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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Wembley Park circa 1890. Read my full story on this on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DeWNVeEALY... (Image with thanks from Wembley1923Archive).

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Northwick Park Underground Station 1933 & 2026. 1933 image by Topical Press. (LT Museum Collection.) Lower image by me, taken yesterday afternoon.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hampstead Heath at sunset, by H A Coadingley, 1913 LT Museum Collection

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An accidental find on ebay. This used book of matches is from The Starlight Grill at the Abercorn Arms, Stanmore. I am going to make a guess that it dates from the early 1970s. At that time the Abercorn & the other pubs listed on the inside was owned by Benskins, the Watford Brewers.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

West Hampstead Underground station 1935 & 2026. The whole ground floor has been altered, with the original station entrance now a flower shop, & the current entrance was once a Finlay's tobacconist. The rather nice arched windows have been lost in the process. 1935 image LT Museum Collection.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Edgware Underground station, 1934 and this morning. 1934 inage from LT Museum Collection.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I visited the wonderful Rachwalsky House today, in Stanmore, as part of the @opencity-uk.bsky.social Open House Festival.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Stanmore Broadway circa 1900, and in the present day.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Staples Corner circa 1926 and 2026. Top image from @mikeyashworth.bsky.social Lower image by @timenw.bsky.social

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Stanmore Broadway circa 1965 and 2026.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This Camden Council signage on Eversholt Street looks like it's been there a long time. I reckon it went up at the same time as the tower block it is attached to. My guess it went up in the late 1960s.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

St Mary's Church, Eversholt Street, Somers Town, NW1, in the late 1820s, and this morning. The Church was built between 1824 and 1827, and had been in need of restoration. Fortunately the charity group Friends of St Mary's has secured monies through fundraising. The frontage now looks splendid.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

London Road, Stanmore in the 1950s and in recent times. Postcard image.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

To the left the 'artist's impression', and to the right, the architectural plans, submitted to Barnet Council for approval. Quite different levels of perception.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The film is a rather obscure one called 'Assassin' and I had posted up images from it two years back, on Instagram. It had also written an article for my blog, which you can read here NW London on Film – Edgware – Assassin (1973) – Words by Mark Amies share.google/ECHTkpw2Bjq5...

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Interestingly enough, on Gracie Group's website the development is rather anonymously describedas 'North London'. However accompanying it is a an image that is a screengrab from a 1973 British movie....

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Images posted by the architectural design company Studio Egret West on its Instagram account last week, of the intended refurbishment of the Railway Hotel in Edgware, and the land behind it to be redeveloped into apartment blocks. The developers are Gracie Group. ##railwayhoteledgware

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More elevated skyline for Edgware, if it gets approval from Barnet Council. The Railway Hotel and Forumside will be completely dwafed by high rise development. Here's the link to the Barnet Planning Portal (Case 26/0536/FUL) publicaccess.barnet.gov.uk/online-appli...

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

3. In 1961 we are looking from the 1918 hangers in image 1, over to the Grahame White hanger. This was moved to its current site in the early 2000s. I contributed my 'now' photos to the @reelstreets.bsky.social website. You can see the rest of the locations on there.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

2. I eventually identified the building behind the police car as the RAF Supply Control Centre, which was opened in June 1962. At the point of filming in the winter of 1961 it was still under construction. The same location now is covered by the Beaufort Park residential complex

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

RAF Hendon Aerodrome in 1961 & 2026. Last weekend, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social screened 'Emergency', which was released in 1962. It used a number of locations in Colindale, in particular the site of the old Hendon Aerodrome. 1. The 1918 hangers, now absorbed into the 1972 RAF Museum.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What better way of celebrating 50 years of Brent Cross Shopping Centre. The owners have decided to paint the building black.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yes, I did see this yesterday Mike. I was contacted via Instagram messaging by one person about it, then another via Facebook messaging, so this has been doing the rounds. By the way that last image is the Target roundabout at Northolt.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The building was pulled down in the 1980s/90s. Using an image from Renwick's book we can just make it out. So the later photo is taking from the other direction, around 1969 when construction started on the Grahame Park Estate.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On further investigation and consulting Andrew Renwick's book, it was actually called the Supply Control Centre and dealt with, supplies. As it says, completed in June 1962. That's a year after filming of 'Emergency' took place, 1962 was its release date.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I posted earlier that @talkingpicstv is showing the 1962 film 'Emergency' this morning @reelstreets.bsky.social has an entry for this film, with screen grabs of locations. This one is a real poser. It is at the former RAF Hendon, but for the life of me, I cannot work out where. Any ideas?

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Catch Jack Geach's tailoring shop in Wealdstone in a 1977 episode of London Weekend Television's 'The London Proogramme'. www.instagram.com/reel/Db8kxsw...

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Harben Parade, Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, 11 February 1965 and in recent times. In that original HK Nolan photo you can see an ABC Bakery, a Sainsbury's and a Woolworths. HK Nolan/London Transport Museum Collection.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Euston Tower, home of Capital Radio from 1973 to the mid-1990s.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Walm Lane, Willesden Green, in the mid 1970s. Interesting to just make out Metro Textiles, who are still there! Image sourced from Express Dairy Memories on Facebook.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Get over to Instagram and see my mini montage of Brent Cross 1922-1976. www.instagram.com/reel/DbmqmBW...

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Pop over to Instagram to see the mystery I managed to solve!

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Historical images of Brent Cross always go down well, so I thought you might like to see this. This is Brent Cross shopping centre under construction in the summer of 1973. The development would open 3 years later. This is a CIA spy satellite image accesed through the Layers of London website.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Another great photo from Peter Marshall's archive. Do visit his Facebook page for more.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Coffee Cup, Hampstead High Street, 1966. Photographer unknown. This image has done the rounds and unfortunately no one has ever stated the photographer's name. If yiu know, please let us know.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The forgotten garden of Kingsbury. For a brief period of time in the 1950s & 60s there was a formal garden laid out just off Stag Lane. It belonged to Frigidaire, who had a sizeable factory facing onto the A5. By the late 1960s it was turned into car park. Its now a Toyota motor dealership.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Another Chris Morphet shot at the same time, taken from the reverse angle from under the LMS railway arches at Staples Corner.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

How about a bit of Hendon Stadium at night in 1968? Built around 1936, it lasted until 1971 when it was demolished to make way for a gyratory system. Photo by Chris Morphet/Getty Images.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Transport Archeology at Edgware Bus Station. A combination of managed decline & ineffective maintenance has lead to the flooring at the bus station to become eroded, with layers of coating rubbed away to reveal the original 1980s tiling. Its all coming down anyway for the Ballymore redevelopment.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

From Photographer Peter Marshall's Facebook account.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The junction of Neaden Lane and Dog Lane, 1930s and recent times. The Old Spotted Dog pub had been rebuilt around 1929. It lasted until 2006, thereafter an apartment block was built on the site. Top image - Mary Evans Picture Library/ National Brewery Centre.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ai generated imagery versus historically accurate imagery. The Old Spotted Dog pub, Neasden. I've done a piece on this on my Instagram account here www.instagram.com/p/DbM70F-iNi...

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A curious photo from the wonderful archives of Memories of Hendon The image is captioned as 'Brent Cross Exchange of Leases' and dated January 1972. So what you can see is model proposal of the Brent Cross Shopping Centre. It looks quite different to the version that was eventually constructed.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A 1968 ad for Duple, the coachbuilders, who had their works on the Edgware Road at West Hendon from 1926 to 1970. The aerial photo was taken by Aerofilms in 1951, and shows the size of the enterprise.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Music entrepreneur Robert Stigwood with his convertible Bentley Continental, outside his sixteenth century mansion, The Old Barn, in Stanmore, taken 24th February 1969. Photo by Peter Stone/Mirrorpix via Getty Images

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Mid-1930s brochure cover for Roger Malcolm of Edgware. Image via @modinmetro.bsky.social

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