Wimbledon Park Court, SW19

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Wimbledon Park Court is a block on Wimbledon Park Road.





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Christine D Elliott   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT   

The Blute Family
My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area.
I attended Ilderton Road School.
Very happy memories of that time.

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Pearl Foster   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT   

Dukes Place, EC3A
Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations.

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Dr Paul Flewers   
Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT   

Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street
My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road.

From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous.

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KJH   
Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT   

Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957)
My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden

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Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT   

The Queens Head
Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place.

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Mike   
Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT   

6 Elia Street
When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry.

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Fumblina   
Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT   

Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street
The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91.

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P Cash   
Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT   

Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place
The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe).

19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals

The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor.

The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts).

Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets.

Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door.
The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy.

First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members.

Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants.

Third Floor - other tennants

Fourth Floor - other tennants

Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen.

Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept.

Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts.

Eighth Floor - other tennants.


The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005.






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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Southfields Southfields is mainly residential, historically a part of Wandsworth, and is divided between SW18 and SW19 postcode areas.

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Augustus Road, SW19 Augustus Road is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Beaumont Road, SW19 Beaumont Road is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
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Briardale, SW19 A street within the SW19 postcode
Brookwood Road, SW18 Brookwood Road was laid out during the 1890s in an anticipation of development.
Claudia Place, SW19 Claudia Place is a road in the SW19 postcode area
Clonmore Street, SW18 The northern end of Clonmore Street is known for the Arts and Crafts flourishes on its housing.
Combemartin Road, SW18 Combemartin Road is a road in the SW18 postcode area
Courtyard, SW18 A street within the SW18 postcode
Crowthorne Close, SW18 Crowthorne Close is a road in the SW18 postcode area
Eden Court, SW18 A street within the SW18 postcode
Edgecombe Hall Pond, SW19 A street within the postcode
Elborough Street, SW18 Elborough Street was built as part of the estate known as the ’Southfields Grid’ in the first decade of the twentieth century.
Elsenham Street, SW18 Elsenham Street was an original Southfields road, constructed in anticipation of housing developments after 1890.
Engadine Street, SW18 Engadine Street is named after an estate in Sydney, Australia which was itself named after the Engadin Valley in Switzerland.
Fernwood, SW19 Fernwood is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Fulwood Walk, SW19 Fulwood Walk is a road in the SW19 postcode area
Gartmoor Gardens, SW19 Gartmoor Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Heythorp Street, SW18 Heythorp Street was one of the original ’Southfields Grid’ roads.
King Charles Walk, SW19 A street within the SW19 postcode
Kingscliffe Gardens, SW19 Kingscliffe Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Lavenham Road, SW18 Lavenham Road is named after a Suffolk town.
Longfield Street, SW18 Longfield Street is one of the streets of London in the SW18 postal area.
Lydney Close, SW19 Lydney Close is a road in the SW19 postcode area
Manningtree Close, SW19 Manningtree Close is a road in the SW19 postcode area
Peterstow Close, SW19 A street within the SW19 postcode
Pirbright Road, SW18 Pirbright Road is one of the streets of London in the SW18 postal area.
Princes Way, SW19 Princes Way is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Replingham Road, SW18 Replingham Road was built in the 1890s and 1900s as part of the ’Southfields Grid’.
Southdean Gardens, SW19 Southdean Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Southdean Gardens, SW19 Southdean Gardens is a road in the SW18 postcode area
Southmead Road, SW19 Southmead Road is a road in the SW19 postcode area
Standen Road, SW18 Standen Road is one of the streets of London in the SW18 postal area.
Stoford Close, SW19 Stoford Close is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
The Baulk, SW18 The Baulk is the only reference in Greater London to this agricultural feature in the field it buried.
Trentham Street, SW18 Trentham Street was named after an estate in Staffordshire.
Urmston Drive, SW19 Urmston Drive is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Village Mews, SW18 A street within the SW18 postcode
West House Close, SW19 A street within the SW19 postcode
Weydown Close, SW19 Weydown Close is a road in the SW19 postcode area
Whitlock Drive, SW19 Whitlock Drive is one of the streets of London in the SW19 postal area.
Wimbledon Park Road, SW19 Wimbledon Park Road and its continuation through Southfields Passage was originally a path from Wimbledon to Wandsworth.
Winterfold Close, SW19 Winterfold Close is a road in the SW19 postcode area
Woodspring Road, SW19 Woodspring Road is a road in the SW19 postcode area

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Southfields

Southfields is mainly residential, historically a part of Wandsworth, and is divided between SW18 and SW19 postcode areas.

Southfields takes its name from the old manorial system, where one field was known as the South Field of the manor of Dunsford. The equivalent North Field lay between West Hill and the River Thames and survives in the short road named Northfields which runs to the east of Wandsworth Park.

Until the late 19th century, Southfields was still fields, situated between the more developed villages of Wimbledon and Putney.

After the District & London & South Western Railway from Wimbledon to Putney Bridge opened in June 1889, the area started to urbanise, with the first school opening a year later on Merton Road.

The main residential areas of Southfields are the "Southfields Triangle" and "The Grid".

The "Southfields Triangle" is a series of roads and streets that (somewhat) resemble a triangle. It covers the area from Standen Road in the south to Granville Road in the north. In 1904, the Frame Foods babyfood company opened its factory in Standen Road in a building with a distinctive art nouveau style. The building has been converted into luxury flats.

"The Grid" is a series of parallel roads run from Replingham Road, in the north to Revelstoke Road, in the south. "The Grid" consists almost entirely of Edwardian terrace houses, some of which have been converted into flats. A restrictive covenant at one time prevented any pubs from being built in the Southfields "Grid" area.


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