Mill Hill Hist Soc

Thinking of doing local history research? We've compiled an extensive list of books and online resources relating to Mill Hill, Edgware and Hendon millhill-hs.org.uk/about-us/local…

@HologramicTVC15 Ah I thought it might be over that way - good spot, thank you!

@MHHistSoc Second one is looking up Honeypot Lane from Queensbury Circle.

The marathon event of the 1948 Olympics left the old Wembley Stadium and looped through Kingsbury, Stanmore, Canon's Park, Stanmore, Elstree, Radlett, Mill Hill and Edgware youtube.com/watch?v=k2kP-I…

The original Brent Cross Shopping Development under construction, the UK's first enclosed, American-style, out-of-town shopping center, was opened by the then-Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) on March 2, 1976. it was built on the site of the former Hendon Greyhound Stadium

As it’s such a glorious weekend..let’s head into suburbia and admire these Modernist beauties in Barnet! A whole glorious row of them...personally | love the front gardens..particularly that rockery! PHOTOS STRICTLY ©PM 1987

No idea where this is actually filmed but the most weirdly nostalgic film for someone who grew up in Edgware / Mill Hill in the 1990s Quiet summer days with birdsong (which you don't quite get anymore) and the houses and gardens looking like they used to youtube.com/watch?v=ukNKvv…

Have you spotted something new in our collection recently... Our new interactive bomb map of course! Installed in our Modern Harrow room on the ground floor of the Manor House, you can explore the map and discover where every recorded bomb fell on Harrow between 1940 and 1944

Over the coming months, Brent Archives will be sharing images and stories from our collections — exploring local places, everyday life and key moments in Brent’s history. Follow along for posts on local areas, major anniversaries and archive work behind the scenes. #BrentHistory

White House, Downage, Hendon 1936 C.E. Simmons buff.ly/EVmf1ea

🚨 NEW SHOW ALERT 🚨 Ryan Craig‘s THE HOLY ROSENBERGS premiered at the National Theatre in 2011, and is now even more timely and incredibly pertinent. Book now for the show's run at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 27 Feb 👉 bit.ly/49T9yWs

On a similar note, I'm sad I never got to see the only other play set in these parts (to my knowledge) "Burnt Oak: Life and Death in London Town", a slice of documentary realism about working class life in North London times-series.co.uk/news/12909295.…

Upcoming play centres on an Edgware Jewish family in crisis At the Menier Chocolate Factory in Borough from Feb 27 to the May 2nd theguardian.com/stage/2011/mar…

@britishlibrary @Boosey Photos of the Boosey and Hawkes factory on Deansbrook Road, Edgware in the 1940s where they manufactured brass instruments. Images from @HornimanMuseum who hold their museum and archive: culture24.org.uk/history-and-he…

Fantastic article on the joys and pains of litter picking at the Welsh Harp (Brent Reservoir) by @LiteLeila and illustrated by @LotteCassidy wellcomecollection.org/stories/the-bl…

Last night scum stole the statue of my Grandfather Teddy Baldock Britain's youngest ever World Boxing Champion. The statue was unveiled outside the Langdon Park DLR Station in Poplar, East London. Years of work and a stunning work of art by the sculptor, the late Carl Payne will be sold for scrap and melted down. Please retweet in case we can recover it.

Had an inquiry from an old Edgware resident Does anyone know of a 1941 film promoting school lunches filmed mainly at Edgware Council School and a home kitchen?

Quest to find any photographs of a Muppet's mural in Elstree

This sounds like it could be very interesting for Barnet's heritage!

Fantastic video from @TalkingPicsTV of celebrities playing cricket in Mill Hill Park on the Watford Way in the 1950s Featuring Tommy Cooper, the 3rd Doctor Jon Pertwee and local musician Edmundo Ros amongst other celebrities of the day tptvencore.co.uk/product/celebr…

The Hendon Band of the Salvation Army has existed since 1885 In 1979 they released perhaps the only album featuring photography of the Hendon Way youtu.be/gMUql3mdPPU?si…

Singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul grew up in Cricklewood and lived in Mill Hill in her later years She was the first British female artist with a self-written number one song and represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second youtu.be/4wgN1dzfQlU?si…

A slow burning thread on music relating to Mill Hill, Hendon and Edgware Starting with Mill Hill's @Barneteye and the False Dots song "The Burnt Oak Boogie" youtube.com/watch?v=c14itt…