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Coronation street party, 1953. TUM image id: 1545250697 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Children of Ruston Close This road was the renaming of Rillington Place. Even after renaming, this street, where notorious murders had taken place, proved too much to avoid subsequent demolition. TUM image id: 1545251090 Licence:	Ladbroke Grove (1866) The future Kensington Park Hotel is the corner building on the left. The area beyond the railway bridge (now the Hammersmith and City Line) was still green fields at this stage TUM image id: 1513618275 Licence:	The St Agnes soup kitchen was situated on the corner of Bangor Street, W11 that this photo was taken from. Bangor Street disappeared from the streetscene of Notting Dale after the Second World War. Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1456741743 Licence:	HM Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, with Lady Petrie, opening Henry Dickens Court, W11 (1953) The Queen Mother is greeted by large crowds and is accompanied by Lady Petrie, Mayor of Kensington. Henry Dickens Court was built by the Council on a bomb site as part of the borough’s post war redevelopment plan. It was named after Henry Dickens, grandson of Charles Dickens, an Alderman on the Council and an active advocate of municipal housing. Credit: Kensington Libraries TUM image id: 1627908621 Licence:
The Tile Kiln, Notting Dale (1824) Credit: Florence Gladstone TUM image id: 1563720078 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Clayton Arms TUM image id: 1453029104 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Earl Derby stood on the corner of Southern Row and Bosworth Road. The Earl Derby himself was Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby who fought at the battle of Bosworth. TUM image id: 1453372511 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Foresters TUM image id: 1453071112 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Lads of the Village pub TUM image id: 1556874496 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The Prince of Wales TUM image id: 1556874951 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Admiral Blake (The Cowshed) Adjacent Admiral Mews was occupied by a series of sheds for cows. Drovers bringing their cattle to the London markets would house them in these sheds for the night, whilst they themselves found shelter and refreshment in the neighbouring tavern, which received a nickname alongside its official one. The exterior of the pub was featured in the early 2000s pub-based sitcom, "Time Gentlemen Please", written by Richard Herring and Al Murray. TUM image id: 1556888887 Licence:	Photographed just after the Second World War, this is the bombed-out Rackham Street, London W10 looking down from the junction with Exmoor Street. Rackham Street ran off Ladbroke Grove, roughly along the line of the modern Bruce Close. Credit: Kensington and Chelsea library TUM image id: 1557403168 Licence:	Kensington Park Hotel TUM image id: 1453375720 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Middle Row School was constructed to provide education for the children of Kensal New Town. In 1877, an application was made to the Chelsea Vestry "to build a School House and premises. to be known as Middle Row Schools. Kensal Road by Messrs. Hook & Oldrey, builders..." The official opening took place on 19 August 1878. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1615381435 Licence: