EPW006281 ENGLAND (1921). View of The Broadway, West Hendon, from the north-west, 1921

I lived in the remains of this road in the early/mid sixties.

I remember the bottom half of the road were all Bomb damaged houses with only the top half of the road still intact.

There are photos of the Bentley Motors Ltd factory at Cricklewood - Oxgate Lane and Edgware Road (the A5) in 1920 here: http://myautoworld.com/bentley/cars/history/history-company/history-company.html

Yes, it is.

These roads leading off West Hendon Broadway were some of the first to be developed around the turn of the century. Once the area started to become more urbanized, the use of the Welsh Harp and surrounding lands for recreation in the old ways ceased. During the Second World War some of these roads (including Ravenstone Road) were almost entirely destroyed by a Luftwaffe bomb in early 1941. The exact details and causes of the massive destruction that resulted is still slightly murky, but it is thought that a special and very powerful type of German bomb had been used. Others suggested that it was an aircraft laden with bombs that had fallen on the houses. Many were killed and injured. The Welsh Harp was drained and examined for further evidence many years later but little of significance seemed to emerge. Does anyone know more details about the West Hendon incident?

The URL below will take you to a shocking picture of the devastation caused by the V2 rocket incident to which this pin refers.



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