Royal Oak

The Royal Oak pub gave its name to the nearby station.

The Royal Oak pub in Bayswater gave its name to the nearby station
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The pub was later called The Porchester.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Admin Paddington Added: 26 Aug 2022 12:44 GMT	The world’s first underground train The very first underground train left Paddington on the new Metropolitan Railway bound for Farringdon Street. Reply
EMC Ossington Street, W8 Added: 10 Jul 2023 22:35 GMT	Ossington Street, W8 correcting the date on my existing comment Source: Paddington: Bayswater \| British History Online Reply
Brenda Jackson Granville Road, NW6 Added: 13 Aug 2017 21:39 GMT	83 Pembroke Road My Gt Gt grandparents lived at 83 Pembroke Road before it became Granville Road, They were married in 1874, John Tarrant and Maryann Tarrant nee Williamson. Her brother George Samuel Williamson lived at 95 Pembroke Road with his wife Emily and children in the 1881 Census Apparently the extended family also lived for many years in Alpha Place, Canterbury Road, Peel Road, Reply
Fumblina Lancefield Street, W10 Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:13 GMT	St Jude’s Church, Lancefield Street Saint Jude’s was constructed in 1878, while the parish was assigned in 1879 from the parish of Saint John, Kensal Green (P87/JNE2). The parish was united with the parishes of Saint Luke (P87/LUK1) and Saint Simon (P87/SIM) in 1952. The church was used as a chapel of ease for a few years, but in 1959 it was closed and later demolished. The church is visible on the 1900 map for the street on the right hand side above the junction with Mozart Street. Source: SAINT JUDE, KENSAL GREEN: LANCEFIELD STREET, WESTMINSTER \| Londo Reply
Fumblina Lancefield Street, W10 Added: 27 Mar 2021 11:08 GMT	Wedding at St Jude’s Church On 9th November 1884 Charles Selby and Johanna Hanlon got married in St Jude’s Church on Lancefield Street. They lived together close by at 103 Lancefield Street. Charles was a Lather, so worked in construction. He was only 21 but was already a widower. Johanna is not shown as having a profession but this is common in the records and elsewhere she is shown as being an Ironer or a Laundress. It is possible that she worked at the large laundry shown at the top of Lancefield Road on the 1900 map. She was also 21. She was not literate as her signature on the record is a cross. The ceremony was carried out by William Hugh Wood and was witnessed by Charles H Hudson and Caroline Hudson. Source: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_197456-00100?pId=6694792 Reply
The Underground Map Kilburn Park Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:30 GMT	Kilburn Park - opened 1915 Kilburn Park station was opened at the height of the First World War Reply
PETER FAIRCLOUGH Brindley Street, W2 Added: 10 May 2021 14:46 GMT	We once lived here My family resided at number 53 Brindley Street Paddington. My grandparents George and Elizabeth Jenkinson (ne Fowler) had four children with my Mother Olive Fairclough (ne Jenkinson) being born in the house on 30/09/1935. She died on 29/04/2021 aged 85 being the last surviving of the four siblings Reply
David Jones-Parry McGregor Road, W11 Added: 7 Sep 2017 12:13 GMT	Mcgregor Road, W11 (1938 - 1957) I was born n bred at 25 Mc Gregor Rd in 1938 and lived there until I joined the Royal Navy in 1957. It was a very interesting time what with air raid shelters,bombed houses,water tanks all sorts of areas for little boys to collect scrap and sell them on.no questions asked.A very happy boyhood -from there we could visit most areas of London by bus and tube and we did. Reply
Robert Burns Abourne Street, W9 Added: 5 Jan 2023 17:46 GMT	1 Abourne Street My mother, and my Aunt and my Aunt’s family lived at number 1 Abourne Street. I remember visitingn my aunt Win Housego, and the Housego family there. If I remember correctly virtually opposite number 1, onthe corner was the Lord Amberley pub. Reply
The Underground Map Kilburn Park Added: 8 Mar 2021 14:49 GMT	A bit of a lift.... Kilburn Park was the first station to be designed around escalators, rather than lifts. Reply
charlie evans The Apollo Added: 10 Apr 2021 18:51 GMT	apollo pub 1950s Ted Lengthorne was the landlord of the apollo in the 1950s. A local called darkie broom who lived at number 5 lancaster road used to be the potman,I remember being in the appollo at a street party that was moved inside the pub because of rain for the queens coronation . Not sure how long the lengthornes had the pub but remember teds daughter julie being landlady in the early 1970,s Reply
Ron Shepherd 91 Fernhead Road, W9 Added: 18 Sep 2021 17:28 GMT	More Wisdom Norman Joseph Wisdom was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, West London. Reply
Patricia Bridges Lancefield Coachworks Added: 19 Jul 2021 10:57 GMT	Lancefield Coachworks My grandfather Tom Murray worked here Reply
Golborne Gardens, W10 Added: 14 Jan 2022 03:06 GMT	Goldbourne Gardens W 10 I lived in Goldbourne Gardens in the 50,s very happy big bomb site Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

The Westbourne is one of the lost rivers of London.

Harrow Road bridge Harrow Road once spanned the River Westbourne at this point.

Harrow Road bridge

Queen’s Cinema This cinema was situated at the top of Queensway, on the corner of Bishop’s Bridge Road.

Queen’s Cinema

Royal Oak Royal Oak is a station on the Hammersmith and City Line, between Westbourne Park and Paddington stations, and is the least used station on the Hammersmith and City line.

Royal Oak

Westbourne Green The story of the building of a suburb.

Westbourne Green

Westbourne House Two hundred years ago, the biggest house hereabouts...

Westbourne House

Westbourne Lodge Westbourne Lodge appeared in one of the earliest photographs in London.

Westbourne Lodge

Whiteley’s Whiteley’s, pictured here in the 1920s, was designated a Grade II Listed Building in 1970.

Whiteley’s

NEARBY STREETS

Africa House, W2 Africa House is a block on Blomfield Villas.

Africa House, W2

Alexander Mews, W2 Alexander Mews is a street in Paddington.

Alexander Mews, W2

Alexander Street, W2 Alexander Street was built in 1853 by Alexander Hall of Watergate House, Sussex.

Alexander Street, W2

Arthur Court, W2 Arthur Court is at the north-west end of Queensway.

Arthur Court, W2

Beaumont House, W2 Beaumont House is a block on Prince’s Square.

Beaumont House, W2

Berrington House, W2 Berrington House is a block on Hereford Road.

Berrington House, W2

Bishop’s Bridge Road, W2 Bishop’s Bridge Road, now a main thoroughfare, began life as a footpath.

Bishop’s Bridge Road, W2

Brecon House, W2 Brecon House is a block on Cleveland Terrace.

Brecon House, W2

Brewers Court, W2 Brewers’ Court was finished in 1976.

Brewers Court, W2

Bridgewater House, W2 Bridgewater House is a building on Cleveland Terrace.

Bridgewater House, W2

Bridstow Place, W2 Bridstow Place is a street in Paddington.

Bridstow Place, W2

Brunel House, W2 Brunel House is a block on Westbourne Terrace.

Brunel House, W2

Burdett Mews, W2 Burdett Mews is a street in Paddington.

Burdett Mews, W2

Burnham Court, W2 Burnham Court is a block on Moscow Road.

Burnham Court, W2

Caernarvon House, W2 The 1955-built Caernarvon House is on the Hallfield Estate.

Caernarvon House, W2

Celbridge Mews, W2 Celbridge Mews is a street in Paddington.

Celbridge Mews, W2

Cervantes Court, W2 Cervantes Court is sited on Inverness Terrace.

Cervantes Court, W2

Chepstow Corner, W2 Chepstow Corner is a street in Paddington.

Chepstow Corner, W2

Chepstow Place, W2 Chepstow Place runs from the junction of Westbourne Grove and Pembridge Villas in the north to Pembridge Square in the south.

Chepstow Place, W2

Chepstow Road, W2 Chepstow Road is a street in Paddington.

Chepstow Road, W2

Chilworth Court, W2 Chilworth Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.

Chilworth Court, W2

Chilworth Street, W2 Chilworth Street, originally called Charles Street, is an east-west street in W2.

Chilworth Street, W2

Cleveland Court, W2 Cleveland Court is a block on Leinster Gardens.

Cleveland Court, W2

Cleveland Gardens, W2 Cleveland Gardens is a short stretch of road behind Cleveland Square.

Cleveland Gardens, W2

Cleveland Square, W2 Cleveland Square is a notable square in Paddington.

Cleveland Square, W2

Cleveland Terrace, W2 Cleveland Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Cleveland Terrace, W2

Cloucester Mews West, W2 Cloucester Mews West is a road in the W2 postcode area

Cloucester Mews West, W2

Compass House, W2 Compass House is a block on Redan Place.

Compass House, W2

Craven Hill Gardens, W2 Craven Hill Gardens is a residential garden estate which has two small garden squares.

Craven Hill Gardens, W2

Craven Hill, W2 Craven Hill is a street in Paddington.

Craven Hill, W2

Dawson Place, W2 Dawson Place is a street in Paddington.

Dawson Place, W2

Devonshire Terrace, W2 Devonshire Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Devonshire Terrace, W2

Elsie Lane Court, W2 Elsie Lane Court is a block on Elsie Lane Court.

Elsie Lane Court, W2

Enterprise House, W2 Enterprise House is located on Westbourne Terrace.

Enterprise House, W2

Evesham House, W2 Evesham House is a building on Hereford Road.

Evesham House, W2

Garway Road, W2 Garway Road is a street in Paddington.

Garway Road, W2

Gloucester Gardens, W2 Gloucester Gardens is a road in the W2 postcode area

Gloucester Gardens, W2

Gloucester Terrace, W2 Gloucester Terrace is an 1850s development.

Gloucester Terrace, W2

Hatherley Court, W2 Hatherley Court is a 1930s block.

Hatherley Court, W2

Hatherley Grove, W2 Hatherley Grove is a street in Paddington.

Hatherley Grove, W2

Hereford Road, W2 Hereford Road was planned as a road of detached villas.

Hereford Road, W2

Holy Trinity House, W2 Holy Trinity House is a building on Orsett Terrace.

Holy Trinity House, W2

Hurlingham House, W2 Hurlingham House is sited on Westbourne Terrace Road.

Hurlingham House, W2

Ilchester Gardens, W2 Ilchester Gardens was constructed during the mid-19th century.

Ilchester Gardens, W2

Inver Court, W2 Inver Court can be found on Inver Court.

Inver Court, W2

Inverness Mews, W2 Inverness Mews is a street in Paddington.

Inverness Mews, W2

Inverness Terrace, W2 Inverness Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Inverness Terrace, W2

Joanne House, W2 Joanne House is a building on Queensborough Mews.

Joanne House, W2

Kensington Gardens Square, W2 Kensington Gardens Square is a street in Paddington.

Kensington Gardens Square, W2

Kildare Terrace, W2 Kildare Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Kildare Terrace, W2

Kingdom Street, W2 Kingdom Street is a road in the W2 postcode area

Kingdom Street, W2

Leinster Gardens, W2 Leinster Gardens began its life in the early 1840s.

Leinster Gardens, W2

Leinster Square, W2 Leinster Square, along with Prince’s Square, was begun in 1856 and finished in 1864

Leinster Square, W2

Monmouth Road, W2 Monmouth Road contained cottages and semi-detached villas by 1846

Monmouth Road, W2

Moscow Place, W2 Moscow Place is a street in Paddington.

Moscow Place, W2

Moscow Road, W2 Moscow Road, situated in the Bayswater area, is a notable street that stretches from Queensway to Pembridge Square.

Moscow Road, W2

Newton Mews, W2 Newton Mews is shown on the 1900 map.

Newton Mews, W2

Newton Road, W2 William Kinnaird Jenkins laid out Newton Road in 1846.

Newton Road, W2

Orsett Mews, W2 Orsett Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area

Orsett Mews, W2

Orsett Terrace, W2 Orsett Terrace combined with Orsett Place to form one street in Paddington.

Orsett Terrace, W2

Pembridge Place, W2 Pembridge Place is a road in the W2 postcode area

Pembridge Place, W2

Pembroke House, W2 Pembroke House can be found on Hallfield Estate.

Pembroke House, W2

Pickering House, W2 Pickering House is a block on Hallfield Estate.

Pickering House, W2

Pickering Mews, W2 Pickering Mews is a street in Paddington.

Pickering Mews, W2

Pickering Place, W2 Pickering Place eventually became the northern section of Queensway.

Pickering Place, W2

Pickering Terrace, W2 Pickering Terrace was later part of Porchester Road.

Pickering Terrace, W2

Polperro House, W2 Polperro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road.

Polperro House, W2

Porchester Gardens Mews, W2 Porchester Gardens Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area

Porchester Gardens Mews, W2

Porchester Gardens, W2 Porchester Gardens is a street in Paddington.

Porchester Gardens, W2

Porchester Road, W2 Porchester Road has existed under a series of names since at least the 1750s.

Porchester Road, W2

Porchester Square, W2 Begun in 1850 and completed between 1855 and 1858, Porchester Square was one of the last areas of Bayswater to be built.

Porchester Square, W2

Porchester Terrace North, W2 Porchester Terrace North is a road in the W2 postcode area

Porchester Terrace North, W2

Porchester Terrace, W2 Porchester Terrace is a street in Paddington.

Porchester Terrace, W2

Prince’s Square, W2 Prince’s Square and Leinster Square are ’twin’ picturesque garden squares situated in the Bayswater area - the two squares share a street.

Prince’s Square, W2

Princes Mews, W2 Princes Mews was laid out to provide stabling accommodation for the houses of Prince’s Square.

Princes Mews, W2

Princes Square, W2 Princes Square is a street in Paddington.

Princes Square, W2

Queen’s Gardens, W2 This is a street in the W2 postcode area

Queen’s Gardens, W2

Queens Gardens, W2 Queens Gardens is a street in Paddington.

Queens Gardens, W2

Queens Mews, W2 Queens Mews is a street in Paddington.

Queens Mews, W2

Queensborough Passage, W2 Queensborough Passage is a road in the W2 postcode area

Queensborough Passage, W2

Queensborough Studios, W2 Queensborough Studios is a road in the W2 postcode area

Queensborough Studios, W2

Queensborough Terrace, W2 Queensborough Terrace was built by the grandson of John Aldridge in the 1860s on part of the Aldridge lands.

Queensborough Terrace, W2

Ralph Court, W2 Ralph Court backed Peter’s Court in Porchester Road.

Ralph Court, W2

Ranelagh Bridge, W2 Ranelagh Bridge is a road in the W2 postcode area

Ranelagh Bridge, W2

Reading House, W2 Reading House is a building on Hallfield Estate.

Reading House, W2

Redan House, W2 Residential block

Redan House, W2

Redan Place, W2 Redan Place is a street in Paddington.

Redan Place, W2

Rede Place, W2 Rede Place is a street in Paddington.

Rede Place, W2

Robert Crosbie House, W2 Robert Crosbie House is sited on Queen’s Gardens.

Robert Crosbie House, W2

Salem Road, W2 Salem Road is a street in Paddington.

Salem Road, W2

Sheldon Square, W2 Sheldon Square is a street in Paddington.

Sheldon Square, W2

Sitia House, W2 Sitia House is a block on Devonshire Terrace.

Sitia House, W2

Spire House, W2 Spire House is a block on Lancaster Gate.

Spire House, W2

Swanleys, W2 Swanleys was built east of St Stephen’s Church in 1978.

Swanleys, W2

Tenby House, W2 Tenby House is a block on Cleveland Gardens.

Tenby House, W2

The Battleship Building, W2 The Battleship Building is a block on Harrow Road.

The Battleship Building, W2

The Colonnades, W2 The Colonnades is in Porchester Square.

The Colonnades, W2

The Corner House, W2 The Corner House is a block on Porchester Terrace.

The Corner House, W2

The Whiteleys Centre, W2 The Whiteleys Centre is the former site of the Whiteleys department store.

The Whiteleys Centre, W2

Thyateira House, W2 Thyateira House is a block on Craven Hill.

Thyateira House, W2

Trinity Court, W2 Trinity Court is a block on Gloucester Terrace.

Trinity Court, W2

Viscount Court, W11 Viscount Court is a block on Pembridge Villas.

Viscount Court, W11

Westbourne Court, W2 Westbourne Court stood at the corner of Orsett Terrace and Westbourne Terrace by 1938.

Westbourne Court, W2

Westbourne Gardens, W2 Westbourne Gardens is a street in Paddington.

Westbourne Gardens, W2

Westbourne Grove Terrace, W2 Runs north from Westbourne Grove.

Westbourne Grove Terrace, W2

Westbourne Grove, W2 Westbourne Grove began its existence as a footpath.

Westbourne Grove, W2

Westbourne Park Road, W2 Houses at the Paddington end of Westbourne Park Road date from the 1850s.

Westbourne Park Road, W2

Westbourne Park Villas, W2 Westbourne Park Villas is a street in Paddington.

Westbourne Park Villas, W2

Westbourne Terrace Mews, W2 Westbourne Terrace Mews is a road in the W2 postcode area

Westbourne Terrace Mews, W2

Westbourne Terrace, W2 Westbourne Terrace was an idea of George Gutch the builder.

Westbourne Terrace, W2

Westmont Court, W2 Westmont Court is located on Monmouth Road.

Westmont Court, W2

Westway, W2 At its opening, Westway was the largest continuous concrete structure in Britain.

Westway, W2

Windsor Court, W2 Windsor Court is a block on Moscow Road.

Windsor Court, W2

Worcester House, W2 Worcester House is a block on Unnamed Road.

Worcester House, W2

NEARBY PUBS

Great Western The Great Western was a pub in Hampden Street.

Great Western

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Bayswater

Bayswater is one of London’s most cosmopolitan areas - also one of London’s biggest concentration of hotels.

Notably, there is a significant Arabic population in Bayswater, a large number of Americans, a substantial Greek community attracted by London’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the area is also a centre of London’s Brazilian community.

Architecturally, the biggest part of the area is made up of Victorian mansion blocks, mostly, although not exclusively, divided up into flats. There are also purpose built apartment blocks dating from the inter-war period as well as more recent developments, and a there is large Council Estate, the 800 flat Hallfield Estate, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun and now largely sold off. There are some garden squares in the area.

Queensway and Westbourne Grove are busy High Streets, with a very large number of ethnic restaurants.

Bayswater tube station lies between Notting Hill Gate and Paddington.

The station was opened 1 October 1868, just 5 years after the London Underground started. It was renamed several times: to Bayswater (Queen’s Road) & Westbourne Grove in 1923, to Bayswater (Queen’s Road) in 1933.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Notting Hill TUM image id: 1510169244 Licence: CC BY 2.0	This photo from 6 August 1857 shows guests at the wedding at Westbourne Lodge, Paddington (Royal Oak) The wedding was of Florence Augusta Saunders, daughter of Charles Saunders, first general secretary of the Great Western Railway, with the Reverend Frederick Manners Stopford. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was amongst the guests. During the wedding, both Brunel and Saunders were able to experience trains running beside the wedding party along the railway which they had built. TUM image id: 1556886976 Licence:	Pembridge Road (1900s) TUM image id: 1556889569 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mrs Siddons’ house at Westbourne Green c. 1800 TUM image id: 1557227342 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Bayswater Conduit in 1798. TUM image id: 1490459429 Licence: CC BY 2.0
A GWR 4073 Class locomotive waits to depart Paddington Station, adjacent to Brunel’s cast-iron Bishop’s Bridge road bridge, in April 1962. Credit: Wiki Commons/Ben Brooksbank TUM image id: 1611679064 Licence:	The Churchill Arms, Kensington Credit: IG/lililondoner TUM image id: 1653837477 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bayswater Road TUM image id: 1552860722 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bourne Terrace - taken from Torquay Street. On the corner of Bourne Terrace is Saws Ltd at number 264 along with various blocks which no longer exist. Credit: Bernard Selwwyn TUM image id: 1483796732 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Chilworth Street, W2 TUM image id: 1483806751 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Chippenham Mews (1959) This photo was taken by a Swiss maid who worked in the area during the late 1950s. Chippenham Mews lies behind Harrow Road running from Chippenham Road to Marylands Road. Building had been begun in the 1860s with substantial terraces near Harrow Road. The area did not attract the upper classes that were expected and parts of the area came to suffer from cramped layouts and houses. Credit: Gregoire Ming TUM image id: 1666003307 Licence:	Junction of Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street was curtailed when the post-war Warwick Estate was built TUM image id: 1620671975 Licence:	Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street Credit: Historic England TUM image id: 1588433441 Licence:	This video is a little different - no walks from anywhere to anywhere. This video looks at the snapshots of lives captured by postcard photographers in Notting Hill Gate at the turn of the 1900s. As these photographers were ’winging it’ - taking photos of streets in anticipation of these being snapped up by postcard publishers - they were drawn to capturing scenes full of people going about their everyday lives. This means that zooming into these high-definition photos we can take a look at captured scenes that those depicted weren’t aware were being taken. Credit: https://youtu.be/-Tqf2qTKTZM TUM image id: 1691688651 Licence:	Ossington Street, W2 (2012) Credit: Geograph/Jaggery TUM image id: 1683720228 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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This photo from 6 August 1857 shows guests at the wedding at Westbourne Lodge, Paddington (Royal Oak) The wedding was of Florence Augusta Saunders, daughter of Charles Saunders, first general secretary of the Great Western Railway, with the Reverend Frederick Manners Stopford. Isambard Kingdom Brunel was amongst the guests. During the wedding, both Brunel and Saunders were able to experience trains running beside the wedding party along the railway which they had built.
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Mrs Siddons’ house at Westbourne Green c. 1800
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The Bayswater Conduit in 1798.
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Bourne Terrace - taken from Torquay Street. On the corner of Bourne Terrace is Saws Ltd at number 264 along with various blocks which no longer exist.
Credit: Bernard Selwwyn
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Junction of Cirencester Street, W2 Cirencester Street was curtailed when the post-war Warwick Estate was built
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Lord Hills Road at the junction with Senior Street
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Ossington Street, W2 (2012)
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Little Venice (1952) This is one of a large series of London views that Stephen Bone executed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Bone liked to paint water and its reflections, and often combined this with compositions showing people going about their daily business, a combination which is the subject of this picture. A barge, hung with its owner’s washing, travels along the canal. Two children play along the banks, and a man sits on the railings overhead, enjoying the view.
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Westbourne Terrace Road bridge - the northern end of Westbourne Terrace Road Through the bridge, and some 13 miles (but no locks) later, you will arrive at Bulls Bridge Junction on the Grand Union main line.
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Paddington Public Baths on Queens Road (now Queensway) in 1909. Paddington’s first public baths which were built in 1874 but demolished in 1911 to be replaced by Whiteley’s new building when the store relocated from Westbourne Grove.
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