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In 1925 was there actually anything of Osterley for the Great West Road (or any other road) to cut through?

dg writes: Yes, some. See this 1913 map.

In this case the road came first, then the development, although there were a lot of road layout changes in the late 60s early 70s to turn it into a semi-motorway.

As you can see from the photo dated 1958, drivers could turn right in those days - something unthinkable today.

Anon 31 | 10.10.16 - 7:31 a.m. | #

Could that octagonal structure be the base of a bandstand?

I wonder how many of the 1x1km grid squares will be "near misses" like this one.

Andrew | 10.10.16 - 7:56 a.m. | #

That Tesco at Isleworth is certainly a large one, last time I was there it had 3 cafes inside.
Where it stands (and also part of Skys site) used to be the Macfarlane and Langs biscuit factory. Very popular as employed many local women as packers, and they got a staff discount on the biscuits.

Of course further along the Great West Road was also the Firestone tyre factory.
There were some railway goods sidings behind Macfarlanes and Gillettes which were connected to the line which ran from Southall to Brentford Docks. Most of this line has gone but it still remains in use for freight an now terminates a little way back from the large Sky site. There are plans to start running passenger trains on this line in the future.

John | 10.10.16 - 8:39 a.m. | #

I think that the subscriptions centre for Sky is based at Livingstone, Scotland.
Osterley is a largely a studio and technical broadcasting site, and has grown enormously in recent years.
I know someone who works there and have been able to get a look inside.
The History Channel also has a base there.
Sky runs a shuttle bus service from Osterley tube station to its studios.

John | 10.10.16 - 9:04 a.m. | #

And will you, at some future time, be telling us about all those things you cannot tell us now?

Leuconoe | 10.10.16 - 9:13 a.m. | #

We are looking at the same maps, but this one has the option to put the modern overlay on top.

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=51.4827&lon=-0.3473&layers=6&b=1

Fantastic for checking modern remains of long closed railways.

Anon 31 | 10.10.16 - 9:22 a.m. | #

On the bright side, at least the square doesn't have any crisp restaurants in it, so that's one point in its favour.

solar penguin | 10.10.16 - 9:23 a.m. | #

Also very slightly off-square, the interesting Indian Gymkhana Club

http://indiangymkhanaclub.co.uk/history/

David | 10.10.16 - 10:10 a.m. | #

TQ1577 ! the 'Sch' bottom left is my school; and top centre is the Hare and Hounds pub where my dad built a houseboat (sort-of) in the 50's; but DG won't find Rockery Gardens in the old quarry next to the library; we could get onto the platform of Thornbury Road Stn (dis) over our back garden fence (some District trains in those days); but he *does* find the Rockery Gardens !; but did he see the remains of the wartime sheds that filled the entire grounds of Osterley House; or reach the Grand Union canal. Good grief - there are parking meters in Jersey Road !

Kate Demonstration | 10.10.16 - 11:51 a.m. | #

Spent 2 of my 3 years at the West London Institute of HE in the '80s living in the Halls on the Borough Road campus, mostly surrounded by rugby players!

Good to see Lancaster House is still there, but sad to see it's all "luxury flats" now! No wonder I fail to recognise the location when sailing along the Great West Road these days!

Cornish Cockney | 10.10.16 - 2:53 p.m. | #

How old is that OS map you're using?

Scott | Homepage | 10.10.16 - 3:52 p.m. | #

Harrow Hill Rovers' brief spell in the Hellenic League coincided with a club called Harrow Hill (from the Forest of Dean). According to the Football Club History Database, they changed name after one season in the Hellenic League to Hounslow Borough.

Stephen Bird | 10.10.16 - 4:25 p.m. | #

Some of my colleagues used to work at Sky - apparently there's a gate from their campus through to the rugby club, which made it a popular place to pop out for some refreshment at lunchtime.

Their newest shiny building also has a unique feature: a branch of Waitrose that's open to staff only.

martin | 12.10.16 - 1:30 p.m. | #











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