epw053686 ENGLAND (1937). Harrow and Wealdstone Railway Station, Wealdstone, 1937
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| Title | [EPW053686] Harrow and Wealdstone Railway Station, Wealdstone, 1937 |
| Reference | EPW053686 |
| Date | 12-June-1937 |
| Link | |
| Place name | WEALDSTONE |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 515483, 189443 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.3327309108114, 51.591513188404 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ155894 |
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  Stairs used by GPO staff to load "Travelling Post Office" equipment that allowed northbound (Down) express trains ex-Euston to collect postal mail without stopping. Happened every evening approx 7pm until at least the late 1950s. |
 czyrko |
Tuesday 26th of May 2020 10:18:53 AM |
| Steps down (or up) to Herga Road. If you follow the photograph down the side of the Pickfords Depository, you'll see that the steps/alley, brings you out into Herga Road, right next to the newsagent. How convenient. |
Sweet Pete |
Saturday 13th of February 2016 03:23:35 PM |
| Branch line to Belmont and Stanmore, otherwise known as the Belmont Rattler. |
Sweet Pete |
Saturday 13th of February 2016 03:18:59 PM |
| LNWR/LMS Oerlikon suburban stock used on the Euston-Watford and Broad Street-Richmond services at this time. |
The Laird |
Monday 27th of April 2015 02:10:48 PM |
| Carter Paterson (Hauliers) |
The Laird |
Monday 27th of April 2015 02:01:33 PM |
| Site in early 1960s (at least) of:
(a) small café,
(b) two old geezers one selling the News and the other the Standard,
(c) two street signs, one above the other - "The Bridge" and "Wealdstone" |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:17:27 AM |
| Coal merchants' offices |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:14:15 AM |
| Entrance to Goods Yard |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:13:47 AM |
| Entrance to Goods Yard |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:13:40 AM |
| Branch line to Stanmore via Belmont. |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:12:45 AM |
| Headstone Drive adjacent to the (then) HMSO printing works |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:02:45 AM |
| Cecil Road |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:01:12 AM |
| The Bridge |
simes188 |
Tuesday 4th of February 2014 08:48:14 PM |
Well, yes obviously it's a bridge. But strangely enough up until at least the sixties there was a street name plate attached to the railings alongside the carpark to the right of the main building which stated "The Bridge" and underneath another that was obviously added later that specified "Wealdstone". The Bridge marked the dividing line between Harrow's Station Road and Wealdstone's High Street. |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 09:52:03 AM |
| Masons Avenue
|
JamesMac |
Saturday 14th of September 2013 11:16:56 PM |
| Tracks from Euston |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:44:16 PM |
| Sandridge Close |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:43:58 PM |
Good guess. But in 1937 that road aws still called Marlborough Hill. It only changed in the 1970s when the Civic Centre was built on the adjacent "Poets' Corner". |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 09:46:57 AM |
Yes Czyrko, I remember it as Marlborough Hill. I think that area was re-developed, as you say in the 1970's when bridge School was demolished. |
Sweet Pete |
Thursday 6th of August 2015 02:19:54 PM |
| Railway Hotel |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:41:55 PM |
Where The Who played one of their early gigs in the cellar bar where in June 1964 because of the low ceiling and raised stage they began (allegedly) their instrument-smashing antics after Mr Townshend broke the neck of his bass (cf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who) |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:24:28 AM |
Quite right czyrko, although at that time, they were known as 'The High Numbers'. |
Sweet Pete |
Saturday 13th of February 2016 03:26:01 PM |
Absolutely correct I was there when the High Numbers played the railway, but I thought it was '63. Also saw Fleetwood Mac there about '67, when they were fronted by Peter Green. |
OldBill |
Saturday 6th of May 2017 07:36:16 PM |
The rather offensively ugly flats that now occupy the site are named Moon House and Daltrey House. Hardly a tribute. The Railway was a very well known R&B venue in the 60s and 70s hosting many well known bands. Local boys Screaming Lord Sutch and Cyril Davies were regulars. |
The Laird |
Saturday 17th of February 2018 06:01:25 PM |
| Goods shed |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:40:39 PM |
| Pickford's Depository |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:34:32 PM |
| Bakerloo line rolling stock |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:33:43 PM |
| Signalbox for London Underground lines |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:33:12 PM |
Also used in 1937 by LMS suburban electric trains from Euston to Watford Junction (and occasionally Croxley Green) which junctioned with the Bakerloo at Queens Park. There were also then peak time services into Broad Street which diverted at Willesden Junction and then ran along the North London Line via Dalston Junction. Hope I ain't boring everyone, but I wasted my junior school years trainspotting at this station from Platform 6. In those days you could still see the join in the footbridge where the 1952 double train crash had ripped away one of its middle sections. |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 10:11:09 AM |
| Platforms serving the main line from London Euston |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:32:31 PM |
| Northern terminus of the Bakerloo underground line |
MB |
Saturday 3rd of August 2013 10:31:55 PM |
In 1937, the Bakerloo ran all the way to Watford Junction. Admittedly, it shared the tracks with LMS electric services from Queens Park northwards. But the Bakerloo line was not truncated at first to Queens Park and later to Harrow until much later - in the seventies, I believe. |
czyrko |
Monday 4th of November 2013 07:30:44 PM |
Again... not strictly accurate for 1937. The Bakerloo ran all the way to Watford Junction and shared the tracks with the (then) LMS third rail Oerlikon electric trains. Admittedly in off-peak periods some Bakerloo trains did terminate here and reversed using the double siding (linked via a double slip point). The difference in floor heights between LT and LMS/BR stock meant that from Queens Park northwards on this line you either climbed up or jumped down to the platform when you got off the train. |
czyrko |
Saturday 26th of April 2014 09:57:08 AM |
User Comment Contributions
 Harrow & Wealdstone Station 09/09/2013 |
 Class31 |
Tuesday 4th of February 2014 08:28:24 PM |