EPW036468 ENGLAND (1931). Shepherd's Bush, a greyhound race meeting in progress at the White City Stadium and environs, 1931
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Title | [EPW036468] Shepherd's Bush, a greyhound race meeting in progress at the White City Stadium and environs, 1931 |
Reference | EPW036468 |
Date | August-1931 |
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Place name | SHEPHERD'S BUSH |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 523122, 180926 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.22548119323806, 51.513343639838 |
National Grid Reference | TQ231809 |
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St Quintin Avenue |
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Highlever Road |
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Glenroy Street |
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Eynham Road |
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Brewster Gardens |
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Bracewell Road |
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St Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs Station |
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North Pole Road |
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Pavilion Hotel |
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Pavilion |
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Cricket match in progress |
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The Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 was held here in 1908.
Eight million people visited the site. The BBC Televsion Centre, opened in 1960, now occupies some of the site; the Westfield Shopping Centre took the rest and opened in 2008 |
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West London Railway - a route linking Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction |
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London Underground line from White City Station and White City Depot |
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This spur has since been lifted |
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The A40 Westway now runs across here as an elevated expressway with a grade-separated interchange to the east |
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London Underground railway line constructed after 1916 |
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Wood Lane. A tramway route |
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In 1916 a tramway ran around the outside of the Olympic Stadium and into the Great White City. It appears to have been lifted by this date |
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Band stand |
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Great White City. Shepherd's Bush Exhibition. Looking rather unkempt |
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User Comment Contributions
The White City Stadium was originally opened in 1908 for the Olympics and was initially known as the Olympic Stadium. It was demolished in 1985 and the site was redeveloped as the BBC's Broadcast Centre building |
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