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Haven Green in 1890's

http://perivalewood.k-hosting.co.uk/Portway/pages/Ealing%20Haven%20Green%201893.htmNo buses obviously but curious about the slender and tall church spire.  Is it Christ The Saviour?Picture from Perivale Wood Society

Philip Coe ● 4785d15 Comments

I lived overlooking the Green from 79 to 97 and have not seen this photo before. Thanks

David P Archer ● 4785d

What a charming old photo of Haven Green. The spire looks as if its probably Christ The Saviour church, but seems to be taller and thinner. I wish H Green looked like that now.  Thanks for posting it.

Gerry Tan ● 4785d

Just cannot get enough of these lovely old photo's - I've mentioned it before, but just in case anyone missed it and is interested, the London Transport Museum website has a vast number of old pics - simply click the link I've provided then search on an area - hours of fun!http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/index.html

Bud Richards ● 4785d

Bud these old photos and illustrations are brilliant - thanks for reminding us - will study them in more detail when I've the time - busy at mo. Thanks again.

Gerry Tan ● 4785d

Along with the expected contemporary photographs of Perivale Wood there are quite a number of interesting 1890's shots on the society's website taken by Mr J B Portway who apparently was the founder member of the Ealing Photographic Society.http://perivalewood.k-hosting.co.uk/Portway/index.htm

Philip Coe ● 4785d

Absolutely beautiful black and white pictures!They have a quality about them which modern photography seldom seems to achieve IMO.Thanks for the link, I'll be adding them to my collection!

Dave Hawley ● 4785d

Fantastic, isn't it Dave! I have spent an unhealthy amount of time going through this!

Bud Richards ● 4785d

So have I, 'cos the old photos are brilliant.

Gerry Tan ● 4785d

For a long time I have searched with no success for a photo of the newly built 1930s Perivale houses when they would have appeared uniform, in streets with no trees and few cars.

Graham Weeks ● 4785d

Graham,This is probably a daft question, but I assume you've tried thte Ealing back in the 1900's book series ?

Bud Richards ● 4785d

Thank you Philip and Bud for those great links.  They have certainly provided a gateway to pictures galore.The London Transport Museum collection was awesome..and I spent at least an hour or two browsing them last night.  There appears to be an option to add comments to the pictures..if, for example, you have added knowledge of the view illustrated.

Jim Lawes ● 4784d

A 1939 picture hidden away till now!

Jim Lawes ● 4784d

The British Pathe website was brought to my attention just now. Link attached is a video of Hanwell Station in the 1970's but at a quick glance there seems to be a lot of interesting content to search:http://bps.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/flash/00000000/00092000/00092452.mp4.m3u8

Bud Richards ● 4780d

Good video here but can you guess where it is before the last few seconds which are a dead giveaway http://bps.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/flash/00000000/00016000/00016279.mp4.m3u8

Bud Richards ● 4780d

More interesting old photos of the Green

David P Archer ● 4778d