black Griffin:

During the trip to Canterbury last year, my friend from Ireland spotted the interesting plaque below on the High Street:

How could such an old building have been demolished?