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Algernon Road
St. John the Evangelist. 1895. An early work by
Temple Moore, 1895-6. Plain stock brick contrasts stone dressings and elaborate
decorated tracery. Interior modelled on
Austin Friars Church in the City, with tall, austere stone arcades without
capitals or clerestory; the arcade provided for an aisle, which was never
built. Chapel, vestries, parish room
fittings from City churches. Noble
mahogany pulpit 1760 from St Michael Bassishaw.
Elegant Font in the style of Wren, small cup on a bulbous baluster, with
ogee-shaped font cover. These and the
wooden reredos are from St George, Botolph Lane, installed there in 1673, moved
here 1909. The reredos has lost its side
panels and pediment. Vestry panelling
also from City churches. Stained
glass. Memorial Chancel altar 1935 by
F.C. Eden. Brass. Rev. W.H. Ogle-Scan 1912 erected 1928. Large portrait brass of vestments, designed
by Leslie Moore
Vicarage roughcast of 1900 is also by
Moore alas, reglazed in front. The three
gables mirror what was intended for the church
Brent signal box
Burroughs tunnel
Central Circus
Pivotal,
enormous, surrounded by loose compositions of meagre, thinly stretched Georgian
motifs, facing the Underground
station and a cinema of 1932
Gaumont/Classic
Cinema. Classic quired forty-nine cinemas from Rank in December 1967 and
renamed them and the company invested heavily in the former Gaumont at Hendon
Central. A luxury lounge policy was created in the stalls, presenting a
wonderful opportunity for stage presentations. Live shows booked by general
manager Brian Yeoman included the Jewish revue Goldberg and Solomon Go Kosher
for a six- day run which proved so popular that it was returned a month later
for a further six days. The Syd Lawrence Orchestra was a sell-out. Miss Libby
Morris in her solo revue As Dorothy Parker Once Said, Those Were the Days,
starring Reg Dixon, Cavan O'Conner, Adelaide Hall and the king of jazz, Nat
Gonella, played for six days. The controversial late nighter, Alex Sanders'
White Witch Show, not only created an avalanche of national and local publicity
but it nearly caused a riot by the capacity audience. Wrestling was also
presented with top names - Mick McManus, Steve Logan, the St. Clair brothers
and Jumping Jim Hussey. With its finger on the fashion of the Seventies, female
front-of-house staff were attired in a black lace top and black leather
miniskirt, with black knee-high boots. In February 1971, following a £72,000
conversion scheme, the Hendon Classic became a three-screen show- piece without
the loss of a single evening show. Following this work, stage presentations
were not entirely abandoned. In 1977, the actor John Forgeham read
extracts from the Bible from the stage
of Screen One to a near capacity audience for a two-hour performance.
Throughout the Seventies, this Classic was the focus of meetings, training and
prize-giving ceremonies resulting from various business drives for managers.
Hendon regularly presented a diet of late night shows on Friday and Saturday
with an all-night horror show once a month, on a Saturday. All aspects of
Hendon activity were always well pro- moted due to an excellent relationship
with the editor and the show-page critic of the Hendon Times. Promotion for
Hendon's second all-night horror show.
Elliott Road
The Hospital was demolished in
1992. The site now contains the
Grovemead Health Centre at 67 Elliot Road.
Hendon
Tilley Lamps Co went to Ulster
Standard Telephones early specialised research plant
Park mansions Arcade
Handsome new shopping centre between Vivian Avenue and
Queen's Road.
Montague Road
Montague Road Board School. Four were opened in
1901 the Hendon School Board was formed only in 1897, delayed by Anglican
opposition. A pretty design with central shaped gable, and pargetted dormers.
Queen's Road
Hendon
Central Station.
19th November 1923. Between Colindale and Brent Cross on the
Northern Line. Opened on the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Opened
as an extension from Golder's Green. Built as a neo Georgian design by S.A.Hea
with an elegant shopping parade around it. Hendon Central forms the North East quadrant of
the composition of Central Circus with eight white stone pillars outside the entrance to the station. There were plans for
the area already in 1912, but
building
only took off after work on the railway began in 1922.
Rosebank 1678
The Grove 16th century or 17th panelling
Rising Sun Inn 17th
Ambassador
Cinema. Gaumont Cinema . Crompton organ installed 1932.
Silkstream Junction
Signal Box went out of use on
completion of re-signalling scheme in 1983.
typical Midland Railway style - "triangular" inserts in top
of windous, and many retain Midland Railway style finials on
roof ends. accessible by public footpath from Aerodrome Road,
Station Road
Hendon Station. 1868 Between Mill Hill Broadway and
Cricklewood on the Thameslink Line. Built by the Midland Railway but such
features as remained after the M1 was built have disappeared under
electrification works.
Signal Box went out
of use on completion of re-signalling scheme in 1983. Typical Midland Railway style -
"triangular" inserts in top of windows, and many retain Midland
Railway style finials on roof ends. Visible from station.
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