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Brentford Photographs
There are some superb photos of Brentford in local history books and I hope to be able to include some on this site eventually. Where it has been possible to identify which properties a photo covers, details of which publication it is from are included under 'Photos/Ephemera/Maps' within the relevant property section.
Have you any photos or postcards of the High Street or other parts of Brentford you would be willing to scan or photocopy for inclusion on this site? Any date at all? If so please contact me, I will be delighted to include them.
The main categories I have split the photos into are:
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Postcards
Brentford postcard images are always very welcome, please contact me if you can provide a scan. If you can create a higher resolution scan (eg 300 or 600 dpi) then it can provide a lot of useful detail to help date the scene.
One contributor, Howard Webb, welcomes any postcard images from WH Applebee (marked 'WHA' on the front: see an example) and Richard Young (marked 'YC' on the front). Please contact if you can help.
Brentford had it's own producer of postcards, Wakefield, based at no. 137 (near to St Lawrence's Church, New Brentford) by 1905.
It is not easy to date some of these postcards accurately but I have had a go at putting them in date order.
- Old Brentford, Fire Station looking east, early 1900s, including numbers 54 - 57 and 276 onwards: thanks to Roger Davis
- Old Brentford, High Ground: an area around nos. 290 - 303, early 1900s: thanks to Roger Williams
- New Brentford near Brentford Bridge, 1904: thanks to Howard Webb
- Brentford Town Hall & Market Place postmarked March 1906
- Old Brentford, numbers 290 to 295, pre July 1906, including shopkeepers: thanks to Howard Webb
- New Brentford, Lows the drapers at nos. 212/3 and eastwards, ca 1905: thanks to Howard Webb
- New Brentford including the Red Lion at no. 197, postmarked 1907, also numbers up to 115: thanks to Wendy Tagg
- Old Brentford, Fire Station (at no. 53) looking east, 1907/10 , showing numbers around 285 - 294 and 51 - 53: thanks to Roger Davis
- Red Lion (197) looking east, 1909 or earlier, also shows number 118: thanks to Howard Webb
- Old Brentford, numbers 290 - 294 High Street, early 1900s: thanks to Janet McNamara
- New Brentford, opposite the Market Place to the east, ca 1913 nos. 196+ and 118-120: thanks to Howard Webb
- Old Brentford, Fire Station (at no. 53) looking east 1913: thanks to Howard Webb
- Old Brentford, Fire Station (at no. 53) looking west, around WW1?: thanks to Roger Davis
- Old Brentford, Dock Road and St Paul's Road area, 1920s?: thanks to Dee Tickner
- New Brentford, Castle Inn (at no. 208) looking west, 1920s?, including numbers 102 onwards: thanks to the Tramway Museum Society, Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire
- New Brentford, near the Three Pigeons (at no. 195), looking east 1920s?, including a parade of shops numbers up to 125: thanks to the Tramway Museum Society, Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire
- New Brentford, Castle Inn (at no. 208) looking east, 1930s: thanks to Roger Williams
- New Brentford, the Parade in the 1950s, around no. 120?
Miscellaneous photos of the High Street
These are in West to East order:
- The Magnet, 152 High Street and towards Brentford Bridge, 1950s: thanks to James Marshall
- Spanton's timberyard at 135 and 136 High Street, 1971 thanks to Quentin Pickard
- 133 and 134 High Street, around 1980: thanks to Quentin Pickard
- Magpie & Crown, 128 High Street, 1920s/30s: thanks to Roy England
- Numbers 26* to 276 and Numbers 284 to 290: thank you to Roger Davis for providing these photos of the funeral procession for his grandfather Frank Davis (1948)
- Bolton & Son, House Furnishers, 1930s?, No. 191/2?: thanks to Andy Bolton
- Number 225 and 80 - 85, ca 1899: thank you to Peter & Carolyn Hammond
- the Beehive through to the Feathers, 227-232 High Street, 1976/7 thanks to Quentin Pickard
- 234a High Street, former Wesleyan chapel, 1976/7: thanks to Quentin Pickard
- Number 245, 1900: thanks to Paul Smith
- 241 - 246 High Street, 1976/7: thanks to Quentin Pickard
- Henry Edwin Gulliver's shop, 266 High Street, 1907/12: thanks to Howard Webb for providing this postcard
- 273 - 277 High Street, 1976/7: thanks to Quentin Pickard
- 291 - 294 High Street, 1976/7: thanks to Quentin Pickard
- Number 306, 3 photos from 1910 onwards: thanks to Andy Dawes
- Number 312a in the 1930s: thanks to Caroline Hill
- New Red Lion pub, 322 High Street, 1970: thanks to Quentin Pickard
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1945/6 photos of the High Street
Herbert Felton, an architectural photographer, took over 30 photos of the High Street in 1945 and 1946. The originals are held at the National Monument Record in Swindon and each photo's longest edge is 4" (10 cm). The originals have been photocopied and scanned at a high resolution in order to show more detail. I will be adding to the list below regularly.
Reproduced by permission of English Heritage.NMR
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Photos from the 1960s of the High Street
These are in roughly west (Brentford Bridge) to east (just beyond St George's church) order. Thank you to all contributors who have provided images of Brentford as it underwent changes.
- Three photos of New Brentford near Brentford Bridge including St Lawrence's church, the Six Bells (148-149) and Durham Wharf (171-172): Diane Lockie
- Opposite the Market Place, numbers 108 - 118, ca 1960: David Bradley
- St Paul's Road and the former Feathers PH, numbers 229 -233: Diane Lockie
- Traffic jam, Half Acre looking east, 1969: Quentin Pickard
- St Paul's Road in 1966: Diane Lockie
- Two views of St Paul's Road area showing numbers 232-234 High Street: Diane Lockie
- Numbers 236 & 237 in 1963: Carolyn and Peter Hammond
- 240-246 High Street: Diane Lockie
- Two photos of 245 High Street taken in 1950, showing the shop interior and Alice and Stanley Newman: Diane Lockie
- Three views of Old Brentford from 1966 from Kings Arms Alley eastwards (no. 273+) and Howards, ironmongers at nos. 298-300: Diane Lockie
- View towards Rattenburys, 1960s: Quentin Pickard
- Rattenburys, 288/289 High Street, 1960s: Keith Davis
- Three views of Old Brentford from 1966 including Howards, ironmongers at nos. 298-300: Diane Lockie
- Site to the east of Rattenburys, running up to the old Red Lion at 318 High Street: Quentin Pickard
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Photos from 2000 onwards
Thank you to contributors: Janet McNamara and Roger Davis. The photos are listed in house number sequence.
New Brentford, 2008
Dave Stoneleigh has contributed 29 photos of New Brentford taken in 2008. As a start two identical 'key' pages (small & medium) have been loaded which each show thumbnails of the 29 photos set against a Google Earth map backdrop of New Brentford. Each thumbnail includes a pointer showing where each photo was taken from, and the view taken.
Each of the 29 photos will be set up as a separate page with notes, but in the meantime the 'key' pages are available: please choose the best link for your PC resolution. If in doubt the first link below will give you a smaller image in less time.
- Small key page: for resolution 800x600
- Medium key page: for higher resolution settings; can also be viewed using 800x600 settings but you will need to scroll to see the whole image; as the image is larger it will take a little longer to load
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Local area (not the High Street)
There is more to Brentford than the High Street, thank you to contributors of postcards and family photos, these are roughly in date order.
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People
Many thanks to those who have provided these unique photos from family collections. These are in date order, more or less
- Fund raising firemen, 1894 (Roger Davis)
- Alfred Sullivan, 245 High Street, 1900 (Paul Smith)
- Wedding, 1902, Arthur James Hockaday & Elizabeth Skilton, guests, back of "Half Moon & Crown",London Rd, Isleworth (Quentin Pickard)
- William Jenkins Cloves & wife Sarah Anne (Nee Kirsch), early 1900s (Mark Abbott)
- Emily Rebecca Carr in her Brentford Gaslight & Coke Co uniform early 1900s (Lynn Hayter)
- Houlden & Hockaday family wedding 1905 (Quentin Pickard)
- Three photos of the Dawes family, basket makers, 306 High Street, 1910+ (Andy Dawes)
- Charabanc outing from Brentford, ca 1912 (Alan Dear)
- Jim Harrison (Blacksmith and Farrier) and nephew Clem, 1915; also Jim Harrison at Ham Wharf, 1922 (Roger Davis)
- Nine hatted ladies (laundry workers?) (Sandra Graves)
- Great West Road opening, 1925, King George V inspecting Middx Regiment (Roger Davis)
- Great West Road opening, 1925, Royal couple speaking to local dignitaries (Roger Davis)
- Great West Road opening, 1925, Royal couple walking along the newly opened road (Roger Davis)
- Great West Road opening, 1925, Royal Convoy (Roger Davis)
- Ena Stone & Tommy Spicer in Catherine Wheel Yard, ca 1932 (Lynn Hayter)
- Harris and Hutchinson wedding photo, 1932 (Lynn Hayter)
- Randall and Stone wedding photo 1933 (Lynn Hayter)
- Staff at the Crown & Jersey Laundry, 1933 (Lynn Hayter)
- Six Brentford girls who worked in the bottling plant at a local brewery, 1940s (Sandra Graves)
- Hamilton Road VE Day celebrations, 1945 (Sandra Graves)
- Hutchinson and Millward wedding photo 1946 (Lynn Hayter)
- Coach outing, Brentford, late 1940s (Sandra Graves)
- Funeral procession - 1 and Funeral procession - 2, for Frank Davis, 1948 (Roger Davis)
- Ted and Floss Webb celebrating outside the Magnet (152 High Street) around 1950 (Andy Webb)
- Webb's cafe, 153 High Street around 1951(Andy Webb)
- QE2 Coronation street celebrations, North Road, 1953 (Lynn Hayter)
- QE2 Coronation indoor celebrations, North Road, 1953 (Lynn Hayter)
- Jean as a youngster on a cart pulled by a shire horse, near Half Acre, late 1950s (Jean Harrison)
- Children's Christmas party, Gas Works, around 1960 (Trevor Mitchell)
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Mystery photos
Can you help identify the people or places shown in these photos or provide a date?
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