West Hampstead Comes Together
Years ago, when we lived in our flat in St. John’s Wood, it was often easier to get there from the north by cutting down Fortune Green Road and West End Lane, rather than fight down the Finchley Road. West End Lane in those days was rather shabby, but now it has been tidied up and the four stations; Overground, Tube, Chiltern and Thameslink in about 400 metres or so, have been smartened up, as these pictures show.
There have been plans to create a boulevard to link the stations, but that has been dropped for the time-being.
But when they complete the scheme, they’ll create a proper interchange, that will avoid the need to go to the centre of London. All it needs is some better shops and another couple of places to eat.
King’s Troop Say Good-Bye to St. John’s Wood
Today was in some ways a sad day, but also a proud one, as the King’s Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery marched through St. John’s Wood for the last time, as reported here in the Westminster Chronicle. They were on their way to fire a salute in Hyde Park to mark the start of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
In the next day or so, they will ride to their new purpose-built barracks at Woolwich.
Tomorrow, they will probably be on most front pages.
The Flat in St. John’s Wood
St. John’s Wood it may have been, but then it was on the fourth floor with no lift. And we had three small children.
Townshend Court, St. John's Wood
It does look as if they’ve improved the block.
The Anonymous Widower 