Ten years ago today I created the 18th post for Greenford 365. To mark the blog’s anniversary I will attempt to post a photo every day throughout 2022. On this…
Local police attend an incident on a very wet New Year’s Eve. While many of Greenford’s residents are preparing to celebrate the start of 2013 the emergency services remain on…
There are many interesting gravestones in the churchyard at Holy Cross but it wasn’t until the sun fell across this inscription one afternoon that I took note of it. It…
This is one of three firms of undertakers that I’m aware of in Greenford and its window reflects the way the suburb has changed over the years. It provides the funerary…
This is one of the few independent clothes retailers in the area, a few doors away from a shop selling menswear. Evergreen is an Aladdin’s cave of everything from knitwear to…
Edited 13 June 2018: Please note that this blog does not endorse or promote any publications produced by the person featured in this post who has been asked repeatedly not…
Once upon a time this was a tiny hamlet at the foot of Horsenden Hill. It was inhabited by the 1750s, but the last house was demolished in 1972 and…
The Wincanton depot isn’t usually this quiet but everything has stopped because it’s Christmas Day. This is one of Greenford’s largest and busiest warehouse sites, the destination and departure point…
This is a detail of the facade of the handsome neo-Georgian building that is Greenford’s main post office. Christmas is traditionally the busiest time of year for Royal Mail but…
Edited to add that the museum closed in 2019. Tucked away amongst the buildings housing the London Motorcycle Museum is Greenford’s Heritage Centre. Here you will find examples of the…
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