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David Gibbs

Stoke Newington LB

Added: 3 May 2021 16:48 GMT

73 Bus Crash in Albion Rd 1961
From a Newspaper cutting of which I have a copy with photo. On Tuesday August 15th 1961 a 73 bus destined for Mortlake at 8.10am. The bus had just turned into Albion Road when the driver passed out, apparently due to a heart attack, and crashed into a wall on the western side of Albion Road outside No 207. The bus driver, George Jefferies aged 56 of Observatory Road, East Sheen, died after being trapped in his cab when he collided with a parked car. Passengers on the bus were thrown from their seats as it swerved. Several fainted, and ambulances were called. The bus crashed into a front garden and became jammed against a wall. The car driver, who had just parked, suffered shock.

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Blue plaque erected in 1932 by London County Council at 95 Stoke Newington Church Street. London’s blue plaques link the people of the past with the buildings of the present. Now run by English Heritage, the London blue plaques scheme was started in 1866 and is thought to be the oldest of its kind in the world Credit: Wiki Commons/Spudgun67 TUM image id: 1630578736 Licence:	Clissold Park is an open space in Stoke Newington. It is bounded by Greenway Close (to the north), Stoke Newington Church Street (to the south) and Green Lanes (west) and Queen Elizabeth’s Walk (east). It was named by the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington, which was the local authority when the park was established. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1616780666 Licence:	The rear of the houses of Church Row on Church Street, Stoke Newington. They were demolished in 1932. Will Owen, who sketched the houses, wrote: "... at the end comes a row of early eighteenth century houses, built of that rich red brick that grows richer with age, with pretty porches creeper-covered and this is Church Row." TUM image id: 1616755919 Licence:	Durley Road in Stoke Newington (1905) Old photos can provide evidence of building dates of roads. Here we can see that ivy, which takes years to grow, has completely taken over a row of houses. Durley Road is thus a bit older than 1905! Old London postcard TUM image id: 1616779014 Licence:	Gibson Gardens with original cobblestone paving (2005) Gibson Gardens is a historic tenement block of flats in Stoke Newington, built by the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes in 1880. Credit: Fin Fahey TUM image id: 1616685138 Licence:
Pawnbroker, 201 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, c. 1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1684848140 Licence:	Red Lion, Church Street (1890) Credit: Hackney Library Services TUM image id: 1568045079 Licence:

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Blue plaque erected in 1932 by London County Council at 95 Stoke Newington Church Street. London’s blue plaques link the people of the past with the buildings of the present. Now run by English Heritage, the London blue plaques scheme was started in 1866 and is thought to be the oldest of its kind in the world
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Durley Road in Stoke Newington (1905) Old photos can provide evidence of building dates of roads. Here we can see that ivy, which takes years to grow, has completely taken over a row of houses. Durley Road is thus a bit older than 1905!
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