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Northolt

The Western Avenue A40 bypassing Northolt circa 1940.  Note: No traffic, no lane markings, no crash barriers, just a grass verge, footpath and fields!

 

 

Northolt Park racecourse was built on from the early 50's.  

 

 

The grandstands stood in ruins during the first stages of the development of the 'Racecourse Estate'.

 

Subsequently the main grandstand was re-erected at Brands Hatch

 

 

 

  

Typical style of houses on the Racecourse Estate in the early 1960's.  Note only 3 cars !

 

 

 

 

The 14 storey flats, later named Churchill Court, being built on Newmarket Avenue .  

 

 

... and after completion.  Progress ?

  

 

 

St Marys Church.  Timeless scene.  The grounds recovered after the 1987 gales in which mature trees were brought down.

 

 

Northolt Village Community Centre picture taken in the early 1970s 

 

The Community Centre also home to the local model railway club  

 

The Northolt Village Memorial Hall.  Owned by the War Memorial Hall & Village Greens Trust and scene of many a church, family and public events.  Recently fully renovated, the hall has also previously been used for council activities and as a children's nursery.  

 

Northolt Village Green Cottages in a beautiful seasonal garden setting.  Now uninhabited and owned by the same Trust as the Memorial Hall, but once reputed to have housed a family of 16.  Currently used as storage in connection with maintenance of the garden. 

Views around and about the Middlesex village

More recently famous for it’s RAF Base, Northolt High School starring in BBC’s The Choir, and Northala fields taking spoil from Wembley Stadium, let us take a brief look at it’s heritage …...