EAW032037 ENGLAND (1950). The Monkswood Estate in the early stages of construction and environs, Stevenage, 1950

The ancient Six Hills, London Road.

The Plash. Home to Clarence Elliott of Six Hills Nursery

Bedwell Farm

Broom Barns?

Sishes End House, Pin Green

Highfield House

we use to play in the stream and sewage area in the 1950s60s

Clarence Elliott British horticulturalist, had Six Hills Nursery, specialising in alpine plants

Public House; Our Mutual Friend

Water troughs indicator board - a black zigzag line on a white background.

Water tank and softener unit for the railway's Langley water troughs.

D. Wickham's engineering factory.

The present Monkswood Way intersects Elder Way at this point.

Stevenage Town Football Club of the Delphian League in those days.

Norton Green Lane bridge (now gone) over the East Coast main line from Kings Cross to the north of England and Scotland. In 1946 this was still the London and North Eastern Railway. The straight stretch between here and Langley Junction to the south contained water troughs. Just a few yards north of this old bridge, Six Hills Way now spans the line.

The Great North Road (A1) as it ran by the old sewage farm. The Roaring Meg Shopping Centre, named for the small brook that runs alongside the road, now stands on this site.

Elder Way, the first entrance off the Great North Road (A1) to Stevenage New Town.