My first post on a new blog, there won't be too much posting yet as this is a work for the future. The HA5 of the blog name - apart from also being 'has' - is the UK postcode where I grew up; in Northwood Hills, near Pinner to be precise but in the Borough of Hillingdon (Pinner is in the Borough of Harrow); on the very, very edge of Greater London. The origins of Ows: I was born in Wembley (HA9...pure coincidence that Wembley Stadium is HA9 0WS) in what was the hundred of Gore in the historic county of Middlesex [edit: another coincidence when you realise 'Gore' is part of the name of ancestors of mine] Aged one my family moved out to the far leafier Pinner.
The image is the cover of the 1924 edition of 'Metro-land' promoting the rapid suburban development north and west of London; this edition had the extra purpose of promoting The British Empire Exhibition of 1924/25 at Wembley. [Edit]
Update 28th Oct 2010: HERE's a OS map of where I lived. Thinking back I realise my parents made a perfect choice.
Update 19th April 2012!!! [Personal image removed, May 2022]
I'm sure that I have heard a documentary about this Exhibition or may have one somewhere in my audio library.
ReplyDeleteIt was very interesting.
Yes, it was fairly important in some ways.
ReplyDeleteI have just added a link (update) to a map of where I lived exactly. Perfectly placed between both schools that my brother, sister and I attended, plus fields, rivers, woods, shops, lido buses and tube station all nearby.