For how the residents lived, see the top menu.
Some of the following photographs were labelled on the reverse side. For the other photos I have had to rely on the opinions of visitors to the website, as I never lived in Edmonton myself.
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Tram Terminus, Town Hall Edmonton The Independent Church next door, in the forefront of the picture, no longer exists. (In the effects of my mother.) |
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Fore Street, Edmonton It ran from Edmonton Library, Lower Edmonton to Tottenham Boundary. Photo courtesy of Anne Davey form the effects of her mother, Ena Cole. |
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Alcazar Cinema, Fore Street, Edmonton. Photo courtesy
of Anne Davey form the effects of her mother, Ena Cole. |
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The Regal Edmonton was built in the 1930's. There was also the Granada at Lower Edmonton on the hill that went over the lower level railway line This building had been a former Edmonton Empire of music hall days. I think it was Florrie Ford who took ill there and died. [Mary Lloyd has corrected this to Marie Lloyd.] If your mother was going to pictures on Saturdays before then, she probably went to the Alcazar (see above photo) which was bombed down in wartime 1940. Two other cinema house existed earlier than these. The Hippodrome was in Angel Road Edmonton just along from the Grey-Green bus garage and the Bricklayers pub. Another early Edmonton flicks house was opposite to Plevna Road on Fore Street Lower Edmonton. It had an early one wooden floor and benches and and a piano player for the likes of Charlie Chaplin. The Hippodrome started life as a theatre and was then converted to cinema, and as a cinema it closed just after W.W 2 then it was used as a billiard hall until it lay derelict for many years. I can remember the building into the 1960's. The site is now a car park. An interesting story is that at one time there were no toilets inside and you had to come out of the building and avail yourself of the local householders nearby, I am sure for a fee. |
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Labelled The Angel The Angel Public House was on the corner of the Angel with the Regal Cinema opposite, just off Fore Street. (From the effects of my mother.) |
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Angel Bridge and Place From the effects of my mother. |
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Lea Valley Bridge It spans the River Lea, Angel Road, Edmonton. (From the effects of my mother.) |
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North Middlesex Hospital It was a Military Hospital
during World War One. My
mother's grand uncle,
E. G. Cole, was awarded an MBE for services to the Military
Hospital. |
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I had understood this to be St Edmunds Church, Lower Edmonton opposite Bounces Road. Photo in the effects of my mother.
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 However, according to Cliff Raven it is in Fore Street Angel Edmonton, and still stands although now (2011) converted to flats. |
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Tanners End Mission. Bull Lane, Edmonton This was where my mother met my father, Leonard Clarke. Photo from my cousin David Clarke, taken about 1938. |
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Raynham Road School, Edmonton which was at the other end of Silver Street from Silver Street School.From the effects of my mother. |
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| The photo is of the rear of the school taken from the right-hand-side as you would look from the front of the building. The small white building in the foreground is of the metalwork hut and behind that would have stood the woodwork hut. If you followed the road in the foreground to the right it would have lead you to the school sports ground and the school dinner canteen. - Information courtesy of Keith Thompson. | |
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Edmonton Green, showing Wraggs the chemist, and Dales department store Found in the effects of Ena Cole |
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Edmonton Green Aerial photo in the effects of Ena Cole. |
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The Cenotaph, Edmonton Green Photo courtesy of Frank Clarke - detail from a larger photograph, c1960. |
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The Latymer School, Edmonton Photo courtesy of Frank Clarke - a detail from a larger photograph, c 1960. |
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Klingers stocking factory, Edmonton. Photo courtesy of Frank Clarke - a detail from a larger photograph, c1960. |
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Church Street, Edmonton The site of Lambs Institute, c1900. Photo courtesy of Brenda Noble. |
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| In 1960 repairs were being made to the steeple of
St Aldhelm's Church at the junction between Silver Street and Windmill
Road. Andrew Dickson had the opportunity to climb to the top of
the scaffolding where he took these pictures which are probably
unique. See also his photos of Silver Street. Click each image for a larger one. |
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Looking East down Silver Street: On the right is the corner of St. David's Hospital. |
Looking Southwest: The main gate of St' David's Hospital. At street level, the high walls prevented views inside. |
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 Looking North along Windmill Road. St Aldhelm's Church hall is on the left. For a labelling of the significant features of the area, including the Edmonton windmill, see Richard Cole's annotations on the windmill page. |
For how the residents lived, see the top menu.
MORE ON OLD EDMONTON
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the locality
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the old town
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rural Edmonton
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Silver Street
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Silver Street School
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Silver Street School: pupils & teachers
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Institutions in Silver Street
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Pymmes Villas
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the windmill & Windmill Road
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then & now photos
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If you have an old photo which would illustrate this page, I would very much appreciate a copy. Pat Cryer