Southall-Places

SOUTHALL -PLACES

Here are some images of places that existed in Southall in the past. Some are still with us

The Manor House

One of the oldest buildings in Middlesex (See E.M. Barnet work on the Manor House page). The top left picture shows the Manor House in the late 1960's after it was restored for use by the Southall Chamber of Commerce. Top right is an interior view after it was occupied by the Chamber of Commerce. These two photographs by Leonard Taylor.

Since 1913, the Manor House has probably looked more like it did in its original form after the extension of 1587 was demolished to enable widening of the road now called "The Green'.

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Above left: The Manor House in the mid 1930's. In the background can be seen Roman's Parade which was built after the demolition of the medieval house of the same name in 1934. Marcus Taylor said that he recalled a special Saturday afternoon treat was ice cream from Curia's, an Italian ice cream parlour located in Roman's Parade until Italy entered the second world war, when the people who owned the parlour were interned. They and it never came back.

Photograph: Leonard Taylor

Above right picture of the Manor House would have been taken before 1913 as it shows the 1587 extension which was demolished in that year for road widening

A 1920's photograph of horse drawn carriage passing the Manor House (right).

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MARTINWARE FOUNTAIN

This Fountain made by the Martin Brothers potters originally as an exhibition piece, was covered up for eight months of each year to protect it from frost. It was smashed by vandals in 1988 when damage was also done to the Manor House and the adjoining gardeners store which was a building with listed status was destroyed. Photograph:Marcus Taylor.(right).

The two photographs (below left and below right) were taken by and given by kind permission of Nigel Tupman and show the fountain in its setting near the entrance to the Manor Grounds from The Green..

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The photograph of the Manor House (left) was taken in about 1985.

Below left a view of the summer bedding in the grounds of the Manor House.

Ealing Council used to win awards for the high standard of the grounds maintenance by the hard work of the gardeners employed by the Parks Department.

These two views were taken by and supplied by kind permission of Nigel Tupman.

See other work by Nigel Tupman on Sunday in 1985 page

This is photograph of a Budgerigar is the only photograph that we have of any evidence of the wonderful and extensive aviary that was located in the manor grounds in the 1960's and in to the 1970's.

Other birds included Canaries and a Mynah bird.

If anyone has any good images of the aviary we would very much like to hear from you.

Photograph by the late Leonard Taylor.

The Manor Studio

The Manor Studio was located at 57 The Green, formerly 4, Manor Parade. It was a photographic studio from 1906 until about 1972. See Manor Studio page.

St. Anselm's Roman Catholic Church

This was completed in 1967 and was opened in 1968. Located on a new site once part of The Grange. It replaced the 1930 church that was adjacent to St. Anselm's Roman Catholic School. The School was enlarged when the 'old' church was demolished.

St. John's Road

A view of St. John's Road in the first decade of the twentieth century, so before the church was built. See next photograph.

St. John's Church CodE

Built in the 1920's to replace the old St. Johns Church located in King Street. The new Church is in St. John's Road.

Jack Weller, Cycles and Accessories was located on the corner of St. John's Road and King Street

Southall Broadway

Looking towards the High Street with the 1897 Town Hall on the left which is the start of the High Street.

Tram tracks were laid in Southall in 1904 and according to R.J. Meads, cost £5200 per mile to lay.

Haddrell's departmental store on the Broadway. Marcus Taylor remembered being hustled across the street by his mother from this store one Saturday afternoon in 1936 at the age of 8 because a 'Black Shirt' meeting with Sir Oswald Moseley was taking place on this corner.

THE WATER TOWER AT SOUTHALL

The water Tower adjacent to the former gas works site. built in 1895 was decommissioned by the North Surrey Water Company in 1968. Work started on proposals to convert the building to apartments in 1978 but that project was not fully completed until 1994.

SOUTHALL STATION 1890's

This photograph was taken from the London end of the platform when the station was known as Southall and Brentford Junction. Note the evidence of Brunel's 7ft gauge.

Western Rd 1901 repro by Buckingham 1961

WESTERN ROAD (above)

Photograph and drawing from early twentieth century

THE YEWS
These houses used to be in Western Road and this photograph dates from the first decade of the twentieth century

SOUTHALL GASOMETER

The Southall Gasometer or gas holder known as the MAN or Masschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nümberg gas holder. Completed in the early 1930's and demolished in 2018, it held 7.5 million cubic feet of gas (210,000m3).

It had 'LH' painted on it in very large letters after a Pan-Am Boeing 707 landed at Northolt by mistake. Harrow gas holder, demolished some time ago, had 'NH' painted on it in large letters (for Northolt).

Photograph supplied by John Maclellan

King Street

Photograph taken of King Street shops in first decade of 20th century

SOUTHALL WORKING MEN's CLUB

The Working Men's Club was located in Featherstone Road near the Junction with the Green. This picture dates back to the turn of the last century. Later the Jazz Singer, Dame Cleo Lane started her long career here.

SOUTH ROAD

This view, taken from the Park Avenue, Beaconsfield Road Junction with the Kings Hall Methodist Church building on left in the centre of the picture probably in first decade of the 20th century.

The Deep Splash, North Hyde Lane

The Water Splash on North Hyde Lane, now North Hyde Road, between Southall and Hayes. These photographs were probably taken in the years immediately after the First World War.

IRON BRIDGE SERVICES

Photograph taken by Leonard Taylor in mid 1950's. This business located by and under the Iron Bridge looks like it was a successful venure!

The Iron Bridge carries the Great Western Railway over the Uxbridge Road.

A busy day after rationing had ended. Imagine the luxury of someone filling your tank for you!

(those were the days!).. Photograph by Leonard Taylor taken in 1950's.

LEGGETTS FORGE

Located behind South Road close to the Broadway. If anyone has a more precise location, please let us know.

NORWOOD GREEN

An Aerial view of Norwood Green in 1975. Photograph by Marcus Taylor. The View shows Norwood Road at the base of the triangle, Norwood Green Road top left and Tentalow Lane on the right. St. Mary's Parish Church of Norwood is in the far top right corner. Norwood Hall is midway along Norwood Green Road, and the rebuilt 'Cedars' home for the elderly is in the bottom right corner.

A Cricket match on Norwood Green in about 1920.

The Canal
(often referred to as 'The Cut')

The Old Canal Bridge by the Junction Arms

This photograph was probably taken in the first decade of the twentieth century. This type of bridge was typical of the bridges built over the canal including Norwood Road Bridge before it was re built. See below.

DAVIES TIMBER YARD

Located on the Hayes bank of the Paddington Canal, north of Uxbridge Road. There was another Davies Timber yard at West Drayton.

NORWOOD ROAD CANAL BRIDGE

Opened in 1926 replacing a much older bridge built when the canal was dug. This was necessary to enable the 120 bus to cross the canal, along with other heavy modern vehicles.

Quaker Oats

Quaker Oats Ltd had a presence in Southall from 1939 to 2006 in their iconic building in Bridge Road.

Cereals were produced there until 2015 by Honey Monster Foods. The building is empty and awaiting conversion to residential use by Galliard Homes. If you have a photograph of the building, preferably when it was still occupied by Quaker Oats Ltd that you are happy to donate, please send JPEG 300dpi large file size to southallinpictures@gmail.com, we will acknowledge receipt and if published here, we will credit you.

St. Marylebone School Southall in 1935

Built in 1858 on the West side of of South Road for children from poor families in the parish of St. Marylebone. In WW1 it was used as a military hospital. Then afterwards it was used as a Roman Catholic Girls School.

Southall Town Hall

Southall Town Hall was built in 1897. It served as the Borough of Southall and then Borough of Southall and Norwood Town Hall until incorporation in to the London Borough of Ealing. At the present time, the building is empty and its future is uncertain.

The picture shows a tram passing the Town Hall. The tram service started running through Southall in 1904. The tram tracks were lifted in 1935 in favour of trolley buses

THE THREE BRIDGES

Really two bridges, as the Railway line from Southall Junction to Brentford is surmounted by the Grand Junction Canal, which in turn is surmounted by Windmill Lane. The two photographs on the left are by the Late Leonard Taylor, the one above is unattributed (we cannot confirm if this photograph was also by L.G. Taylor).

9 WREN AVENUE

Number 9 Wren Avenue was demolished in 1969 to make way for 8 terraced houses designed in the 'Neo-Georgian' style and forms Bixley Close thereafter.

Billy Close is named after Bixley Fields upon which Wren Avenue was built, and the remainder was given over to local authority allotments.

The colour photograph was taken in 1962 or 1963 and the Black and White was taken after 1964 when the extension on the left when facing the house was built. It was not demolished correctly as the fire brigade had to be called when the people demolishing the house had set it on fire and allowed it to get out of control!

The Grange

The Grange was the home of H.P. Baxter (see People page) until 1898. It was sadly demolished in 1963 to make way for Phoenix House, the government office building located on The Green. Now The TRS Apartments are ,located on this site. Picture supplied by kind permission of Alexander Forbes.

The Grange, Southall. Another view, this view supplied by kind permission of Doug. McQuinn.