EPW057606 ENGLAND (1938). The Hendon Greyhound Racing Stadium and Kemps Biscuit Works off the North Circular Road and the surrounding area, Dollis Hill, 1938. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

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Details

Title [EPW057606] The Hendon Greyhound Racing Stadium and Kemps Biscuit Works off the North Circular Road and the surrounding area, Dollis Hill, 1938. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.
Reference EPW057606
Date July-1938
Link
Place name DOLLIS HILL
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 522464, 187092
Longitude / Latitude -0.2328139462625, 51.568907722528
National Grid Reference TQ225871

Pins

The Old Welsh Harp Inn being rebuilt. The building was demolished in 1970/71 when the A5 was widened.

Mark Amies
Thursday 3rd of February 2022 03:20:53 PM
The Car Mart showrooms. During WW2 the building was turned over to de Havilland to make jet engines.

Mark Amies
Thursday 3rd of February 2022 03:18:47 PM
Admiralty Chart Establishment

The Laird
Wednesday 19th of September 2018 01:51:03 PM
This vacant lot would soon be the Oxgate Admiralty citadel building. It was a fortified building built just prior to WW2 as a relief building should the Admiralty facilities in Whitehall be put out of action. It was built next to an existing Admiralty chart factory.

The Laird
Wednesday 19th of September 2018 01:43:16 PM
Ramp up to the site of the former Welsh Harp Station, which had closed as long ago as 1903. The space between the lines shows where the single island platform used to be.

Leslie B
Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:49:40 PM
Site of Paddock, a two story, underground citadel beneath Dollis Hill GPO Research Centre. This housed the reserve Cabinet War Rooms and was completed and operational in 1940.

Kentishman
Tuesday 9th of February 2016 11:05:41 PM
Tommy Flowers designed and co-developed Colossus, the World's first programmable electronic computer here: Dollis Hill, the GPO Research Centre in Brook Lane, during 1943. He worked at the Centre from 1930. http://cryptomuseum.com/people/tommy_flowers.htm

Kentishman
Tuesday 9th of February 2016 10:36:34 PM
A5 Edgware Road.

ken
Sunday 16th of August 2015 03:02:03 PM
Cricklewood/Brent goods sidings.

ken
Sunday 16th of August 2015 03:01:22 PM
Staples Corner.

ken
Sunday 16th of August 2015 02:59:56 PM
Chelsea juniors pitch

clive
Thursday 4th of December 2014 06:53:25 PM

User Comment Contributions

This image shows the GPO's Research Centre, Dollis Hill. This site was vital for the work undertaken to design and build Colossus, the World's first electronic, programmable computer in 1943. This became an essential part of the work at Bletchley Park in deciphering codes that the Germans considered unbreakable.



Dollis Hill was also the site of Paddock, the reserve Cabinet War Room completed in 1940.

Kentishman
Tuesday 9th of February 2016 10:52:43 PM