Willow Bridge Road, N1

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Barry J. Page

Highbury & Islington

Added: 27 Jul 2022 19:41 GMT

Highbury Corner V1 Explosion
Grandma described the V1 explosion at Highbury Corner on many occasions. She was working in the scullery when the flying bomb landed. The blast shattered all the windows in the block of flats and blew off the bolt on her front door. As she looked out the front room window, people in various states of injury and shock were making their way along Highbury Station Road. One man in particular, who was bleeding profusely from glass shard wounds to his neck, insisted in getting home to see if his family was all right. Others were less fortunate. Len, the local newsagent, comforted a man, who had lost both legs caused by the blast, until the victim succumbed to his injuries. The entire area was ravaged and following are statistics. The flying bomb landed during lunch hour (12:46 p.m.) on June 27th 1944. 26 people lost their lives, 84 were seriously injured and 71 slightly injured.

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The exterior of the Agricultural Hall in Islington (1861). TUM image id: 1488644663 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Highbury Corner TUM image id: 1489497654 Licence:	Beer in the evening Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1675427151 Licence:	The Camden Head, Islington This is a glorious old gin palace-style pub behind Upper Street, in existence since the 18th century. Credit: Flickr/Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1622558868 Licence:	The Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (1861). View from Liverpool Road. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622555891 Licence:
Collins Theatre of Varieties (Collins’ Music Hall) existed in Islington between 1861 and 1958. Old-time ’greats’ who performed there were numerous: Charles Chaplin, Fred Karno, Kate Carney, Gus Elen, Sir George Robey, Marie Lloyd, Albert Chevalier, Nellie Wallace, Sir Harry Lauder, ’Wee’ Georgie Wood and more. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622563124 Licence:	Islington Green (1905). Upper Street, leading to Highbury Corner. To the right of the green but just out of the picture would be Essex Road (formerly Lower Road) Old London postcard TUM image id: 1622547926 Licence:	Rotherfield Street (c.1905) View from the junction of Ecclesbourne Road, along Rotherfield Street to Essex Road and St Matthews church. TUM image id: 1663078303 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Upper Street, Highbury c.1900 TUM image id: 1625083286 Licence:	Collins’ Music Hall in Islington. The music hall was a conversion of a pub called the Lansdowne Arms and was created by the Irish vocalist and music hall entertainer Sam Collins, whose real name was Sam Vagg. It opened on Wednesday 4 November 1863 and was situated at the rear of the pub. Sadly Sam Collins only ran it for two and a half years before his death in 1865. It had a very interesting subsequent history - too detailed for a photo caption - and burnt down in 1958. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1622564970 Licence:
Drayton Park station in its Northern Line days Drayton Park was opened by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on 14 February 1904. Although the Victoria line does not serve Drayton Park, its construction during the 1960s had a significant impact on the station. The City Line tunnels north of Drayton Park were closed on 3 October 1964 and were reused by the Victoria line, which was connected to them south of Finsbury Park. Drayton Park became the northern terminus of the City line, which later became known as the Northern line Highbury Branch. On 4 October 1975 the line was closed and ceased to be part of the London Underground. The line was transferred to British Rail. TUM image id: 1621895160 Licence:

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The exterior of the Agricultural Hall in Islington (1861).
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Rotherfield Street (c.1905) View from the junction of Ecclesbourne Road, along Rotherfield Street to Essex Road and St Matthews church.
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