EAW035954 ENGLAND (1951). The Lehmann, Archer & Lane Ltd Hampshire Engineering Works, Fairlop, 1951. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

WW2 Pillbox e43480

Rose Garden, My Nan used to sometimes pick me up from infants school and if the weather was good we would walk to the park and sit in the garden. I can still almost smell the heavy perfume of the roses from those warm summer afternoons

Rocking horse "Bonny Brighteyes"Still there I think.

Paddling pool (empty most of the time)

John Bramston Infants School

These dark marks between the pavement and road may be indicators of the poor state of the road, which the factory complained of in 1948 and 1950

Swings for children

Fairlop Plain

Hainault Recreation Ground

Fairlop Oak Recreation Ground

Forest Road

Lehmann, Archer & Lane Ltd Also factory in Matlock (Derwent Mills) Manufacturers of taps and dies- tools which made nuts and bolts and related screw-type items. Started about 1917 but gone by around 1992 (the Company was formally dissolved in June 1992). In 1919 purchased a building on the site of Fairlop Aerodrome. In 1948 and 1950 the Company wrote to Ilford Council regarding the poor state of Forest Road. Image from Graces Guide (www.gracesguide.co.uk) under GNU Free Documentation Licence, Version 1.2 compatible with Creative Commons Attribution Licence.