EPW053676 ENGLAND (1937). St John the Baptist's Church and Station Road, Harrow, 1937

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Title [EPW053676] St John the Baptist's Church and Station Road, Harrow, 1937
Reference EPW053676
Date 12-June-1937
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Place name HARROW
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 515639, 188362
Longitude / Latitude -0.33083590077935, 51.581764557466
National Grid Reference TQ156884

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Here was Garner's bakery. It continued to trade here through the decades. It had a very distinctive and attractive arched brickwork shopfront, which somewhat resembled a bakers oven - probably the intention. The bakery has been gone for some years now and the shopfront has now been removed and replaced by something incredibly cheap, dowdy and nondescript. The story of Harrow town centre, really.

The Laird
Sunday 12th of January 2020 01:10:53 PM
Definately Llyods Bank in the 1970s - my mum worked there

amazos
Friday 15th of March 2019 06:47:58 PM
AEC Regent ST type bus with silver roof. This type was originally built for the LGOC bus company, which was absorbed into London Transport.

The Laird
Wednesday 28th of March 2018 07:59:36 PM
The original Victoria Hall. The community hall for the adjacent St. John the Baptist church. It was replaced by an unattractive block of retail premises in the early 1960s. The Victoria Hall was re-sited to a modern building on Sheepcote Road, to the side of the church, replacing the attractive semi-detached villas we can see in the photograph. This, in turn, is being swept away to be replaced by modern housing.

The Laird
Wednesday 28th of March 2018 05:10:10 PM
Harrow Observer offices and printing works to rear.

The Laird
Monday 27th of April 2015 01:55:12 PM
There was a small factory here in the 1960's called Snomans, where they made work jackets.

Sweet Pete
Monday 16th of March 2015 04:40:20 PM
The building must have gone through several changes of use in its life. I have a friend whose father ran a plastic recycling business there in the 1970s and 80s. He said that it was at one time a dairy (very close to the United Dairies place, so perhaps the stables for the rounds horses). It all went some years ago and public conveniences were built there. These too have already now gone.

The Laird
Saturday 3rd of March 2018 12:14:36 AM
The Havelock public house.

Sweet Pete
Monday 16th of March 2015 04:36:59 PM
I believe that the old Havelock building is a smaller building to the right of your marker nearer St Ann's Road and on the other side of the Harrow Observer building. The building you have indicated is the North Thames Gas showroom.



The original Havelock pub was a small old fashioned pub that was demolished and rebuilt in about 1960.

The Laird
Monday 27th of April 2015 01:53:41 PM
I take the Lairds comment, I'm inclined to agree with him here.

Sweet Pete
Monday 20th of July 2015 05:49:35 PM

Sweet Pete
Friday 23rd of January 2015 04:59:55 PM

Coventry kid
Saturday 12th of April 2014 08:52:35 PM
Quite right, it was LLoyd's Bank.

Sweet Pete
Monday 16th of March 2015 04:38:16 PM
Yes, I agree, Lloyds Bank was on this corner. My mother worked there in the seventies.

amazos
Friday 29th of January 2016 11:14:45 PM
Nat West Bank - listed building

simes188
Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:10:04 PM
Yes this is the Natwest Bank but at the time the photo was taken this was the Provincial Bank.

Sweet Pete
Friday 23rd of January 2015 05:03:01 PM
The 12th June 1937 was a Saturday. I wonder what was attracting all these people out the building with a canopy over its door?

Maurice
Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:38:49 AM
I don't know, but the Union Jack on The Popular Stores (Co-Op) in High Street Wealdstone was flying that day too. Sure that would not be common in middle of the war.

JamesMac
Sunday 10th of November 2013 09:45:34 PM
Spanish Civil War?

czyrko
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:01:24 PM
I grew up in Harrow in the 1950's and I believe this building was the register office so it might have been a wedding!

Sweet Pete
Saturday 31st of January 2015 05:23:59 PM
I think that this was actually the Gayton Rooms. These were function rooms and hall run by Wright Coopers, Bakers & Confectioners. It was at one time the main function venue in this part of Harrow and did good business. It also hosted local masonic lodge meetings - probably before the masonic centre in Northwick Circle was inaugurated in the early fifties. It can be seen that the building at the rear towards Greenhill Crescent was quite extensive. The building was demolished in about 1967 and replaced by a new building housing Universal Stationers. I believe that Superdrug now occupy this building.

The Laird
Sunday 12th of January 2020 12:49:27 PM
United Dairy Milk Depot

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 05:45:57 AM
Sopers - Debenhams

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 05:42:36 AM
Greenhill Road

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 05:41:52 AM
Greenhill Crescent

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 05:41:21 AM

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 05:40:22 AM

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 05:39:38 AM
St. Johns Road

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 05:39:08 AM
What lovely big houses there were in St John's Road, Lyon Road and Gayton Road at this time. Starting from about 1960 on, Harrow began to go mad and proceeded to tear them down and replace them with stark office blocks and blocks of flats. Several of these were council offices! I remember that one of these revoltingly ugly blocks in Lyon Road was occupied by the National Coal Board...in Harrow!

The Laird
Wednesday 28th of March 2018 04:30:38 PM
Harrow Technical College and School of Art

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 04:56:16 AM

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 04:50:48 AM

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 04:49:04 AM
This was a chain of chinaware shops.

The Laird
Wednesday 6th of May 2015 11:06:44 AM
Greenhill School St Anns Road

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 04:46:18 AM
Sheepcote Road

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 04:44:18 AM

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 04:43:56 AM
St. John the Baptist Greenhill consecrated in 1905 and replaced earlier mid 1860's church

JamesMac
Friday 23rd of August 2013 04:43:21 AM
Site of soon to be built Granada cinema.

The Laird
Wednesday 14th of August 2013 06:05:22 PM
Marquis Of Granby pub. Demolished in the 60s to make way for an extension to Sopers department store.

The Laird
Wednesday 14th of August 2013 06:00:45 PM
Smithy sign, still there today.

kels
Monday 12th of August 2013 04:17:35 PM