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Lovely stuff (as always). That Gibberd public library design is fantastic, and in itself is worthy of a trip to view in person.
Frank F | 27.01.18 - 8:00 a.m. | #
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Enjoyable, it was fortunate that these stations were taken over by the Underground, otherwise it'd have all been leveled by BR and replaced with a bus shelter.
That last sentence needs a far added.
Still Anon | 27.01.18 - 8:50 a.m. | #
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Really enjoyed reading about this rarely-explored bit of London. One thing worth noting is that Claybury Hall (the 18th century house, built for James Hatch who commissioned Repton to pull up the hedges) is an entirely separate proposition to Claybury Hospital which was finished in 1893. Both are now fairly exclusive residential addresses of course!
dg writes: Post updated, thanks.
None | 27.01.18 - 9:03 a.m. | #
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In the 70s, there was a plan to build a motorway through here, the M12, which would have linked the M11 to the proposed airport at Maplin Sands. It would have gone along the southern side of Claybury park, crossed over just north of Fulwell Cross and then through Fairlop Waters. The plan never got further than the proposal stage, but it wasn't formally dropped until the 1990s.
Jimbo | 27.01.18 - 9:25 a.m. | #
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TfL TfL Tfl - Oi Oi.
Ken | 27.01.18 - 9:50 a.m. | #
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"echoingly similarly" ?
Joho | 27.01.18 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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Perhaps a stupid question, but when you say sound mirrors do you mean big early-warning WWII things or some kind of playground toy?
On the subject of the M12, the end of the M11 in Woodford is laid out with extra sliproads, bridges over othing and other concrete gubbins to allow for the M12.
Medford | 27.01.18 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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Gibberd got around. Regent's Park Mosque, bits of Heathrow, Chrisp Street Market, Didcot power station ...
That pleasing shade of blue paint is echoing the verdigris of the roof.
Andrew | 27.01.18 - 10:35 a.m. | #
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I grew up in the council flats just south of Claybury Park on Fulwell Avenue, there was also one massive tower block right near by- which thinking about it was completely out of place.
I wonder how that ever got built.
Theo | 27.01.18 - 10:59 a.m. | #
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I think you’ll find it’s Fullwell in these parts. Fulwell is near Twickenham.
Rob Healy | Homepage | 27.01.18 - 12:33 p.m. | #
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DG, please tell us what process you are using to select your "Random Station"
MikeK | 27.01.18 - 1:15 p.m. | #
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i love the polygon map
ADS | Homepage | 27.01.18 - 1:46 p.m. | #
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Thanks to everyone, collectively, for pointing out twelve errors in today's post. You missed one.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 27.01.18 - 1:51 p.m. | #
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A good start for your random selections. If they're all as good as this one we're in for a lot of treats
100andthirty | 27.01.18 - 2:59 p.m. | #
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Wonderful account of Fairlop; I previously only thought of it coming up in a game of Mornington Crescent! I read up about Gibberd afterwards.
MikeK: all is explained in DG's blog from yesterday.
Helen D Vecht | 27.01.18 - 3:47 p.m. | #
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I went there today after reading your post. Hard to see that library and boulder park. What a discovery!
Maya | 27.01.18 - 4:03 p.m. | #
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A really nice area that both benefits and suffers from its relative obscurity.
That map of each station's hinterland is absolutely fascinating, too!
Dominic H | 27.01.18 - 4:19 p.m. | #
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Commuted through that area in the 1970's and early 1980's. The place is as flat as a pancake courtesy of the ancient Thames depositing gravels to form extensive river terraces. Of course such lack of gradient (and open space) made the area ideal for airfields, including Hainault Farm in WW1, Fairlop in WW2 and even grander plans after WW2. The gravels were also extracted for the building industry and I have a memory of an aerial ropeway with large buckets underslung crosssing over one of the local roads.
The plans for the M12 motorway were quoted by the locals to explain the gaps in the rows of houses on the east side of Fencepiece Road on the approach to Fullwell Cross.
Now, I've not been back to that area for years but many memories from another interesting article by DG.
GB | Homepage | 27.01.18 - 4:31 p.m. | #
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Helen,
Thanks. I read yesterdays post of course!
Just forgot....how silly
MikeK | 27.01.18 - 5:17 p.m. | #
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Off to a cracking start!
I think this is going to be even better than the Random Boroughs feature!
An entire borough is quite daunting to "do", but these bit-sized chunks around a station are much easier if we wish to follow in your footsteps.
Cornish Cockney | 27.01.18 - 6:11 p.m. | #
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Picking up on Medford’s and Robs comments. There is a Grade II-listed Word War I sound mirror at Namey Hill in Fulwell, to the north of Sunderland.
See London Reconnections Friday Reads
Ray | 27.01.18 - 11:02 p.m. | #
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