EAW000651 ENGLAND (1946). The bomb damaged residential area off Barking Road, Canning Town, 1946

? Location of a 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site?

116 Barking Road - former site of McNabb's Cafe, owned by Joseph McNabb - extensively damaged by an explosive bomb on 19th April 1941

Mayflower Centre, Still there

Trolleybus on Route 669 - North Woolwich - Stratford Broadway, turns into Hermit Road heading towards Plaistow.

Trolleybus traversing the Canning Town Station turning circle. This ran down Woodstock Street (from which the trolleybus is exiting), up Silvertown Way and back into The Barking Road. Route 669 terminated here - from Stratford Broadway, from 6th June 1936 until 6th February 1938 when it was extended to North Woolwich. Route 685 - extended from Markhouse Road (Leyton), joined the 669 from 19 September 1937. Both routes were replaced by diesel buses after 2nd February 1960.

MAFEKING ROAD

1946. Cliff Street.

1946. Star Street.

1946. Fisher Street.

1946. Edward Street.

1946. Morgan Street.

1946. Trinity Street.

1946. Hemsworth Street.

1946. Vincent Street.

1946. Wooloham Street.

1946. Newton Street.

1946. Woodstock Street.

1946. Swanscombe Street.

1946. Montesquieu Street.

1946. Fox Street.

1946. Aviary Street.

1946. Maud Street.

1946. Mona Street.

1946. Mary Street.

1946. Ordnance Road.

1946. Malmesbury Road.

1946. Carlton Street.

1946. Ascot Street.

1946. Oak Street.

1946. Rathbone Street.

1946. Woolworth's.

Pretoria Road Girl's Secondary Modern school Later merged with Pretoria County Boy's School to become Eastlea Comprehensive

Pretoria County Boy's School

The Odeon cinema on the corner of Nehaven Lane. It had only been opened a few months, when it was badly damaged by a bomb and closed. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14789

The site of the Rathbone Cinema http://www.newhamstory.com/node/2648

The Flying Scud public house

Woodstock Arms public house

Silvertown Way

Liverpool Road

Malmesbury Road

Mortuary

Canning Town public hall

Star lane

The Beckton Arms public house

The Convent and Nunnary

The Anchor Public House

Marquis of Salisbury, 110 Hermit Road

The Royal Oak public house

Hermit Road park

The Sewer Now known as the 'Green Way'

East London cemetery, Grange Road

EWS aka Emergency Water Supply. A bombed building's cellar was made waterproof and flooded. This one looks empty.

Huntingdon Arms, 66 Burke Street Picture 2006

Lawrence Street

Clarkson Street

Peter Street

Mary Street

Burke Street

Pitt Street

Holy Trinity church. Built 1867, bombed 1941. Refurbished and reopened 1942. Closed in 1948, later demolished.

Star street. Demolished

SITE OF RON'S RECORD STALL RATHBONE STREET MARKET

PRINCE ARTHUR PUB 38A RATHBONE STREET "DRAKIES"

CLARKSON STREET SCHOOL

RATHBONE ARMS PUB RATHBONE STREET MARKET

SITE OF MRS OLLEYS PIE & MASH SHOP 18 RATHBONE STREET MARKET

London Transport trolleybus

Braemar Road. My grandparents lived in Braemar Road until the house was bombed in 1940. They emerged from their Andersen shelter to find their 'best bed' had descended from their bedroom to the parlour below. Apparently the bed was not seriously damaged, I remember them still using it in the 1960s. The house however was a write-off. The photo seems to show temporary housing on the cleared bomb sites. These were a semi-circular type constructed in the same way as Nissan huts. Less sophisticated than the famous 'prefabs' which lasted very much longer.

Star Lane

Star Primary School