Places
23 places found.
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- Harrow, Greater London
- Pinner, Greater London
- Stanmore, Greater London
- Harrow on the Hill, Greater London
- Hatch End, Greater London
- South Harrow, Greater London
- North Harrow, Greater London
- Wealdstone, Greater London
- Harrow Weald, Greater London
- Harrow Green, Suffolk
- Rayners Lane, Greater London
- Headstone, Greater London
- Roxeth, Greater London
- Eastbury, Greater London
- Pinnerwood Park, Greater London
- Little Stanmore, Greater London
- Queensbury, Greater London
- West Harrow, Greater London
- Harrow Hill, Gloucestershire
- Greenhill, Greater London
- Belmont, Greater London (near Stanmore)
- Canons Park, Greater London
- Pinner Green, Greater London
Photos
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Maps
265 maps found.
Memories
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My Apprentice Days With Northmet Electricity (Eeb)
I was born in Elmgrove Crescent Harrow in 1933 and lived in Pinner Road North Harrow, moving to Wealdstone in 1934. I started at Bridge Scool in 1938 and followed on to Belmont Sec. Modern School ...Read more
A memory of Kenton in 1948 by
Stanley Road, South Harrow
I lived with my foster family in Stanley Road South Harrow, during the war. Our house backed on to the gas works and I always wanted to climb the gasometer which I did eventually with a friend from across the road. At ...Read more
A memory of South Harrow in 1940 by
Burntoakboy
As a boy growing up in Burnt Oak I remember the barrow boys in Watling Avenue, the hustle and bussle of everyday trading, the people gathering round the stalls, the banter, the laughter, the friendliness. Like one family everyone ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak in 1954 by
Pub Sign At The George
The George Hotel was newly decorated and it re-opened with a special day around 1985. The horse drawn Whitbread Brewery dray arrived and the newly painted pub sign was unveiled by the mayor. Everything looked great and a ...Read more
A memory of Ruislip in 1985 by
Born Here In 1947
I was born around the corner from the photo, at 15 Eastcote Lane, just off the Northolt Road, in 1947 (born at home, too, not in a hospital!) Remember going to school on Northolt Road, maybe a quarter mile west of the ...Read more
A memory of South Harrow in 1954 by
Approximately In 1950
During the Second World War my gran owned a grocery shop at 7 Stoke Road, Water Eaton and my grandad used to take a barrow round the streets selling slabs of salt. I remember looking out of my window (at about 3 or 4 years ...Read more
A memory of Bletchley by
St Gennys School
During the Second World War I was evacuated from Harrow and stayed with my relatives in Crackington Haven. I was only 6 years old at the time and went to St Genny's School for about 6-7 months before returning home. The ...Read more
A memory of St Gennys in 1943 by
Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
Whitethorn Morris Dance With The Flowers Of May In Denham
Correct me if I am wrong but I think that this view shows the splendid canal side pub which I remember as "The Malt Shovel". One fine evening in May 2004 the dancers from two Harrow based ...Read more
A memory of Denham in 2004 by
My Grandmother, Sarah Regan
My grandmother's funeral was in April of 1959; she used to live at 2 Johns Avenue from1910 to 1943 when she moved to her daughter's house in Harrow. My grandfather, John Regan, was also buried there in July ...Read more
A memory of Hendon in 1959 by
Captions
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The Harrow is the oldest public house in Wanborough, dating back to at least the 18th century.
The Harrow stands on the road to North Ockendon.
Archetypal 1930s development swishes around the foot of Harrow on the Hill, with its gasworks tower always visible from the village and on the approach to Northolt Aerodrome.
Just a century ago a great deal of lonely countryside remained around Kenton, which lies on the road to Harrow.
Away from the livestock, on the other side of the recently erected war memorial, stalls sell everything from clothing and locally-grown produce to tractors and harrows.
The Harrow stands on the road to North Ockendon.
The Croydon brewery of Nalder & Collyer sold its ales at a rural-looking Harrow Inn 100 years ago.
A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
The Kettle Brook 1898 A short walk from The Harrow pub at Steep brings you to this delightful spot at the heart of hilly East Hampshire, sometimes described as 'Little Switzerland'.
The harrow on the grass verge reminds us that the surrounding Vale of Evesham was, and remains to this day, a major agricultural region.
The inn was originally called the Harrow, but changed its name to the White Horse in 1769.
As we look at this mundane street as it drops down towards Pinner Underground Station, under the railway bridge and on towards Harrow-on-the-Hill, there is little to herald the wonderful surprise of turning
Whereas Harrow School occupies buildings spread out along the main village streets, Uppingham takes on the qualities of a university, being, in the main, laid out around quadrangles.
Above the third vehicle, making its way down the High Street towards the junction, is the sign of the original Harrow Inn, which was demolished in 1934 and replaced by the present building.
The Barley Corn pub survives, albeit now (in 2000) archly renamed the Farmyard and Firkin; the shop with the crested fascia, a pork butchers in the 1970s, is now (in 2000) The Bacon Shop, but the Old Harrow
This featureless wave of suburbia grew up in the 1930s to cover the fields between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Pinner.
This peaceful view of the old High Street looks down the hill to the Harrow Inn at the bottom.
Harrow Park winds away to the east of the High Street, past one or two rather grand houses, to arrive at Deynecourt at the foot of the hill.
Harrow Hill is an archaeological site with traces of an Iron Age hill-fort, a group of Neolithic flint mines and a Bronze Age farm enclosure. The scene today is little changed.
Beyond the rebuilt Harrow Inn, the southern side of the High Street is occupied by a large billboard as it awaits its subsequent development, and the roof of the Catholic church is just visible.
The big change is the addition, in the lee of the hill, of a well-designed theatre block by Kenneth W Reed and Associates of Harrow, along with a number of equally well-designed houses.
Beyond the Harrow Inn, the pub on the right, stands the village hall; its foundation stone was laid by Mrs Watts, the artist's widow, in 1934.
Ye Olde Harrow Inn and the two- storey shops beyond went in the 1980s, but the tall three-storey brick building beyond of 1897 survives.
Ye Olde Harrow Inn back entrance has a bacon shop on the left. The pub has now merged with the Barleycorn on the Buckingham Street corner and is archly renamed the Farmyard and Firkin.
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