EPW005600 ENGLAND (1921). Purves Road and environs, Kensal Green, 1921
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| Title | [EPW005600] Purves Road and environs, Kensal Green, 1921 |
| Reference | EPW005600 |
| Date | March-1921 |
| Link | |
| Place name | KENSAL GREEN |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 523447, 183135 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.22002533741712, 51.533127485652 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ234831 |
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 Lived here 82 next to small block of flats which were built after I was told the houses there were bombed could never find any info on this. I do know that bombs fell at the junction of Mortimer, College and Hazel road near the station. They were aiming at the Gas works in Ladbroke Grove |
 CJ |
Monday 13th of January 2014 02:21:37 AM |
| Lived here 82 next to small block of flats which were built after I was told the houses there were bombed could never find any info on this. I do know that bombs fell at the junction of Mortimer, College and Hazel road near the station. They were aiming at the Gas works in Ladbroke Grove |
CJ |
Monday 13th of January 2014 02:21:33 AM |
| Kensal Green Cemetery |
 greenchief |
Wednesday 25th of September 2013 12:40:15 PM |
These are allotments, which a few years later were turned into a housing development with roads off Chamberlain Road, eg Leigh Gardens. See later photograph EPW056370 of 1938. Kensal Green Cemetery is near Kensal Green railway station on the LNWR line from Euston to Watford and the North. |
gcook |
Tuesday 1st of October 2013 03:31:41 PM |
This is not the Cemetery it the National Athletic Ground laid out 1890 not sure when it was developed with housing sometime between 1921 and 1938 ORP used this as their ground for a time in fact during two periods, see http://www.brent.gov.uk/media/387284/Kensal%20Green.pdf |
CJ |
Monday 13th of January 2014 02:00:32 AM |
| Horses and carts |
 David Parry |
Tuesday 7th of May 2013 10:01:42 AM |
Lived in Purves road from mid 1960s till late 1970s when I was small the rag and bone man stil had a horse and cart. |
CJ |
Monday 13th of January 2014 02:04:54 AM |
| Princes Frederica C of E Primary School |
NthLondonBoy |
Wednesday 29th of August 2012 05:12:02 PM |
| Kensal Rise Station - Nth London Line - Richmond to Broad street |
NthLondonBoy |
Wednesday 29th of August 2012 05:10:07 PM |
| 91 Ashburnham Road - family house |
NthLondonBoy |
Wednesday 29th of August 2012 05:08:36 PM |
| Kensal Rise Public Library (recently demolished). |
Knowlesy |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 11:26:44 AM |
The building is still there, just closed, i lived in bathurst gardens in the 60's, and i worked in the library! |
avid |
Sunday 27th of July 2014 02:28:00 PM |
The library building is still there but is no longer a council run library. When Brent closed it there was a long battle to re-open it by the Save Kensal Rise Library campaign. It was eventually bought by a developer and converted into private housing but with space retained for a community-run library - a great victory won by the campaigners. |
Vicky |
Wednesday 28th of October 2020 02:00:50 PM |
User Comment Contributions
The Kensal Green Public Library has NOT been demolished, it still stands but the current owners All Souls College, Oxford have yet to strike a deal for it to be reopened, possibly on the ground floor only. Observe how few cars and how as a result the streets look clearer. The railway embankments are clear of bushy vegetation, but it is unclear if there are allotments. |
Dan Filson |
Sunday 27th of July 2014 02:26:26 PM |
How few cars and how many young trees. There are still some trees in the surrounding streets (2013) but not nearly as abundant. |
David Parry |
Tuesday 7th of May 2013 10:05:35 AM |
Yes, the building is still there, but mothballed at the moment while decisions as to its future take place, latest idea is flats in the building,i actually worked at the library for 2 years in the 60's, it was my first job! so sad to see a fine building stand empty and idle. |
avid |
Sunday 27th of July 2014 02:26:26 PM |