AutumnandWinter2009Updates

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" height=115 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="832" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 WIDTH="237"><div> <IMG SRC="264d8c5a0.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="264f333e0.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="62" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="08950190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="home_page.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U><IMG SRC="0aa50190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Guestbook"><U><IMG SRC="08a50190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="248"><div> <IMG SRC="264e8c590.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="89" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=365 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="265444110.jpg" border=0 width="324" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="265cf6110.jpg" border=0 width="246" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="265950110.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="274f1fca0.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="2751d7c80.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>Derelict London Updates for Autumn/Winter  2009</B></div> <div> <B>Here's a selection of the updates that Ive just uploaded throughout the website. A couple of things: </B></div> <div> <B>(1) Im working on a new project/book  (more on this later) - </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Have any of you by any chance have access to a  small boat that you could take me out in Central London for a couple of hours?</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>(2) Im still getting lots of queries from photographers/ tv location scouts/ land speculators either looking for property ownership details or suitability for photo shoots/college courses, etc. Im afraid i cant help you as I  am very busy at the moment. Cheers.</B></div> <div> <B>(3) Im always happy to hear from people with their comments on the website and any stories/history/gossip on any of the places on this site.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="266ea5000.jpg" border=0 width="421" height="256" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="265e59f20.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26602cf30.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="266531f40.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>     <IMG SRC="266d36e10.jpg" border=0 width="310" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="266b37e10.jpg" border=0 width="311" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="266f46e10.jpg" border=0 width="326" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>PONDERS END - TIN TABERNACLE</B></div> <div> The mission halls, chapels and churches were built economically and quickly to service the needs of small groups of worshippers from about the 1870s onwards. Often referred to as 'Tin Tabernacles' they were built as temporary accommodation and the vast majority of them have already disappeared. Many were built as prefabricated kits bought from builders merchants.</div> <bR> <div> This Methodist chapel was erected in around 1882 and used until 1898. No idea what it was used for since then.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="26712ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26773de20.jpg" border=0 width="317" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26753ce20.jpg" border=0 width="316" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>STAINES - AFFORDABLE RENTALS</B></div> <div> The front view of this building is of a now defunct car rental business while the back view is in total contrast & retains some real old world charm. It would be a real shame if</div> <div> this building is demolished as so many of the old buildings of Staines have been lost over the years. Still Staines is not the only place to suffer.....</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="26790cc90.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="267b97c90.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="267d0bc80.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="267f08c70.jpg" border=0 width="264" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>PONDERS END - GARAGES</B></div> <div> I came across this back alleyway and was amazed by the amount of dilapidated garages. That yellow dusty 1977 Ford Fiesta is in surprisingly good nick considering the road tax expired 17 years ago. I presume the garage door has recently been broken open to reveal the car.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="268179e00.jpg" border=0 width="377" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26832ce00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26852ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>ASHFORD (MIDDX) - ASHFORD HOSPITAL </B></div> <div> This is the older part of the hospital boarded up while the more recent buildings behind remain a thriving hospital. I remember coming here to get looked over after my Mk2 Escort got written off in Chertsey.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div>   <IMG SRC="268b2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="268715e30.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26892ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>PONDERS END - THE HORSE AND DRAY </B><B> (</B><B>Originally 'The Hand and Hind')</B></div> <bR> <div> Different city I know,  but this place reminds me a bit of "The Jockey" on Shameless!!</div> <bR> <div> The planners have proposed 7 residential houses to be built on the site of this former public house: <I>"The application proposes a high quality housing development of two and half storeys.The mass of the proposed building is designed to be sympathetic with its immediate surroundings whilst proposing to provide a positive contribution to the character of the local area." </I>No offence but the immidiate vicinity is unlikely to be affected whether its a "sympathetic" building or not .....</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="268d2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="268f2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26912ce00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="26932ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26952ce50.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26972ce50.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>ENFIELD - QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 STADIUM</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Opened  in 1953, the year of the Coronation, this stadium  served many generations of school athletes. Apparently  maintenance of the infrastructure waned and the athletics running track was closed in mid 2008 after it failed a UK Athletics safety inspection. Perhaps ironically, one of the last athletes to use the track was Dwain Chambers. Still committed to his Olympic dream he had been maintaining his fitness there in isolation.</div> <bR> <div> Enfield Town FC (who currently play at nearby Brimsdown Rovers) apparently are trying to raise money for  venue to be ready for the scheduled grand opening at the start of the 2010-11 season. The club and Enfield Council have both submitted bids to try to secure funding from the Football Foundation, with Town’s own fundraising activities already under way, and the chairman said the club had set up a timetable of events to help them reach the total. </div> <bR> <div> Work has yet to begin at the site.</div> <bR> <div> * Enfield Town FC are a  team set up by fans (bit like the AFC Wimbledon scenario) of Enfield FC (recently renamed Enfield 1893 FC)  who were fustrated at the old Enfield being moved out of the borough.The original Enfield  FC was one of the most successful amateur clubs in England and at one point was seen as a potential Football League entrant due to its Football Conference exploits, but went into freefall due to the club's former chairman decision to relocate to Borehamwood.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div>  <iframe src="http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?t=derelictlondo-21&o=2&p=26&l=ez&f=ifr&f=ifr" width="468" height="60" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" border="0" frameborder="0" style="border:none;"></iframe>  </div> <div> <I>By you clicking on an Amazon banner from Derelict London it means I get a % of whatever you buy. 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In 2006-07 Edgware Town enjoyed their most successful season in the club's history, winning a treble of trophies, the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, the Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Cup, and the Spartan South Midlands Football Challenge Trophy. Noteable ex players include Dave Beasant (goalkeeper who later went on play in the FA Cup final victory for Wimbledon) & Ralf Little (who is also an actor - perhaps best known in the Royle Family).A "sell-on" clause in the Dave Beasant contract meant that Edgware received a substantial sum when Wimbledon sold him to Newcastle United and the money was spent on improvements to the ground </div> <bR> <div> The record attendance (approx  8500) at the White Lion ground was set in October 1947 for the F.A. Cup tie against Wealdstone.</div> <bR> <div> After playing for 68 years at the White Lion Ground in Edgware, the freehold of the ground was sold & the new landlord was subsequently granted planning permission by Harrow Council to build houses and flats on the ground. The team carried on playing through the 2007/08 season but the sponsorship could not be found to continue to pay the ground rent. After finishing a respectable 8th in the Ryman Division 1 North.The club were forced to resign from the Ryman League in the summer of 2008, and are currently dormant, though the club's name continues to be registered with the Middlesex FA.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, presumably the credit crunch has put a delay on the building of the forthcoming houses & flats.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="273ffd140.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="27423f140.jpg" border=0 width="319" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WEST DRAYTON - INJURED GOALIE</B></div> <div> The glamour of the FA Cup..... Despite suffering  a nasty head injury early on in this FA Cup preliminary game at Uxbridge FC the Ash United goalkeeper bravely carried on all through the match. His team lost 4-3.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="26dfbcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26e14ffb0.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26e37efc0.jpg" border=0 width="382" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>HENDON - DEERFIELD & WEST HENDON SOCIAL CLUB</B></div> <div> The Working Men's Club and Institute Union (CIU) is a voluntary association of private members' clubs (mainly working men’s, ex-service and social clubs)  in Great Britain & Northern Ireland, with about 2500 associate clubs though there were many more at the peak of club popularity in the early 1970s. </div> <bR> <div> The CIU sign is a familiar and friendly sight for people who attend darts or pool games nights at other clubs or who simply want to have a pint in a different place. The sign symbolises that the club is part of a Union with certain rules and standards of practice that go back to the 19th century. Club members can gain entry easily into other clubs in the Union -  as private members clubs, people can’t just walk in off the street as you could with a pub. The issue of entry into other clubs has been an issue for female club members who were denied this and were only granted this right in 2007! </div> <bR> <div> It could be said that working men's clubs have suffered from an old-fashioned image among young people and have found it hard to compete with modern trends, resulting in many closures of clubs in recent years.The public smoking ban hasnt helped trade either.</div> <bR> <div> Many of the famous British comedians of the 1960s and 1970s started their careers performing on the northern Working Men's club circuit </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="26e7bcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26fb3cfb0.jpg" border=0 width="316" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26fc4ffb0.jpg" border=0 width="335" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>ENFIELD - THE KINGS HEAD</B></div> <div> The King's Head is a Grade 2 listed building - It is part of the Enfield Town conservation area and a pub called the King's Head has been a feature of Enfield's market square in some form or other for around 300 years.This popular pub closed in 2007 and all hope of it reopening was diminishing but then recently bought by a small pub chain who have applied for a new licence and hope to have the pub reopened by Xmas 2009.</div> <div> For updates checkout this site:   www.kingsheadenfield.com</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="26f11ce20.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26ed2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="26ef2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>PONDERS END - RAILWAY HOTEL (left) and THE BEEF & BARREL (centre & right) </B></div> <bR> <div> Both of these these very old pubs have been reduced to rubble and just left presumably as the cash to build flats has dried up in the credit crunch. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="270355f90.jpg" border=0 width="341" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B> <IMG SRC="26fefdfa0.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2700eefa0.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>ENFIELD - RIALTO CINEMA (AKA GRANADA BINGO CLUB)</B></div> <bR> <div> Opened in1920 and improvements were made to the building a few years later by architect Cecil Masey and interior designer Theodore Komisarjevsky.</div> <bR> <div> There were two entrances, the smaller entrance in a narrow back street served the balcony and best seats and the ornate entrance facing the Market Place gave entry to the cheaper seats. The seating accomodated a total of approx 1300 seats. The Raito was  re-named Granada in 1967 but closed 4 years later with Burt Lancaster in "Valdez Is Coming" and Michael Crawford in "The Jokers" being the last films shown.The building was converted into a Granada Bingo Club & later as  Gala Bingo. It closed down altogether in 1997.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="270501320.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2707de310.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="305" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2709e6330.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="270bd9330.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="270f76fa0.jpg" border=0 width="374" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="27117afb0.jpg" border=0 width="378" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>BRENT CROSS - HOUSES ON THE NORTH CIRCULAR </B></div> <bR> <div> These houses on the North Circular featured previously on Derelict London are (not surprisingly) deteriorating more & more.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="271329de0.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="27152cdf0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="271728e10.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>HENDON - CLITTERHOUSE RECREATION GROUND</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="272e36c90.jpg" border=0 width="310" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="27272ac90.jpg" border=0 width="298" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="272c39cc0.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="272fe7250.jpg" border=0 width="231" height="293" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2723db240.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="292" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="271fda230.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2730e8220.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="271b2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="27252ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="271d2ce30.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>HENDON - THE LOOT STADIUM (HENDON FC) </B></div> <bR> <div> Considered one of the most respected London non league teams, Hendon Football Club currently play in the Isthmian League & after the closure of Claremont Road (their home for 81 years), Hendon FC's home games are being played at Wembley FC's Vale Farm - the less famous of Wembley's two stadiums!</div> <bR> <div> Originally formed as Christ Church Hampstead in 1908, a year later the club became Hampstead Town FC. "Town" was then dropped from the title in 1926. Six seasons later another name change saw the club become Golders Green FC. In 1946 that the present name of Hendon was adopted due to the ground lying within the Borough of Hendon (at the time).</div> <bR> <div> Claremont Road was officially opened in 1926 before an FA Cup tie with Berkhamstead.The original bench seats were only replaced in 1993 when they received some bucket seats from Watford FC's Vicarage Road.Claremont Road became such a popular venue it went onto host three England Amateur International matches and a Great Britain v West Germany qualifying match for the Olympic games .The attendance record of 9,000 was set for the visit of  Northampton Town in a FA Cup-tie in 1952.</div> <div> In the 1990s, Claremont Road served as an occasional home for the rugby league  team then known as London Crusaders.  Until its demise as a football ground,Claremont Road remained a popular location for production companies with over 30 films, television programmes and adverts being shot there over the years including Nuts TV and the home ground of Fash FC.</div> <bR> <div> The stadium site was sold to a property developer for approaching £20 million in 2006 & the team carried on playing there until September 2008 when after 81 years, the club were forced out. Rumours of a deed of covenant preventing the stadium and associated buildings from being used for anything other purpose than football or being returned to parkland has delayed redevelopment. Meanwhile squatters have moved in on the ground.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="27322ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="27362ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>ELEPHANT & CASTLE - HEYGATE ESTATE</B></div> <bR> <div> More info on this condemned estate in theHouse & Flats section.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="27382ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="273afbe00.jpg" border=0 width="251" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="273c2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2758bce20.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2744fbe10.jpg" border=0 width="251" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2746f0e10.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2757c0e10.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>FOREST HILL - LOUISE HOUSE</B></div> <bR> <div> Louise House is a rare survivor of a purpose built industrial home.</div> <bR> <div> Industrial Homes developed from the Ragged School movement of the mid-19th century. These schools sought to give children a basic education and sufficient training to earn an honest living & it was believed that some children would only prosper if they were removed from the corrupting influence of their home environment. The industrial home provided that refuge.</div> <bR> <div> Local benefactors of the Forest Hill  industrial homes (the boys one down the road was demolished in 2000)  included  FJ Horniman (he of the Horniman Museum) & members of the Tetley family. Princess Louise who opened the buidling in 1890 continued to keep an interest in the building that bore her name. Thomas Aldwinckle was the principal architect of both Louise House & the adjacent Forest Hill Pool (also derelict - see the Pools page) . </div> <bR> <div> Janusz Korczak, a Polish Jew wrote that he was inspired by a visit to Louise House in 1911 to found a similar institution in Poland. He became an active campaigner for children's rights which culminated in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, later adopted by the United Nations. In 1942 Korczak, 12 members of his staff and 192 children at his orphanage were rounded up by the Nazis & transported to an extermination camp; that is the last that was heard of them.</div> <bR> <div> Louise House remained a girls' home (the word 'Industrial' was removed in about 1930) until the mid-1930s. By 1939 it was occupied by Air Raid Precautions and after the war it became a child welfare centre. Louise House was closed and boarded-up in 2005. </div> <bR> <div> p.s. anybody who sees this building as a potential venue for squatting or for accessing the interior for urban explorer purposes is likely to get a kicking. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="fd4bb230.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="27553ced0.jpg" border=0 width="316" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WEST DRAYTON - THE RAILWAY ARMS</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="14" WIDTH="1028" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM ROWSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 10 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2650a3a60.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="545"><div> <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="08950190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="home_page.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U><IMG SRC="0aa50190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Guestbook"><U><IMG SRC="08a50190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2650a3a60.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? </B></div> <div> <B>Researching your family tree and need location pics? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered (not just derelicts!). </B></div> <div> <B>Much cheaper than professional photographers</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                      </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>