Summer Grove, WD6

Summer Grove is a road in the WD6 postcode area

St Nicholas Church, Elstree
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Fion Anderson

Elstree

Added: 2 Nov 2021 12:55 GMT

Elstree not Borehamwood
Home of the UK film industry

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Tony Whipple Frank Whipple Place, E14 Added: 16 Apr 2024 21:35 GMT	Frank Whipple Place, E14 Frank was my great-uncle, I’d often be ’babysat’ by Peggy while Nan and Dad went to the pub. Peggy was a marvel, so full of life. My Dad and Frank didn’t agree on most politics but everyone in the family is proud of him. A genuinely nice, knowledgable bloke. One of a kind. Reply
Theresa Penney Whites Row, E1 Added: 16 Apr 2024 18:08 GMT	1 Whites Row My 2 x great grandparents and his family lived here according to the 1841 census. They were Dutch Ashkenazi Jews born in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 19th century but all their children were born in Spitalfields. Reply
Wendy The Polygon Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT	Polygon Buildings Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings. Reply
Steve Charleville Circus, SE26 Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT	Road construction and houses completed New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only. Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date. Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London Reply
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Charles Hornsey Rise, N19 Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT	My House I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s. Reply
NH Woodgrange Road, E7 Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT	Telephone House Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000 Reply
Paul Cox Aldine Street, W12 Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT	War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there. Reply

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Elstree South tube station Part of the Northern Heights plan, this did not come to fruition. Its proposed land became instead the site for Aldenham Bus Works where buses were fitted out and notably, Cliff Richard planned his "Summer Holiday" Credit: Tony Beard TUM image id: 1557403292 Licence:	The Artichoke TUM image id: 1469029186 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Red Lion about 1900 TUM image id: 1488293340 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Elstree:Station Road, now Allum Lane, with Nicoll Farm on the left. Postcard dated 14 September 1910 TUM image id: 1511006190 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Nicoll Farm shown at the brow of the hill in Allum Lane (a.k.a. Station Road) TUM image id: 1524306494 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Elstree South was a proposed tube station, part of the cancelled 1940-era New Works programme. Delayed by the Second World War, the post-war Green Belt made the line unviable. The whole scheme would have extended the line from Mill Hill East with stations at Mill Hill (The Hale), Edgware, Brockley Hill, Elstree South and Bushey Heath. From Mill Hill East, an existing railway to Edgware would have been followed. Running north from Edgware station, the projected route north is still quite obvious on Google Maps satellite view - with different housing and narrower streets. Some initial viaduct work could be seen until recently near to the Spur Road roundabout. After here the line would have climbed considerably in altitude to reach a new Brockley Hill station. Elstree South station would have had an adjacent depot - this was completed and became Aldenham Bus Works instead. Finally the route would have reached Bushey Heath where the Northern Line extension would have terminated. Mill Hill (The Hale) mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/mill-hill-the-hale-mug-retro Edgware mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/edgware-mug-retro Brockley Hill mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/brockley-hill-mug-retro Elstree South mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/elstree-south-mug-retro Bushey Heath mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/bushey-heath-mug-retro Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1688641892 Licence:	From a film of the 1936 Jarrow March. This is photographed somewhere near the later Aldenham Bus Works/Brockley Hill TUM image id: 1669212591 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Elstree South tube station Part of the Northern Heights plan, this did not come to fruition. Its proposed land became instead the site for Aldenham Bus Works where buses were fitted out and notably, Cliff Richard planned his "Summer Holiday"
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The Artichoke
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The Red Lion about 1900
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Elstree:Station Road, now Allum Lane, with Nicoll Farm on the left. Postcard dated 14 September 1910
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Elstree South was a proposed tube station, part of the cancelled 1940-era New Works programme. Delayed by the Second World War, the post-war Green Belt made the line unviable. The whole scheme would have extended the line from Mill Hill East with stations at Mill Hill (The Hale), Edgware, Brockley Hill, Elstree South and Bushey Heath. From Mill Hill East, an existing railway to Edgware would have been followed. Running north from Edgware station, the projected route north is still quite obvious on Google Maps satellite view - with different housing and narrower streets. Some initial viaduct work could be seen until recently near to the Spur Road roundabout. After here the line would have climbed considerably in altitude to reach a new Brockley Hill station. Elstree South station would have had an adjacent depot - this was completed and became Aldenham Bus Works instead. Finally the route would have reached Bushey Heath where the Northern Line extension would have terminated. Mill Hill (The Hale) mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/mill-hill-the-hale-mug-retro Edgware mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/edgware-mug-retro Brockley Hill mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/brockley-hill-mug-retro Elstree South mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/elstree-south-mug-retro Bushey Heath mug: https://the-underground-map.myshopify.com/products/bushey-heath-mug-retro
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From a film of the 1936 Jarrow March. This is photographed somewhere near the later Aldenham Bus Works/Brockley Hill
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