Get over to Instagram and see my mini montage of Brent Cross 1922-1976. www.instagram.com/reel/DbmqmBW...
Mill Hill Historical Society
@mhhistsoc.bsky.social
Exploring the history of Mill Hill, Edgware and Hendon.
Middlesex rises! One original proposed name for the Borough of Barnet was "Central Middlesex and Barnet" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Surrey council backs South Middlesex name change
Councillors vote to seek a new name reflecting Spelthorne's Middlesex heritage.
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Historical images of Brent Cross always go down well, so I thought you might like to see this. This is Brent Cross shopping centre under construction in the summer of 1973. The development would open 3 years later. This is a CIA spy satellite image accesed through the Layers of London website.
Hendon Hall residents relive 1966 World Cup memories with Sir Geoff Hurst The hattrick hero met the care home residents at a World Cup-themed event reports Leïla Davaud https://barnetpost.co.uk/2026/07/29/hendon-hall-residents-relive-1966-world-cup-memories-with-sir-geoff-hurst/
Hendon Hall residents relive 1966 World Cup memories with Sir Geoff Hurst
The hattrick hero met the care home residents at a World Cup-themed event reports Leïla Davaud
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The late great Bill Oddie campaigning against a camping ground on his local Welsh Harp nature reserve in 1989 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ai...
Bill Oddie | Welsh Harp Recreation Centre | Travellers site | Environmental Concerns | 1989
YouTube video by Thames News
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The forgotten garden of Kingsbury. For a brief period of time in the 1950s & 60s there was a formal garden laid out just off Stag Lane. It belonged to Frigidaire, who had a sizeable factory facing onto the A5. By the late 1960s it was turned into car park. Its now a Toyota motor dealership.
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A curious photo from the wonderful archives of Memories of Hendon The image is captioned as 'Brent Cross Exchange of Leases' and dated January 1972. So what you can see is model proposal of the Brent Cross Shopping Centre. It looks quite different to the version that was eventually constructed.
A 1968 ad for Duple, the coachbuilders, who had their works on the Edgware Road at West Hendon from 1926 to 1970. The aerial photo was taken by Aerofilms in 1951, and shows the size of the enterprise.
Sad news to wake up to. I was kindly sent this photo. It shows what was left of the old Volvo showrooms in Colindale, the other day. It was once the Wolverley Works of Alfred Gilbert & Sons, on The Hyde at Colindale, built in the 1930s. The company made office and stationery goods.
The geology and Chalybeate Wells of Hampstead explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/under-london...
Heading out in the heat? Plan ahead with London’s Cool Spaces map. Find: • Indoor rest spots • Shaded outdoor areas • Free drinking water • Public toilets
Cool Spaces
Cool Spaces Map displays indoor venues open to all where Londoners can take respite on hot days.
apps.london.gov.uk
Some great finds in the for sale section for a Hertfordshire library
Can anyone out there work out where the first bit was filmed? Its got me and @leelimerick.com stumped m.youtube.com/watch?is=jns...
1960s London, Police Car Driving Through Suburbs, 35mm
YouTube video by Kinolibrary
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Check the @mhhistsoc.bsky.social They have done interesting events forthcoming Mill Hill Historical Society Website share.google/hXzEDn2uUeT6...
⚠️ The Red Heat-Health Alert has been extended until Friday. Taking care of yourselves and each other in this extreme heat is a priority. See the official advice on staying safe in hot weather:
Beat the heat: staying safe in hot weather
gov.uk
A mainstay of Mill Hill Broadway closes after 42 years, this month.
As the amber heat-health alert continues, I’m urging Londoners to follow UKHSA advice. Stay safe in the heat and look out for those who may be more vulnerable.
Beat the heat: staying safe in hot weather
gov.uk
Barnet Archive have released scanned copies of Barnet News from the early 1990s open.barnet.gov.uk/dataset/barn...
Moved from Shepherd's Bush to Edgware to work on a farm Exempted from being sent to the trenches due to making glycerine from animal fat on a Kingbury pig farm Watched the Watling Estate being built in the '20s upprojects.com/projects/asc...
The former Savoy cinema, Burnt Oak, 1936, and the future, if planning permission is granted. @c20society.bsky.social @artdecosocuk.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social
Football fans who were at Wembley Stadium on 30 July 1966 came together at Hendon Hall where England's squad were based during the tournament www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fans who saw England's 1966 World Cup win relive it 60 years on
Three men who saw England's 4-2 World Cup final win over West Germany in 1966 relive the moment.
bbc.co.uk
Happy Middlesex Day! A map from from “The English Counties Illustrated” showing the major monuments of this historic county in times past from Tottenham in the east to Hampton in the South West
If you want to object to the demolition of the Masons Arms in Kensal Green, you have until May 28th to do so. Follow this link to do so - The Masons Arms in Kensal Green NW10 is under threat from demolition - North London CAMRA share.google/fXpDhvy2YmvA...
Thank you. Here's a bigger image of the building. It is from a 1935 architectural magazine.
Here's a razor set that was made at the factory.
Here are the four factories of Rolls Razor (Cricklewood), Gillette (Brentford), Ever Ready (Colindale) and Wilkinson Sword (Acton). The two aerial images were taken by Aerofilms.
