Harrow On The Hill, Greater London

The Japanese Gardens

I remember the Japanese Gardens on Mount Park Road on the hill. I have pictures of what was till 1967 Ingleby Court, today it is Ingleby Drive, Harrow on the Hill. Pauline Coles I think would be interested in this once great old place, I have some images. You can't post images onto this website, but they can be seen... [more]

Childhood

St Marys Church was my special place. I would go there whenever I needed to think or just find inner peace. It helped me through a sometimes difficult transition to adulthood. Although I now live 56 miles away, it is still my place of hope, and I go back there every chance I get. It's so beautiful, my very own stairway... [more]

North London Photographic Memories

The slopes to the rear of West Street are still green, and the view at the end of the 20th century is a little less smoke-hazed. The Fives Courts in the left foreground of the photograph are a bit dilapidated, but they are now roofed; the adjacent Gymnasium Building is little altered. The big change is the addition, in the lee... [more]

North London Photographic Memories

This photograph was taken from almost exactly the same viewpoint as one to be seen later taken in 1960; it is very much apparent that at this time the village was a thriving, almost self-sufficient commercial centre. Virtually every building has a shop front, but today the number is considerably reduced, and their uses are less practical - for instance, Hartley... [more]

North London Photographic Memories

It all looks neater now, and the trees have been thinned. Nothing new architecturally has been added. Clearly visible in the photograph is the Old Music School, now replaced lower on the slope by a grander building by E S Prior. Behind the trees, with only the chimney pots visible, are the purpose-built school houses, Garlands, The Knoll and Hillside. Football... [more]