EPW056763 ENGLAND (1938). The Celotex Ltd Works alongside the Grand Union Canal, Alperton, 1938
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| Title | [EPW056763] The Celotex Ltd Works alongside the Grand Union Canal, Alperton, 1938 |
| Reference | EPW056763 |
| Date | 10-April-1938 |
| Link | |
| Place name | ALPERTON |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 519037, 183611 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.28342060580899, 51.538353219007 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ190836 |
Pins
 Twyford Abbey. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Thursday 20th of June 2013 08:30:57 PM |
| Western Avenue (A40). |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:41:47 PM |
| Piccadilly Line. Alperton Station off the right hand edge; Park Royal off the left. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:40:36 PM |
| The Abbey Hotel. |
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Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:36:54 PM |
| The River Brent in its new guise of a straightened concrete 'cut' from the Harrow Road to the Piccadilly Line. Before 1934 it meandered down the Brent Valley and looped out into Twyford Abbey grounds. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:18:57 PM |
| The Gypsy Field. Our own recreation ground. There was a playground at the Rizla end with swings and roundabouts. Sunday mornings were for young boys football. just coats for goal posts.
The name has a derivation. Up to the 1920s this part of Alperton was wasteland, and used by gypsies to live on, and handle the results of their rag and bone trade. After the War a small yard was used on the Harrow Road which backed on to Stonebridge Rec. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:15:06 PM |
| 23 and 23a (next to Rizla) to 95 and 95a Beresford Avenue (opposite Celotex main entrance). The a numbers are the upstairs maisonettes. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:08:29 PM |
| Zip French Cleaners factory. Well ahead of their time by establishing a pleasant appearance to the frontage with a semi-circular grass lawn. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:05:14 PM |
| The Celotex Head Office on the North Circular Road. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 04:01:00 PM |
| The Abbey Estate roads. The clear area running from top to bottom in this shot is where the sewer outfall run goes off to the Alperton Lane works. |
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Wednesday 19th of June 2013 03:59:03 PM |
| The Abbey Industrial Estate. |
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Wednesday 19th of June 2013 03:56:45 PM |
| Three huge stacks of bagasse, the residue after extracting the juice from sugar cane. It was the basic raw material for boarding. It was also the reason for Celotex choosing this site. The bagasse was taken from London Docks by canal to Alperton for unloading. |
Harrow&Wembley |
Wednesday 19th of June 2013 03:56:13 PM |
| The Celotex factory lines. |
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Wednesday 19th of June 2013 03:51:46 PM |