WHETHER he will come back again to smash a bottle of champagne over a kerb stone and say : "I declare this re-styled roundabout open", must be doubtful.

But the last time there was a major revamp of the Cathedral end of Worcester High Street, Prince Charles turned up to unveil the statue of Sir Edward Elgar.

Today many months of work have just been completed to redesign the Deansway/High Street/Sidbury junction and whether all the fuss is worth the effort only time will tell.

In the meantime here is a selection of photos sent in by our historic bus guru (who wishes to remain anonymous) to remind us all of the way things were.

Prince Charles arrived in June, 1981 to unveil the Elgar statue, which had been magnificently crafted by local sculptor Ken Potts and occupied pride of place at the south end of High Street, which had been pedestrianised the year before.

The photograph also emphasises the smartness of the Giffard Hotel, which sadly never brought the city the luxury hospitality that was hoped for.

There is also a view of the hotel across the large roundabout, which has now disappeared in the recent redesign, and with the trees just starting to come into leaf and the flowers enjoying the spring sunshine you wonder whether the 2015 version is really any better. Especially with the access route to a public car park now meandering 50 yards across a pedestrian precinct.

The third view of the area was taken in 1980, shortly before work to pedestrianise High Street began and shows two way traffic still in operation with a convoy of buses holding centre stage.

Another photograph taken in 1988 overlooks the northern end of City Walls Road, with the area beyond the roundabout now much changed by the St Martin's Quarter development.

It was very much the era of the Citibus and one of the orange and blue coaches can be seen negotiating the roundabout.

The final photograph shows a veritable clutch of Citibuses waiting in Angel Place in 1985 before the main terminus for the city routes was relocated under cover and into the CrownGate shopping centre development.

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