EPW062054 ENGLAND (1939). Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, 1939
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| Title | [EPW062054] Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, 1939 | 
| Reference | EPW062054 | 
| Date | 28-July-1939 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | WELWYN GARDEN CITY | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 524100, 212643 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.20013275005478, 51.79819741797 | 
| National Grid Reference | TL241126 | 
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|  Trench Shelters at Peartree Primary School e71369 |   Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com | Thursday 7th of March 2024 01:58:20 PM | 
|  Buchanan's confectionary factory occupied these premises until their closure in 1956.   Afterwards the premises was divided up between four small businesses. |   Michael | Sunday 11th of December 2016 04:04:54 PM | 
|  Murphy Radios moved to this site in 1930, and then left this site in 1955.    Polypenco moved here in 1958 until 1975 when they went to Bridge Road East. |   Michael | Sunday 11th of December 2016 04:03:32 PM | 
|  Crown Macaroni Company had premises here from the early 60s  -  before this it belonged to State Express 555 cigarette company.     A small portion of the premises still remain. |   Michael | Sunday 11th of December 2016 04:02:11 PM | 
|  Suchard had premises behind Crown Macaroni Company on Broadwater Road, which they moved into in 1968 and then left in 1976.    Polycell bought the premises thereafter. |   Michael | Sunday 11th of December 2016 04:01:09 PM | 
|  Polycell Products occupied large premises on the site of the former film studios from 1961 to 1998, when the site got demolished. |   Michael | Sunday 11th of December 2016 03:59:35 PM | 
|  Roche Products which expanded in the late 1940s  -  the site still survives today. |   Michael | Sunday 11th of December 2016 03:58:45 PM | 
|  Film set at Welwyn Studios (can anyone recognise which film?) |   Hugh Madgin | Monday 14th of October 2013 05:38:19 PM | 
 
             
  ![[EPW062054] Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, 1939](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/062/EPW062054.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EAW028155] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, 1950. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028155.jpg) 
 ![[EAW028157] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, from the north, 1950. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028157.jpg) 
 ![[EAW028158] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, 1950. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028158.jpg) 
 ![[EPW062055] Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, 1939](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/062/EPW062055.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054535] The Welwyn Film Studios, Welwyn Garden City, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054535.jpg) 
 ![[EPW025535] The British Instructional Films Studio, Welwyn Garden City, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/025/EPW025535.jpg) 
 ![[EPW025532] The British Instructional Films Studio, Welwyn Garden City, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/025/EPW025532.jpg) 
 ![[EPW022033] The British Instructional Films Studio under construction, Welwyn Garden City, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/022/EPW022033.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054528] The Welwyn Film Studios and industrial units along Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054528.jpg) 
 ![[EPW022021] British Instructional Films Studio, Welwyn Garden City, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/022/EPW022021.jpg) 
 ![[EPW022031] British Instructional Films Studio under construction, Welwyn Garden City, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/022/EPW022031.jpg) 
 ![[EAW028161] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, 1950. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028161.jpg) 
 ![[EPW025374] British International Films Studio and the Shredded Wheat Company Works, Welwyn Garden City, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/025/EPW025374.jpg) 
 ![[EAW028160] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, 1950. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028160.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054515] The Welwyn Film Studios and the surrounding industrial area, Welwyn Garden City, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054515.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054527] The Welwyn Film Studios and industrial units along Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054527.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054501] The industrial and residential area at Peartree, Welwyn Garden City, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054501.jpg) 
 ![[EAW013996] Peartree and countryside to the north-west of the town, Welwyn Garden City, from the south-east, 1948](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/013/EAW013996.jpg) 
 ![[EAW028163] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, 1950. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028163.jpg) 
 ![[EAW028159] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, from the south, 1950](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028159.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054525] The Railway Station, the Shredded Wheat Cereal Manufactory and the surrounding industrial area, Welwyn Garden City, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054525.jpg) 
 ![[EAW028156] Roche Products Ltd Factory off Broadwater Road and environs, Welwyn Garden City, from the east, 1950. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/028/EAW028156.jpg) 
 ![[EPW022020] Goblins Green and Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, from the north-west, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/022/EPW022020.jpg) 
 ![[EPW022016] Peartree Housing Estate, Welwyn Garden City, from the north-west, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/022/EPW022016.jpg) 
 
