Category Archives: Schools
My North Kensington schooldays Allan Seabridge
I spent my entire school life living in North Kensington and went to two schools. One was in Latimer Road, and the other in Du Cane Road, strictly speaking in Hammersmith. However, a number of pupils in the grammar school … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, sport, Streets
Tagged coronation, Du Cane Road, Latimer Road. Freston Road, North Pole Road, St Clement Danes
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80 Years Ago
September 3rd 2019 marks the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of WW2. Two days earlier on 1st September 1939, thousands of children from all over London were evacuated away from the dangers of the city. Most of them left their … Continue reading
Memories of Solomon Woolfson School from Earl Okin
I was in the same year as Harvey (see previous blog posts on Schooldays in Lancaster Road). Living directly across the road, I was naturally almost always late…well…almost. I wrote about the school in my autobiography. I only live about … Continue reading
The Science District of North Kensington
Dave Walker from RBK&C Local Studies recently put a posting on his excellent blog that he called The Science District of North Kensington. These were the streets, named after eminent Victorian scientists and engineers, that used to run between Ladbroke … Continue reading
Posted in Golborne, Schools, Streets, Uncategorized
Tagged Adventure playground, Christ Church, Faraday, Telford, Wheatstone. Murchison, Wornington School
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Kensal Road and beyond before Trellick Tower, part 2
Two places where I deposited some of my pocket money – the Post Office and, to the left, Wardle’s sweet shop. When Dad thought I was more responsible, he started giving me pocket money. He was paid monthly and thought … Continue reading
Posted in Canal, Churches, Golborne, Schools, Shops, Streets, Uncategorized
Tagged Adela Street, Edenham Street, Golborne Road, Harper’s, Hazelwood Crescent, Kensal Road, Portobello Road, shops, St Andrews, St Helen's, Trellick Tower, Wardle’s, Westbourne Grove
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Memories of Schooldays in Lancaster Road – Part 2
Harvey recalls Solomon Wolfson Jewish Primary School. I attended the Solomon Wolfson Jewish Primary School in Lancaster Road, W11 from September 1951, aged 4 1/2 until July 1958 aged 11 1/2. There were two entrance gates to the school on … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Shops, Streets
Tagged Christie, coronation, Lancaster Road, Rillington Place, Royalty Cinema, Solomon Wolfson, St Mark's Road
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Memories of Schooldays in Lancaster Road – Part 1
In September 2014 two new schools opened in North Kensington. Kensington Aldridge Academy is a secondary school in a brand new building on Silchester Road at the far western end of Lancaster Road. The second school to open was the … Continue reading
Golborne before Trellick Tower, part 2. More memories of the 1950s and 1960s from Gwen Nelson
To say North Kensington in the 1950s and 60s was a rough area would be a gross understatement. It was an out and out working class area and had been ever since it was turned from farmland to residential in … Continue reading
Posted in Golborne, Schools, Shops, Streets
Tagged 1950s, Appleford Rd, Clarke's, Edenham Street, Golborne Road, Kensal Road, Prince Arthur, Southam Street, Trellick Tower
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North Kensington Histories 