Comments on: Ruins and reconstruction in North Kensington http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/ruins-and-reconstruction-in-north-kensington/ Wed, 15 May 2013 06:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: joe http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/ruins-and-reconstruction-in-north-kensington/#comment-1294 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:18:09 +0000 http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/?p=803#comment-1294 Scott, i may of seen a photo of the area you might be looking for for your dad. It’s on this site: friends reunite .com…… once on there look up st Charles school w10….then click on the photos …Hope this helps find the lost memories….joe

]]> By: Scott Hatton http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/ruins-and-reconstruction-in-north-kensington/#comment-732 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:59:32 +0000 http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/?p=803#comment-732 Dave,

I figured it out later than evening – if you imagine St Charles Square with northern, eastern, southern and western sides, this photo looks north along the western side towards houses on the northern side. So the wall on the left of the photo is St Charles Square itself.

Alas I do not live in the UK any more and my Dad lives in Wiltshire. However I have been recording him – he’s 85 now – and his memories of the area plus his later youth exploring the pubs of Kensal New Town, many of which are gone now: Lads of The Village, Jack of Newbury etc.

best regards

Scott

P.S. Rackham Street was not a cul-de-sac but ran from the hospital down to Ladbroke Grove. I’d love to find more Rackham Street photos to show him at Christmas. He wasn’t aware there were any at all.

]]> By: Dave Walker http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/ruins-and-reconstruction-in-north-kensington/#comment-730 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:48:37 +0000 http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/?p=803#comment-730 Scott
The “St Charles Street” filename must have been an error which crept in when the picture were first scanned in 2006. The six pictures in this group are all from a set about the building of the Balfour of Burleigh Estate. The numbers in the filenames all relate to page numbers or photo numbers rather than house numbers. All the photos are of either that one side of St Charles Square, part of Exmoor Steet or Rackham Street which formed the boundary of the new estate. (Rackham Street as you probably know was a cul-de-sac) Picture no12 is uncaptioned so it’s difficult to be precise with that one. If you’re ever near the Library come and see the whole set.
Dave

]]> By: Scott Hatton http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/ruins-and-reconstruction-in-north-kensington/#comment-721 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:05:55 +0000 http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/?p=803#comment-721 P.S, Also do you know where “negative no.12″ was taken from? Trees and buildings do not much the view of Rackham Street we see on the other photo.

]]> By: Scott Hatton http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/ruins-and-reconstruction-in-north-kensington/#comment-720 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:59:16 +0000 http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/?p=803#comment-720 My Dad grew up in Rackham Street. Which street was St Charles Street? My old map shows all four sides of St Charles Square being given that name. Is the photo of no. 6 St Charles Street is looking south down Exmoor Street and St Charles Square?

]]> By: Diarmid http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/ruins-and-reconstruction-in-north-kensington/#comment-377 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:14:28 +0000 http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/?p=803#comment-377 Great stuff, as ever.

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