EPW006169 ENGLAND (1921). Engineering Works beside Action Park, Acton, from the south-west, 1921

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Title [EPW006169] Engineering Works beside Action Park, Acton, from the south-west, 1921
Reference EPW006169
Date April-1921
Link
Place name ACTON
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 520828, 179818
Longitude / Latitude -0.25890706743687, 51.503879929337
National Grid Reference TQ208798

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Future southfield park

60009
Saturday 12th of December 2020 02:58:40 AM
Loved Acton park as a young child, a short walk from where I lived. Enjoyed the fairs that were held in Acton park I won a goldfish there once I was so happy I couldn't wait till I got home to show my mum & dad, I had gone with my nan who lived in the same household. All my kids have spent time & fun in the park from the years '76, '93 & '95 plus grand-kids too.

JSH
Sunday 8th of November 2020 07:21:27 PM
site of acton vale flats built 1940's

old actonian
Tuesday 10th of March 2020 01:38:02 PM
Kings Arms pub.

peterhurst
Thursday 4th of January 2018 07:42:35 PM
Wormwood Scrubs

Des Elmes
Monday 4th of April 2016 11:21:37 PM
There is a considerable amount of tentage evident on Wormwood Scrubs. It was owned by the War Office and was used to exercise cavalry horses and for rifle practice (I believe that the MoD are still the owners of the land). The tents would suggest that there might have been some event taking place in the London area at that time, which required extra troops being temporarily drafted into the area who could not otherwise be accommodated.



What was happening in 1921? Coal strike, perhaps?

The Laird
Monday 11th of September 2017 04:34:58 PM
East Acton Station - opened eight months previously with the extension of the Central London Railway from Shepherd's Bush to Ealing Broadway

Des Elmes
Monday 4th of April 2016 11:20:48 PM

Des Elmes
Monday 4th of April 2016 11:10:20 PM

Des Elmes
Monday 4th of April 2016 11:09:27 PM
Southfield Road

Des Elmes
Monday 4th of April 2016 11:07:26 PM
St Peter's Church

Des Elmes
Monday 4th of April 2016 11:06:56 PM
East Churchfield Road.

houds
Saturday 18th of October 2014 08:05:00 PM
East Acton Lane.

houds
Saturday 18th of October 2014 08:04:17 PM
Centre Avenue.

houds
Saturday 18th of October 2014 08:02:56 PM

houds
Saturday 18th of October 2014 07:59:39 PM
Bromyard Avenue. The Vale.

houds
Saturday 18th of October 2014 07:58:50 PM
Acton Coal 1867 -1965

Maurice
Tuesday 29th of January 2013 02:22:43 PM

Maurice
Tuesday 29th of January 2013 02:21:58 PM
The North and South Western Junction Railway line to Hammersmith and Chiswick. Opened 1857 and closed to passengers 1917 and freight in 1965.

Maurice
Tuesday 29th of January 2013 02:21:33 PM
No doubt the temporary offices for the Department of Pensions

Maurice
Tuesday 29th of January 2013 02:13:43 PM
Well I was told that this place was built by prisoners of war,and looking at those huts,they do look like a prison camp,too numerous for temp offices.I am not at all sure of my facts though,What do you think....It does look very Stalag,does'nt it?

dougygray
Tuesday 29th of January 2013 11:10:28 PM
I have just noticed the date on this photo,1921.Maybe those huts are just accommodation blocks for the workers.The war had been over for three years,would we have had POW's in England then?

dougygray
Tuesday 29th of January 2013 11:23:27 PM
I too was told it was built by POWs. I worked in the Post Office Telephones department based there in the late 1970s, and there were still some people who'd worked there before WW2, so the story may well have been true, and passed on over the years. The building was a bit 'rough and ready' inside, definitely a rushed job!

Isleworth1961
Saturday 25th of May 2013 01:11:13 AM
New building for the Department of Pensions

Maurice
Tuesday 29th of January 2013 02:10:13 PM