EPW000473 ENGLAND (1920). College Road and Station Road, Harrow, 1920

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Title [EPW000473] College Road and Station Road, Harrow, 1920
Reference EPW000473
Date April-1920
Link
Place name HARROW
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 515556, 188120
Longitude / Latitude -0.33211305248253, 51.579606351109
National Grid Reference TQ156881

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This Gayton Rd. I lived here for nearly 4 years 1968-72 in rooms in one the big houses. Sadly for me, it's just off the bottom right hand corner of this photo! They have all gone now - replaced with low rise flats with the large back gardens used for residents' parking.

Coventry kid
Sunday 31st of July 2022 07:04:31 PM
It is the Coliseum, here is the frontage and you can see where the two domes would be built at either corner.

OldBill
Thursday 27th of February 2020 08:48:03 PM
The triangle formed by Gayton Road, St John's Road and Lyon Road was, as can be seen, an area comprising commodious villas built in the arts and crafts style. In an act of planning vandalism, the majority of these villas were torn down in the early 1960s to make way for ugly council office blocks. Within ten years or so, the London Borough of Harrow would repeat the process elsewhere during the construction of their civic centre. They did not know the meaning of shame then and it is apparent that this is still the case.

The Laird
Thursday 20th of February 2020 01:23:56 PM
Hawarden Villa. Another grand house that has long disappeared. In view of its isolation and proximity to the Baptist Church and hall, might it have been the manse to the church? This area was taken up by the expansion of the Post Office and associated sorting office. It is now the site of another massive housing development of the sort that is seeing dear old Harrow turn into Basingstoke new town. Look on and weep.

The Laird
Thursday 20th of February 2020 01:07:14 PM
Where these lovely Edwardian villas stood, there is now rising a truly horrific high-rise development. It can be seen for miles around. What has happened to this country?

The Laird
Saturday 3rd of March 2018 01:46:48 AM
Until the rebuilding of Harrow Met Station (not completed until after WW2), the main entrance was on the Lowlands Road side, possibly in deference to visitors to the school on the hill.

The Laird
Saturday 3rd of March 2018 01:31:57 AM
Now Morrisons and flats.

simes188
Sunday 16th of April 2017 05:39:00 PM
Bus station is here.

simes188
Sunday 16th of April 2017 05:37:55 PM
Roxborough Bridge.

simes188
Sunday 16th of April 2017 05:36:18 PM
St Ann's shopping centre.

simes188
Sunday 16th of April 2017 05:34:49 PM
This building (I believe) started off in life as the Westminster bank. Oddly, on the opposite side of Station Road, were the National Bank and the Provincial Bank. The National and the Provincial amalgamated to become the National Provincial Bank (pretty obvious I guess), then they were taken over by the Westminster Bank to create today's Natwest.

Sweet Pete
Friday 6th of November 2015 04:40:59 PM
This looks like a British Westinghouse camel-back electric loco used at this time by the Metropolitan Railway on their mainline loco-hauled services. There were ten locos of this type supplemented by ten British Thomson-Houston box body locos. All were replaced by the twenty Metropolitan Vickers Bo-Bo locos in about 1923. In this photo, the locomotive appears to be in a reversing siding. It had probably recently handed over a 'down' mainline service to a steam loco as, until 1925 when it moved out to Rickmansworth, Harrow was the loco changeover point.

The Laird
Monday 27th of April 2015 03:15:03 PM

Coventry kid
Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 03:40:46 PM
Somertons This was Harrow's first department store and pre-dates Sopers (now Debenhams).

Sweet Pete
Saturday 31st of January 2015 03:39:22 PM
Was Somertons ever here? This is up by Roxborough Bridge. The Somertons I remember was College Road at the junction with Clarendon Road.

The Laird
Monday 27th of April 2015 03:09:42 PM
Correction.



The Laird is quite right. Somertons was on the corner of College Road and Clarendon Road. My flag is outside the shops near to the Roxborough Arms.



Sweet Pete
Thursday 14th of May 2015 05:27:08 PM

Sweet Pete
Friday 23rd of January 2015 04:27:47 PM
Gayton Hall Hotel. Now called The Junction or something equally unimaginative.

The Laird
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 11:48:43 AM
Harrow Empire & Picturedrome (Later Adams Furnishings then St. Georges Shopping Centre)

JamesMac
Tuesday 1st of October 2013 12:55:42 AM
Coliseum Cinema being built, Later became the Coliseum Theatre until 1956 & by 1963 became Harrows first Supermarket. In 2013 it is Iceland store.

JamesMac
Tuesday 1st of October 2013 12:50:38 AM
Is this the site that was MacFisheries supermarket in 1968 -71 approx.? I lived there then and used the supermarket - a weeks' shop cost £7.00 including a bottle of plonk!

Coventry kid
Saturday 9th of November 2013 04:55:40 PM
Coventry Kid, for some reason there is no 'reply to this comment' available on yours. It was MacFisheries around that time. From memory I reckon Coliseum Theatre was closed around 1958 and demolished about 1961 being replaced with 'Premier' Harrows very first 'Supermarket' It changed several times, but was MacFisheries for a number of years.

JamesMac
Tuesday 12th of November 2013 02:18:20 AM
JamesMac - after a long delay have just found your response to my Comment below about MacFisheries - thank you!

Coventry kid
Wednesday 13th of August 2014 08:09:03 PM
I think that Mac Fisheries were, in turn, subsumed by International Stores. There was another Mac Fisheries store in Preston Road that also became an International ("Nice people with nice prices")



Many high streets had a smaller Mac Fisheries wet fish shop.

The Laird
Saturday 4th of April 2015 06:37:02 PM
It was opened this same year as the Electric Cinema by the then MP; Oswald Mosley (later leader of the British Union of Fascists). The change of name to the Coliseum probably taking place when it reopened a few years later as a theatre.

The Laird
Tuesday 12th of July 2022 07:14:18 PM

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:26:16 PM
Gayton Road, surely?

The Laird
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 11:50:42 AM
My mistake, The Laird is correct it is Gayton Road

JamesMac
Thursday 16th of January 2014 12:59:40 PM
Sorry JamesMAc, I have to agree with The Laird, this is Gayton Road.

Sweet Pete
Tuesday 10th of November 2015 02:10:44 PM
Baptist Church, College Road

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:17:18 PM
Harrow-on-the Hill Stn.

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:11:08 PM
Harrow on the Hill station was later rebuilt closer to College Road.

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:14:21 PM
Greenhill School

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:09:34 PM
Greenhill Road Harrow

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:08:15 PM
Angel Road Harrow

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:07:36 PM
Byron Road Harrow

JamesMac
Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:06:47 PM
Adams Furniture Store (where St George's Shopping Centre now stands). Before being used by Adams, the building started off life as another Harrow cinema.

The Laird
Wednesday 14th of August 2013 06:23:03 PM
Back of the Gaumont(?) Theatre

DLJ
Friday 14th of December 2012 02:27:38 AM
I believe this was originally called the Electric Cinema. It was opened in 1920 by the then MP for Harrow.... Sir Oswald Mosley (later leader of the British Union of Fascists).

Within a few short years the cinema was closed and the venue reopened as the Coliseum Theatre.

The Laird
Wednesday 14th of August 2013 06:16:27 PM
Yes I agree the Coliseum Cinema later Theatre. It is still being built here, but the column towers for the cupolas are visible there at the front.

JamesMac
Friday 30th of August 2013 01:26:57 AM
Royal Oak public house

Andrew52
Tuesday 11th of December 2012 11:52:18 AM
Was Harrow School of Art until 1968ish

DLJ
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 12:02:58 AM