Building    From 12/10/1967 

Marylebone Flyover

Categories: Transport

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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Air Mechanic 2nd Class Alfred Harvey Benger

Air Mechanic 2nd Class Alfred Harvey Benger

Worked for the Great Northern Railway and died in WW1. In 2009 we were contacted by Tina Rickward, telling us she was the grand-niece of the man who appears as 'Benger A. H.' on the King's Cross w...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Charles Cheers

Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Charles Cheers

Businessman. Born Liverpool. His brand name being Castrol he was very successful and set up in the City of London. Lord Mayor in 1915-16. Promoted and funded pioneering aviation and motor sports. 1...

Person, Aviation, Commerce, Lord Mayor, Transport

2 memorials
London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

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Group, Transport

1 memorial
Rotherhithe Tunnel

Rotherhithe Tunnel

Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ratcliff district of Limehouse. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, it was constructed using both a tunnelling 'shield' a...

Building, Engineering, Transport

7 memorials
London Road Car Company

London Road Car Company

Former public transport company. It eventually amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Company and Vanguard Motorbus Company. Maps are normally very helpful with buildings like this but this b...

Group, Transport

1 memorial