Anyone recognise these locations?
10.03.2026 09:22
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Anyone recognise these locations?
The marathon event of the 1948 Olympics left the old Wembley Stadium and looped through Kingsbury, Stanmore, Canon's Park, Stanmore, Elstree, Radlett, Mill Hill and Edgware
youtu.be/k2kP-IBxrpQ?...
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No idea where this is actually filmed but the most weirdly nostalgic film for someone who grew up in Edgware / Mill Hill in the 1990s
Quiet summer days with birdsong (which you don't quite get anymore) and the houses and gardens looking like they used to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukNK...
Mill Hill Broadway in 1924 and 2024.
A lot of differences, but the major change was the arrival in the 1960s of the M1, running alongside the railway. That saw the station building demolished.
1924 image by Aerofilms.
2024 image Google.
#millhillbroadway
The M1 Approaches London.
A high-angle view of the M1 motorway extension alongside the LMR main line at Mill Hill, Barnet, London, England, 24th November 1969. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)'
Mill Hill Village turn back the clock for 80th anniversary clash
The cricket club mark a milestone at Burtonhole Lane by hosting the same opposition they faced in their very first home match in 1946
barnetpost.co.uk/2026/02/21/m...
Cadets of 120 Squadron return to Hendon over 60 years after life-changing training
Having met in the late 1950s, former RAF Air Training Corps cadets reunite at the RAF Museum in Hendon to revisit their roots and remember lost friends.
barnetpost.co.uk/2026/02/21/c...
A colour photograph of the art deco White House in Downage, Hendon
White House, Downage, Hendon
1936
C.E. Simmons
www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/white-house-...
On a similar note, I'm sad I never got to see the only other play set in these parts (to my knowledge)
"Burnt Oak: Life and Death in London Town", a slice of documentary realism about working class life in North London
www.times-series.co.uk/news/1290929...
Upcoming play centres on an Edgware Jewish family in crisis
At the Menier Chocolate Factory in Borough from Feb 27 to the May 2nd
www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/m...
That water tower mentioned but not yet turned into a drum yet!
Photos of the Boosey and Hawkes factory on Deansbrook Road, Edgware in the 1940s where they manufactured brass instruments and drums.
Images from Horniman Museum who hold their museum and archive:
Today, I was on the Robert Elms Show, talking to him about musical instrument manufacturers in London.
You can listen in on BBC Sounds here, I come in 1 hour and 10 minutes into the show.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The recording is available for 28 days.
Fantastic article on the joys and pains of litter picking at the Welsh Harp (Brent Reservoir) by Leila Taheri
wellcomecollection.org/stories/the-...
Had an inquiry from an old Edgware resident
Does anyone know of a 1941 film promoting school lunches filmed mainly at Edgware Council School and a home kitchen?
There was a mural depicting ATV performers in the canteen which cast members defaced with Muppet characters as a prank.
But the artwork was painted over 40 years ago, and Elstree historian Howard Berry is trying to find picture evidence.
The Edgware Road in Colindale
The Edgware Road at Colindale, early 20th century
📷 Old London postcard
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Sounds like this could be very exciting for Barnet's heritage!
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
The former entrance to Canons, Edgware, circa 1900 and in the present day.
For more info please see here -
www.heritageoflondon.org/projects/can...
Fantastic video from @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social of celebrities playing cricket in Mill Hill Park on the Watford Way in the 1950s
Featuring Tommy Cooper, the 3rd Doctor Jon Pertwee and local musician Edmundo Ros amongst other celebrities of the day
tptvencore.co.uk/product/cele...
Interesting article!
The Hendon Band of the Salvation Army has existed since 1885
In 1979 they released perhaps the only album featuring photography of the Hendon Way
youtu.be/gMUql3mdPPU?...
Singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul grew up in Cricklewood and lived in Mill Hill in her later years
She was the first British female artist with a self-written number one song and represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wgN...
After moving to London, she set up an antiques shop called "Edgware Antiques" in 1972 which traded for several decades
May her memory be a blessing
If you are ever stranded in 1820s Edgware, Mill Hill and Hendon, you can use these pages of Pigot's Directory to find the services you need
Edgware "of rather ancient appearance" while Mill Hill is full of famous names: Wilberforce and Raffles as well as Lord Mayors Charles Flowers and John Wilkes
The museums of Hendon (Church Farm House and the RAF Museum) as they were in the late 1990s
Many happy childhood visits to them at this time!
Big steps at the moment to itemise and then possibly digitise a lot more of the ephemera at Wellcome
"The Jolly Die Hards" is the regimental song of the Middlesex Regiment who were stationed at Inglis Barracks in Mill Hill East from 1905 till 1966
The nickname "the Die Hards" came from the Battle of Albuhera in 1811 in the Napoleonic Wars
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kZ6...