Thursday, January 29, 2015

Blomfield Crescent . . .

The use of the name 'Blomfield' presumably come from the Bishop of London at the time Charles Blomfield, Bishop of London 1828 - 1856. Much of the land in this area historically belonged to the Bishop of London.

Harrow Road.



1 - 2 Blomfield Crescent. Between Harrow Road and Upper Westbourne Terrace.

Trinity C E school next to Bayswater Synagogue in the distance. "Opened 1864 as National School for mixed juniors and infants. Founded as a result of re-organisation of Paddington Parochial Schools in 1861. In 1903 was listed as Holy Trinity, Harrow Road, when it had accommodation for 547 pupils. Closed by1951"



3 - 5 Blomfield Crescent. Between Upper Westbourne Terrace and Blomfield Street (now Blomfield Villas)






6 - 7 Blomfield Crescent. Between Blomfield Road and Harrow Road

#6 was the home of the Maguire family of artists.

Between Harrow Road and Westbourne Bridge - The New Red Lion Pub. The previous Red Lion Pub, was sited further west.





Sunday, January 25, 2015

Lord Hills Road

"The Blue Lamp" 1950

 

1958


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"Robbery"1967


Monday, January 12, 2015

British cinema 1960 -

1960

The Battle Of The Sexes

Sink The Bismark

Never Takes Sweets From A Stranger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Take_Sweets_from_a_Stranger

Conspiracy Of Hearts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_of_Hearts

The Angry Silence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angry_Silence

The League Of Gentlemen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen_%28film%29

Peeping Tom

Cone Of Silence (Trouble In The Sky)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_of_Silence_%28film%29

The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England

Oscar Wilde

The Trials Of Oscar Wilde

Never Let Go

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Go



Sons And Lovers



Light Up The Sky

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Up_the_Sky!_%28film%29

The Millionairess

Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

The Criminal (The Concrete Jungle)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Criminal

Tunes Of Glory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunes_of_Glory

The World Of Suzy Wong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_of_Suzie_Wong_%28film%29

1961

No Love For Johnnie

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Love_for_Johnnie



Whistle Down The Wind

Victim

A Taste Of Honey

The Innocents

The Full Treatment

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Full_Treatment

The Long And The Short And The Tall

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_and_the_Short_and_the_Tall_%28film%29

The Rebel

Very Important Person

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Important_Person_%28film%29



Mr Topaze

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Topaze



The Greengage Summer

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greengage_Summer

Flame In The Streets

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_in_the_Streets



The Kitchen

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kitchen_%281961_film%29



The Young Ones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Ones_%281961_film%29

1962

It's Trad Dad

A Kind Of Loving

Term Of Trial

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_Trial



Lolita

The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

Billy Budd

Dr No

Live Now - Pay  Later

The L-shaped Room

Lawrence Of Arabia

Only Two Can Play

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Two_Can_Play



The Waltz Of The Toreadors

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_of_the_Toreadors_%28film%29



Some People

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_People_%28film%29









Life For Ruth

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_for_Ruth






The Dock Brief

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dock_Brief



The Wild And The Willing

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_and_the_Willing

1963

This Sporting Life














Thursday, January 08, 2015

leo the last 1970

Testerton Street looking north 1969

"In the archive, I came across the touching story of one couple, still living on the road at No 27 and waiting to be rehoused. Arthur and Grace Clark refused the offer of £50 to have their terrace house sprayed black.
“We could do with the money really,” said Mrs Clark, who had lived all her life in the house. “But if we agreed to let them paint our house, the vandals would get busy, as they would think it’s empty.”

from here