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World's End: The Hartwell Boys
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Thursday, December 29, 2005. These are a couple of photos from the family album, of the Hartwell boys at Guinness Trust Buildings. First pic, l to r: Joe, Den and Stan. Second, l to r: Bob, Den, Cecil and Joe. Posted by Gaz @ 9:57 am. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! A random series of observations and links inspired by "World's End: A Memoir of a Blitz Childhood". To comment on the posts (click "comments" and type away!
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World's End: More Pictures
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Friday, February 17, 2006. Our Uncle Bob, Robert Hartwell, has scanned in these photos from his album. The centre and right-hand pictures were taken outside Guinness Trust. Click on the image for a bigger version and to read the captions. Posted by Gaz @ 1:29 pm. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! A random series of observations and links inspired by "World's End: A Memoir of a Blitz Childhood". On the images to enlarge them.
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World's End: More Photos
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005. Has a series of photographs of the power station. Posted by Gaz @ 3:20 pm. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! A random series of observations and links inspired by "World's End: A Memoir of a Blitz Childhood". My Dad, Dennis Hartwell (brother of Stan) lived next door to Donald at No.4, Guinness Trust Buildings and shared the traumatic experience Donald relates at the end of his book.
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World's End: Stamford Bridge Stadium, 31st August 1946
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Sunday, March 26, 2006. Stamford Bridge Stadium, 31st August 1946. The queue for the turnstiles at Stamford Bridge, for Chelsea's first game of the 1946/7 season, against Bolton Wanderers. This view is looking out towards the main entrance and the Fulham Road. The crowd, on an evidently wet day, was 61,000. The advertisements are for greyhound racing, something called roller speedway at Harringay Arena and for trains from Walham Green (Fulham Broadway, see below). Posted by Gaz @ 1:14 pm.
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World's End: The Cremorne Orchestra
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Friday, December 29, 2006. Here, from the Illustrated London News of June 28, 1851, is the Cremorne Gardens Orchestra. The article is hard to read but includes these lines:. Isn't this a scene you'd like to climb inside? Posted by Gaz @ 10:23 am. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! A random series of observations and links inspired by "World's End: A Memoir of a Blitz Childhood". On the images to enlarge them.
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World's End: A conundrum . . .
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Saturday, June 04, 2005. A conundrum . . . This is a frame from the 1952 Ealing Studios film "I Believe in You". That's Cecil Parker walking toward what is obviously Lots Road, but. Which street is it? And aren't those prefabs? Posted by Gaz @ 8:50 pm. Its Upcerne Road and I think the camera is positioned on the Kings Road. I remember seeing the prefabs as a kid. Apparently one of them was home to Alan Hudson. Yes, they are pre-fabs, read more here:. On the images to enlarge them. The Guinness Trust today.
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World's End: What was in the Cremorne Stereorama . . .
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Friday, December 29, 2006. What was in the Cremorne Stereorama . . . Here's an engraving of the scene depicted in the Stereorama, at the southern end of Ashburnham Hall. It shows a panorama of the route from Switzerland to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass. Posted by Gaz @ 11:09 am. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! A random series of observations and links inspired by "World's End: A Memoir of a Blitz Childhood".
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World's End: Before there was a World's End
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Monday, June 06, 2005. Before there was a World's End. The Thames at Battersea by David Cox, 1824. If you want to see the original, it's in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Posted by Gaz @ 9:36 pm. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! A random series of observations and links inspired by "World's End: A Memoir of a Blitz Childhood". To comment on the posts (click "comments" and type away! History of Chelsea online.
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World's End: Lots Road by Night
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Saturday, June 04, 2005. Lots Road by Night. The Power Station, 26 November 1931. The two chimneys on the Lots Road side of the plant were removed in the 1960s. From the Daily Herald Archive/Science and Society Picture Library. Posted by Gaz @ 8:43 pm. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! A random series of observations and links inspired by "World's End: A Memoir of a Blitz Childhood". On the images to enlarge them.
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World's End: Lots Road in Wikipedia
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006. Lots Road in Wikipedia. While searching for an image for the previous post, I came across this article. From the German edition of the wonderful Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Readers of Donald's book and his contemporaries from World's End won't miss the irony of this. The English version is here. Posted by Gaz @ 10:28 pm. Comments: Post a Comment. I've changed the COMMENTS settings, so now anyone can post or read comments. Away you go! On the images to enlarge them.
