This house has probably barely changed since it was built, its original metal framed windows and front door surviving “improvements”. It could not have been more than five years old by the time war was declared on the 3rd September 1939. I expect the residents of Greenford had a sleepless night, wondering what was ahead of them. With the exception of veterans of the Great War, most of Greenford’s population could have no idea of what was to come. Within days the windows must have been taped over to prevent glass shattering during air raids and left like that for the next five years.

Images and text ©Albertina McNeill 2012. Please do not reproduce without permission. All rights reserved. Do not add any of these images to Pinterest or similar sites as this will be regarded as a violation of copyright.

03 Sep This entry was published on September 3, 2012 at 10:50 pm. It’s filed under Places and tagged 1930's, architecture, blog, Ealing, Greenford, heritage, history, home, local, London, night, pedestrian, photo365, photography, photos, postaday, September 2012, society, WW2. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.