127-129 Shenley Road,

Address in/near Borehamwood, existing between 1921 and now.

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127-129 Shenley Road is situated on the corner of Shenley Road and Clarendon Road.

Originally it was the location of the Boreham Wood Motor & Cycle Co. Cycling was immensely popular in the early 1900s.

This shop was situated on the corner of Clarendon Road. In the 1950s it was demolished and rebuilt to form part of a block which would house the main shops of Shenley Road.

The later shop had many incarnations - most recently Superdrug and Savers.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY


Irene Smith   
Added: 30 Jun 2017 15:46 GMT   

Keystone Passage, WD6
My mother worked at Keystones in the 1940s before she was married.

She later worked at home which a lot of people did. You would often see people walking around Boreham Wood with boxes filled with piecework for the factory.

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LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT


Charles Black   
Added: 24 May 2024 12:54 GMT   

Middle Row, W10
Middle Row was notable for its bus garage, home of the number 7.

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Comment
   
Added: 2 May 2024 16:14 GMT   

Farm Place, W8
The previous name of Farm Place was Ernest St (no A)

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Tony Whipple   
Added: 16 Apr 2024 21:35 GMT   

Frank Whipple Place, E14
Frank was my great-uncle, I’d often be ’babysat’ by Peggy while Nan and Dad went to the pub. Peggy was a marvel, so full of life. My Dad and Frank didn’t agree on most politics but everyone in the family is proud of him. A genuinely nice, knowledgable bloke. One of a kind.

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Theresa Penney   
Added: 16 Apr 2024 18:08 GMT   

1 Whites Row
My 2 x great grandparents and his family lived here according to the 1841 census. They were Dutch Ashkenazi Jews born in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 19th century but all their children were born in Spitalfields.

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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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Theobald Street, looking north
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Fox and Clark’ Furniture Shop (1905)
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Aberford Park lake
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Elstree Manor House
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Boreham Wood Baptist Church
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Hillside School
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Brickfield Cottages, Boreham Wood
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Theobald Street, looking north
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Fox and Clark’ Furniture Shop (1905)
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General store (1940s) Situated opposite Drayton Road, Borehamwood this general store seemed to sell just about anything from pots & pans to needles & thread.
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View of Borehamwood (1928)
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Aberford Park lake
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Locals diving from the aqueduct of the former Elstree Brickfields (1940s)
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The rectangular structure in the foreground was a water tank. This aerial view looks along the line of Elstree Way in the 1950s. It also shows the large white bulk of the Studio Cinema.
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Junction of Shenley Road and Drayton Road (1930s)
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Boreham Wood Baptist Church
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Summerswood Primary School
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