Old Loftus Road Stadium

[mk37hoops]

This picture is from 1928, does anyone know what the long buildings on the left were for?

http://www.stadiumguide.com/wp-content/gallery/loftusroadpast/loftusroadpast1.jpg

[DeepcutHoop]

Is that the Franco-British exhibition buildings? That was in 1908.

[scuberry]

Its where they housed all the immigrants before building the flats for them to live in !!

[DeepcutHoop]

Its where they housed all the immigrants before building the flats for them to live in !!

Anyway............

Here's a couple of postcards from the exhibition




The buildings on the left there look like the long buildings there, albeit 20 years of London soot later

I'll try and find a map.

Also White City in 1906.



Wow, it's quite a sight loooking at old mid-19th century maps at how much of London was open countryside or farmland.

[DeepcutHoop]

No map yet, but it looks like the original Wood Lane station was built to serve the exhibition with an enclosed walkway over Wood Lane.

[Norths]

Looked like a clean, tidy, decent place once upon a time.

[blueboy]

No map yet, but it looks like the original Wood Lane station was built to serve the exhibition with an enclosed walkway over Wood Lane.

even back then,Loftus Rd was hemmed in.Wonder how long those buildings were around before the White City estate was built.Were those buildings built just for the exhibition?

[QPRDave]

This picture is from 1928, does anyone know what the long buildings on the left were for?

http://www.stadiumguide.com/wp-conte...sroadpast1.jpg

It must be the factory founded by grandad Crouch....making beds for his family!!!

[DeepcutHoop]

There you go, it was the end of the exhibiton buildings from 1908. I wonder what they were being used for then, or whether they were empty?

Edit: Superb document on the Exhibition here. http://www.greatwhitecity.com/images/exhibition.pdf

[DeepcutHoop]

The late 1930s saw
the London County Council commence
construction of the White City Estate on
part of the site of the White City Exhibition,
with street names recalling the pavilions
representing the countries of the British
Empire. An entirely new community of more
than 2,000 dwellings was proposed as well
as shops, churches, schools and community
facilities, but completion was delayed by the
outbreak of World War Two.

[Norths]

Deeps is in his element here

[mk37hoops]

Good work Deepcut.

It's unreal a place like that was there and now no trace at all. If it was still around I'm sure it would be protected.

Looked a real beautiful place and now look at the area!!!!

[mk37hoops]

I was thinking the same Northolt, thought he may have posted giving me a rollocking as he ant getting no work done!!

[Factamondo]

what fantastic pics and historical local information there...well down deeps.....would that be the old 'ellerslie' school buildings at the bottom of pic on original post then??

[Factamondo]

Good work Deepcut.

It's unreal a place like that was there and now no trace at all. If it was still around I'm sure it would be protected.

Looked a real beautiful place and now look at the area!!!!

totally agree mk old bean.....imagine how much it would cost to live there these days if it were still like that!