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I-Spy History around Mitcham’s Corner

I-Spy route around Mitcham's Corner

Look up, look down, look all around your local area and become a history detective!

See how many of these things you can find – they are all close by around Mitcham’s Corner and every picture tells a story.

A gold-painted stone capital features a centrally carved owl flanked by ornate acanthus leaves and scrollwork.

A grey granite stone memorial trough with an inscription dated 1934 set into the ground and surrounded by water.

A square metal drain cover set in asphalt, embossed with a diamond pattern and the text MacIntosh Maker Cambridge.

A weathered, cream-colored metal frame with a carved face at the top, embedded in a stone wall around a dark, hollow recess.

A black, circular metal plate featuring a lion’s head relief, with a hollow spout projecting from the center of the mouth.

A green decorative iron fence with pointed finials runs along a low brick wall in front of a pale residential building.

A low-angle view of yellow brick townhouses with white decorative bay windows and black iron railings against a blue sky.

Triangular wooden gable end featuring black ironwork scrolls and scalloped trim against a slate roof and blue sky.

Faint, weathered ghost sign lettering on a beige rendered gable end above yellow brickwork and a decorative roof ridge.

Two vertical pillars covered in dark blue mottled tiles flank a glass storefront door with a glimpse of a chair inside.

Square white clock face showing the time at roughly 11:23, with the inscription S. P. Autrey Cambridge and a sticker at 7.

The word VENUE in white letters on dark tiles is mounted on a yellow brick wall between a decorative tile and a black box.

An old bicycle sits on the grey ledge above the University Cycles storefront, positioned between two tall rectangular windows.

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