Hammersmith, Lower Mall From The Barnes Bank c.1960
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Photo of Hammersmith, Lower Mall From The Barnes Bank c.1960

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The scale of buildings with nothing over three to four storeys has now been rudely interrupted by the 1970s seven-storey extension to the Town Hall behind the 1930s brick building (centre). Left of it is the appalling 1960s Vencourt Hotel tower. At the right is the boathouse of the Furnivall Sculling Club, while the warehouse beside it (far right) was demolished for riverside flats in the 1980s.

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Memories of Hammersmith, Lower Mall from the Barnes Bank c1960

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I am entering these memories on behalf of my mother in law - Patricia Ross (nee Bolter) Running to meet Dad, just a young man, in uniform for the first time coming home to show us in pride. Providing for the family had been difficult, even tried sweeping snow. I have listened to "The Little Boy That Santa Clause Forgot" could only cry "I don't want my Dad to go ...see more
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my family lived in the Hammersmith area. The story is that he walked all the way. No doubt the stage coach fare was beyond the means of an unemployed labourer. He found work ...see more