Locally there was the 1908 Olympic Games and the annual major White City Exhibitions that took place from 1908 to 1914. There were several estates such as Thorpebanks and Oaklands. Prior to development the area north of the Uxbridge Road there were brickfields and farms. Would there be a local paper at this time that would carry deaths? Sorry this is a bit long winded, but hopefully gives the bigger picture.Īre you looking for events local to White City or all of Shepherd’s Bush? And what period? I believe Sarah dies in 1933 as Annie Harris aged 72 years in the district of Hammersmith. In 1930, Sarah, who was also known as Annie Sarah Harris, I believe is residing at 87 Mallinson Road, Wandsworth, as Annie Sarah Harris, with one of her daughters. ![]() Sarah we believe was released and taken in by one of her daughters who had been told Sarah had died by Mr Conradi. Do you know what newspaper this might have been that put the name in ? Not confirmed, but we believe in could have been Hanwell asylum. Sarah never found on the 1911 census, but another related researcher states that names of people in asylums were placed in newspapers, who could be released and named. On the 1901 census, they were husband and wife.īefore 1911 Mr Conradi had remarried and about that time he had Sarah Harris, now Mrs Conradi, put in an asylum. In the 1890’s she was with George Hammond Conradi in London and had five children, although I never found the marriage. I am trying to trace one of my ancestors, born Sarah Harris about 1861, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire. Without some considerable luck, I fear the trail I’m trying to follow has now gone cold! So I’m writing again in-desperation in case you happen to know anything more about the Rev W E Batty or the proposals for Melmoth Place and Jordan Place that might further advance my Vanston Place research. Unfortunately, the file of Presented Papers for this 1873 meeting includes a cardboard tab where this letter should have been filed, with the comment “With the Architect”. Exeter Place, Farm Place, Robert’s Row and Pond Place (Walham Green) all to be incorporated under the name Vanston Place. Market Place, Frederick Place and Prospect Place (Walham Green) all to be incorporated under the name Jordan Place.ģ. South Parade, King’s Place, St John’s Terrace and Carpenter’s Row (Walham Green) all to be incorporated under the name Melmoth Place.Ģ. Rev Batty actually proposed 3 sets of changes:ġ. The minutes of the MBW Committee meeting of mention that this renaming was originally proposed in a letter from the Rev W E Batty, Vicar of St John’s, Fulham, and was initially considered at the Committee meeting of. Previously you told me that several streets were incorporated under the name Vanston Place on so I recently went to the London Metropolitan Archives to see if I could find out more. Hi, I have previously contacted you regarding my research into Vanston Place: as my surname is Vanston and it is quite a rare name, I’ve been trying to discover if this was named after an ancestor. Some pictures can be seen on the “Old Hammersmith Market Remembered” group on Facebook at The work was delayed several times, and was completed in April 2012. Mecca Bingo closed in March 2007 and the building lay empty until December 2011 when demolition work began. It was last operated as a Mecca Bingo Club and retains the original Beaux-Arts style decoration within the auditorium and the original façade still exists hidden from view behind the cladding. The building was immediately converted into a Top Rank Bingo Hall, and was given a modern look on the exterior when sheets of metal cladding were placed over the original façade and the statue figure of Mercury had been removed. The final film programme was screened on 8th December 1962, Jayne Mansfield in “It Happened in Athens” and Victor Mature in “Fury at Furnace Creek”. It retained the name Red Hall Picture Palace until 8th May 1950 when it was re-named Gaumont. ![]() It was taken over by Provincial Cinematograph Theatres (PCT) in 1921 and they in turn were taken over by Gaumont British Theatres from February 1929. Seating was provided in stalls and circle levels. ![]() George Leslie and the entrance façade was dominated by a figure of Mercury perched on top of a windmill shaped tower. The Gaumont in Vanston Place, Walham Green was originally opened as the Red Hall Picture Palace on 18th December 1913 with Len Bethel in “David Copperfield”.
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