Beresford Road 1905ish

Comment by Anna Maria Dipino on September 18, 2014 at 20:19

Lovely to see a photo of the road that I live on.

Comment by Charlotte on September 19, 2014 at 8:22

Thanks for sharing.  I am desperate to see one for Lausanne Road.  I notice that most of the front walls had railings on top.  I wonder what happened to them.  Did they go out of fashion?

Comment by Hugh on September 19, 2014 at 8:47

Many were taken down during the war for melting down to make armaments. I'm uncertain about the truth if it, but I've heard that in fact the metal wasn't needed and that the call was more motivated by a desire to rally people than it was by need.

Comment by Charlotte on September 19, 2014 at 8:50

That is interesting, and sad if it meant that if you didn't give your railing or gate away you weren't patriotic

Comment by Hugh on September 19, 2014 at 9:21

Indeed, that was the case. There's a nice wee snippet of info related to this from Lausanne Road at the end of this post.

Comment by Christine Yates on September 19, 2014 at 19:04

Do you have any photos of Warwick Gardens prior to the V2 bombing during the war? My uncle and aunt lived at number 8 when the bomb landed on the Ever Ready laboratories. It blew the fronts off numbers 2 - 18, and numbers 1 -11 were demolished. These were replaced by prefabs until the flats were built in the early 60s.

Comment by Hugh on September 19, 2014 at 20:07

Here's what there is on Warwick Gardens.

Comment by Christine Yates on September 19, 2014 at 20:40

Thank you. I've added some comments to them.

Comment by Charlotte on September 19, 2014 at 21:06

Hugh, the link isnt working.  Can you help?

Comment by Hugh on September 19, 2014 at 21:16

Sorry - try it now.

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