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Barnet grass speedway in operation (1930s) This track was situated beside the A1 Barnet By Pass in what is now Borehamwood, south of the Thatched Barn. Saffron Green primary school was built over the site in the 1950s. TUM image id: 1526569186 Licence:	Thatched Barn TUM image id: 1488372418 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Manor Farm and its outbuildings, c.1900 Credit: Elstree and Borehamwood Museum TUM image id: 1515070304 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cranes Farm, lies towards the centre of this 1939 image. The Horses Home and Furzehill Road at the bottom with the chalk outline of the future Ashley Drive clearly visible. Delayed by the war, Borehamwood Estate’s housing covered the scene in the early 1950s. Credit: Aerofilms TUM image id: 1525280040 Licence:	292A bus at the Bull and Tiger (1970s) TUM image id: 1534096995 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The building of the Rowley Lane flyover over the Barnet bypass in the 1960s. Previously, the lane had crossed over the A1 here beside the Thatched Barn (seen here in the background) at an increasingly congested and dangerous crossroads. Credit: Barnet Post TUM image id: 1610029736 Licence:	MGM Borehamwood was first built on a rural site. Amalgamated Studios Ltd had constructed a large studio on the north side of Elstree Way, Borehamwood, between 1935 and 1937. MGM-London purchased the former Amalgamated Studios in April 1944 and changed its name to MGM British Studios Ltd. Films made at the MGM-British Studios included Ivanhoe (1952), Anastasia (1956), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), The Dirty Dozen (1967), The Prisoner TV series (1967–68) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Credit: Aerofilms TUM image id: 1510145333 Licence:	Looking northeast along the future path of Ashley Drive. Credit: Britain From Above TUM image id: 1515078058 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Ely Gardens (2009) Credit: Google Street View TUM image id: 1522760117 Licence: CC BY 2.0	MGM-British studios, Borehamwood on 2 May 1966 This was a major centre for UK film production. Alongside the 1966 sets depicted on the backlot, the late 1960s alone saw Kubrick’s ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ and TV series ’The Prisoner’ (when not in Portmerion) based there With MGM built over by a 1970s housing estate, the movie industry continues with the 2022-built Sky Studios Elstree (which is in Borehamwood, not Elstree) which is now just to the right of the greenhouses on the 1966 image. TUM image id: 1665761536 Licence:

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Barnet grass speedway in operation (1930s) This track was situated beside the A1 Barnet By Pass in what is now Borehamwood, south of the Thatched Barn. Saffron Green primary school was built over the site in the 1950s.
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Thatched Barn
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Manor Farm and its outbuildings, c.1900
Credit: Elstree and Borehamwood Museum
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Looking northeast along the future path of Ashley Drive.
Credit: Britain From Above
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Ely Gardens (2009)
Credit: Google Street View
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