Time to do your bit for the Silk Stream which flows through Colindale.

On May 24th I will be doing a talk at Bentley Priory Museum, based on my first book, 'London's Industrial Past'.
More info here bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/frida…

Happy St George's Day!

Edgware District Scouts St. George’s Day Parade going past the Gaumont Cinema, Burnt Oak c.1960

The cinema opened in 1929 and closed in 1972, now the site of an Iceland

barnetscouts.com/a-history-of-s…

'Changing the engine of a Churchill tank using an 'Atherton jack', at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps workshops at Mill Hill in London, 15 March 1942.'

That's the caption for this image found on Alamy. You can see sawtooth outline of the army facilities in the distance.

Passed through Colindale yesterday, so took some photos of the works at the Underground station....

It's an electricity substation building, set between the houses on Colindale Avenue and Pasteur Close. It dates from the early 1900s and was part of the old Lymph Establishment (which predated the Public Health Laboratories).

I spotted this image in an Enfield Independent online feature. It shows the Leather Bottle pub in Edgware at two different points in its life, the early 1960s and the early 1900s. That modern entrance is something else!
Sadly they didn't mention the original source.

We've #MoreMaps for you 😊
Recently added to our Map Images Website are maps of Britain by commercial publishers, dating from 1840s to 1970s. maps.nls.uk/additions/#159
Including Emslie's Official Railway Map of England and Wales, 1912. maps.nls.uk/joins/11431.ht…
#HistoricMaps

Frith Lodge c.1907
This building stood on the corner of Frith lane and Bittacy Hill in Mill Hill East.
Glorious building, sadly long gone - Bittacy Court now takes its place.

The Chiquito restaurant at Staples Corner retail park.
Do you know which famous British actor once worked here? Read on...

2009 Alamy image.

It wouldn't be May Day at the Manor without Morris Dancers! They've been a cherished part of all our previous May Day's and we're delighted to welcome them back for another unforgettable festival! ✨

Mon 6th May - BOOK NOW to avoid queues on the day!

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Did you know there are free walking groups in Barnet? Eg. every Friday Colindale Community Trust do a hour long walk around Colindale - meet before 10am at The Old Library NW9 5XA - ow.ly/WzEL50R56pe. See our Healthy Heart page for more health tips: ow.ly/eRxX50R56pc

Cherry on top of a nice walk in leafy North West London on a bright spring day is spotting a ghost sign!

Martin (newsagent, tobacconist, confectioner and stationer) on Green Lane, Northwood, formerly Baskin Robbins. Hillingdon Museums and Heritage

Telford Road, West Hendon, circa 1900.

This road ran off West Hendon Broadway and no longer exists....

Photo Barnet Local Studies.

Bejam, the frozen food chain, was founded in 1968, by an Edgware pototo dealer called John Apthorp. The first HQ was in Burnt Oak, when the business was called Bejam Bulk Buying Ltd.

Image via the Bejam Memories Facebook group.

'Road Trip to Heathrow in the 1960s' - remarkable cine footage from Capspread on YouTube
Looking at the vehicles, I'd say it's 1961-63.
Watch out for Apex Corner at 1min 39secs and South Harrow at 1min 56 seconds. My thanks to Eyeball for the heads up.
youtu.be/KoT8l6_73fM?si…

Apex Corner / South Harrow 1960's NW London TimeMachine

PJ Proby, and his girlfriend, outside his West Hendon home, November 1968.

Image via Shutterstock.

Now you see it.....now you don't.

The corner of Station Road and Wrst Hendon Broadway. The Barrattification of the area carries on. These images were taken off Google Streetview.

Edgware on Film - let's go back to 1973, and the TV series 'The Protectors'. The last episode 'Blockbuster', screened in March 1974, featured (fleetingly), The London Sports Car Centre, on Edgware High Street.