1967

Marylebone Flyover

This flyover is one end of a short disconnected piece of motorway, the Westway, constructed 1964-70 to relieve congestion, back in the days when this was thought to be the solution. It was part of a master-plan involving ring roads and radial roads that would have seen the destruction of huge swathes of London. See Wikipedia. The costs and the opposition were great (London Remembers remembers being dragged away from the Beatles on pirate radio to help in the Archway Road campaign) and most of it was cancelled in 1973.

RBK Local Studies has some early photos 'Under the Westway'.

2017: An appreciation by Ian Visits on the 50th anniversary.

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Marylebone Flyover

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Marylebone Flyover

Marylebone Flyover Opened by Mr Desmond Plummer TD, JP, leader of the Greater...

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AC Cobra

Designed in 1962 by AC Cars in collaboration with Carroll Shelby, this was generally acknowledged to be one of the fastest two-seater production sports cars in the world. It went on to achieve fam...

Vehicle, Sport / Games, Transport

1 memorial

Grand Trunk Railway of Canada

This company operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario and several American states.

Group, Transport, Canada, USA

1 memorial

Avro No. 1 Triplane

Airplane designed and built by Alliott Verdon Roe. The first all-British aircraft, its maiden flight took place on Walthamstow Marshes. The photograph shows Roe standing by the plane. We guess Roe ...

Vehicle, Aviation, Transport

3 memorials

Great Central Railway

A railway company which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in anticipation of the opening of its London extension. It was eventually grouped in...

Group, Transport

4 memorials

Private Leonard Philip Maris

Leonard Philip Maris was born in 1886 in Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, the youngest of the ten children of Alfred Maris (1841-1886) and Mary Ann Maris née Chittenden (1846-1930).His birth was regis...

Person, Transport, Germany

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

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Royal College of Chemistry

W1, Oxford Street, 299

Royal Society of Chemistry National Historic Chemical Landmark Former site of the Royal College of Chemistry (1845 - 1872) The College...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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John Verinder Kiddle

Trustee of the Norton Folgate almshouses in 1860.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Small Faces

Rock band. One of the most acclaimed and influential 'mod' groups. Their hit songs included 'Itchycoo Park', 'Lazy Sunday' and 'All or Nothing'. In the 'mods and rockers' rivalry of the 1960s, the...

Group, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

1 memorial

Lawrence Hall

Built as an exhibition hall for the Royal Horticultural Society, initially called the New Hall. Architects: John Murray Easton and Howard Robertson. An Art Deco building with interesting detailing...

Building, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials

Ronald M. Bailey

Auxiliary Fireman Ronald Mark Bailey was born on 4 August 1915 in Balham, the eldest of the four children of Mark Bailey (b.1881) and Violet Rosina Bailey, née Mann (1893-1972). He was baptised on ...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2

1 memorial