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  • 33 Hamilton Terrace

    33 Hamilton Terrace

    In the 1980s this large house on the west side of Hamilton Terrace was  the residence of the Senegal Ambassador ...
  • 37 Circus Road 1959-93

    37 Circus Road 1959-93

    Faith Robinson
  • A carefree childhood in the Wood

    A carefree childhood in the Wood

    Return from evacuation My family moved to St John’s Wood at Easter, 1947. Previous to this we had been evacuated to ...
  • Abbey Road villas between Langford Place and Grove End Road and what became of them

    Abbey Road villas between Langford Place and Grove End Road and what became of them

    The site of 20 Abbey Road, one of the nine large houses  originally built between Langford Place and Grove End ...
  • Belgrave Gardens

    Belgrave Gardens

    1939 - 49
  • Bernard Miles and Kirsten Flagstad

    Bernard Miles and Kirsten Flagstad

                In 1952 Asbjorn Lunde attended the opera Dido and Anaeas which was being performed, with Kirsten Flagstad in the title ...
  • Betty in Westminster

    Betty in Westminster

    Royal Embroiderer
  • Blenheim Road 1950s and after

    Blenheim Road 1950s and after

    Gill Johnson-Gilbert
  • Blenheim Terrace 1902 onwards

    Blenheim Terrace 1902 onwards

    Florence Windebank
  • Brian Evans - Church watcher and Chamber choir member

    Brian Evans - Church watcher and Chamber choir member

        Brian has lived in St John’s Wood since the 1960s. He worked as a civil servant, and since he retired ...
  • Childhood in Hamilton Terrace between the Wars

    Childhood in Hamilton Terrace between the Wars

    Dr James Bevan
  • Childhood in St John's Wood in the 1950s

    Childhood in St John's Wood in the 1950s

    Nigel Osner
  • Clarissa Dickson Wright

    Clarissa Dickson Wright

    Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmeralda Dickson Wright was born in St John’s Wood on ...
  • Clifton Hill & Blenheim Terrace 1960s and 1970s

    Clifton Hill & Blenheim Terrace 1960s and 1970s

    Clare Bonnefin
  • Clifton Hill 1940s

    Clifton Hill 1940s

    Anne Huxley (1)
  • Clifton Hill 1948-64

    Clifton Hill 1948-64

    Jane Leaver
  • Clifton Hill late 1940s

    Clifton Hill late 1940s

    Anne Huxley (2)
  • De Walden Buildings, Allitsen Road WW2

    De Walden Buildings, Allitsen Road WW2

    Monty Dare
  • Derek Raggett

    Derek Raggett

    Plumber
  • Eileen Alexander 1917 - 1986 - memories of WW2 from Love in the Blitz

    Eileen Alexander 1917 - 1986 - memories of WW2 from Love in the Blitz

    Eileen Alexander , the 21 year old daughter of  Alec Alexander, (a Cambridge educated Cairo barrister married to  Vicky Mosseri  ...
  • Grove End Gardens 1935 - present day

    Grove End Gardens 1935 - present day

    Judy Hame
  • Growing up in St John's Wood in the 1940s and 1950s

    Growing up in St John's Wood in the 1940s and 1950s

    My family From archived certificates and various census returns I soon discovered that my family had been residents of St. Johns’ Wood ...
  • History of the police station in St John's Wood including David Niccol's Memories of serving there at the end of the 20th century

    History of the police station in St John's Wood including David Niccol's Memories of serving there at the end of the 20th century

    St John’s Wood police station in New Street (Portland Town) was established by the time of the 1851 census  when ...
  • Jonathon Porritt

    Jonathon Porritt

    Green Politics in Hamilton Terrace
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Memories
  • 33 Hamilton Terrace
  • Childhood in NW8 by Charlotte Halliday
  • Childhood in St John's Wood - extracts from "Southwards from Swiss Cottage"
  • History of the police station in St John's Wood including David Niccol's Memories of serving there at the end of the 20th century
  • Israel and Edith Zangwill- a pro-feminist couple
  • Success to Queen Caroline 1820
  • The Story of St Johns Wood
  • Blue Plaques and Plaques of Other Colours
  • Mansion Blocks
  • Personal Memories
  • Crime and Drama
  • World War 1 and World War 2
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