Fifty years ago, the Acorn looked like this

A view of the edge of St Leonard's in the 1960s

Acorn junction (courtesy of Exeter City Council)

Two recognisable buildings in the distance.  The double-decker bus in top left is just passing the Magdalen Chapter hotel; at the time the building was the Exeter Eye Infirmary.  At the top on the right is the roof of one of the houses in Good Shepherd Drive