Hanwell london history

Have our latest blog posts and archive news delivered directly to your inbox. Absolutely free. Unsubscribe anytime. I was at Bordeston from to I remember being one of a large class where only the six top students could do the new GCE Ordinary Level exam.

I was the only one to take Biology which I got and went on to do Advanced Level subjects in evening classes after leaving school, enabling me to get into The Royal Read full memory. All grocery items could be purchased and at the back was a post office. Hanwell had two post offices the other being in the Broadway. I remember the Matador Garage. There was a neon Matador who flicked his cape at night.

They sold Renaults and I remember the Dauphines lined up. The son of the owner used to give us cards that they gave away with petrol for us kids to clear off. They sold Cleveland petrol. When I got a motor bike BSA Where Elthorne Park extension now is there were allotments. I used to go there with my dad and sometimes my mum. She used to go in the evening if he was working mainly to water. I remember planting onions potatoes etc, to a small boy it was an adventure.

Does anyone remember these allotments? The area immediately west of Felix Road is a cemetery which predates Felix Road. There is a very small area, a new area currently called Squirrel Mews at the I remember this on the way to the Bunny Park. Never went in there much. I remember one after noon there was a storm and I waited for it to pass in the shelter with my mum. It made a big impression on me, the sound of the rain and the low light.

There were no jets there in the fifties. He was a well-known traveller, writer and helped found various charities, but is best known for promoting the use of the umbrella. John Diamond, a blind scholar, was buried here in In , a charity school was established, and children were taught "reading, writing, plain work, and the principles of the Christian religion".

Other early schools were the Hanwell Academy, a private boarding school, founded in , and the Central London District School also known as the Cuckoo School for poor children from central London. It was founded in Its most famous pupil was Charlie Chaplin. Part of the Great Western Railway ran through Hanwell.

Work began in and on 4 June it was open to traffic. Trains ran eastwards to Paddington and westwards to Slough and Maidenhead. Four trains went in each direction every day. The Wharncliffe Viaduct, built by Brunel, to carry the railway over the Brent Valley, is one of the best-known landmarks of Hanwell.

Another form of nineteenth century transport was the omnibus, a horse drawn bus, which picked up passengers at The Duke of York Pub three times a day. By about , about thirty-six horse buses travelled through Hanwell, but with the coming of the trams, they ceased to operate. This form is for sending us information about this hometown. If you have a question about this hometown, please post it at our forums menu option to the left where someone from this community can answer you right online.

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