EAW007200 ENGLAND (1947). Custom House, a Speedway meeting at West Ham Stadium, 1947

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Title [EAW007200] Custom House, a Speedway meeting at West Ham Stadium, 1947
Reference EAW007200
Date 24-June-1947
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Place name CUSTOM HOUSE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 541317, 181516
Longitude / Latitude 0.03682743509906, 51.514387282866
National Grid Reference TQ413815

Pins

The Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital's original site (1890 - 1937). Due to subsidence it was moved in 1937 to Alnwick Road. See Lost Hospitals of London, https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/albertdock.html for further details. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was also founded here in 1899, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Hygiene_and_Tropical_Medicine

Kentishman
Friday 24th of February 2023 08:10:48 AM
Royal Albert Docks

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Friday 24th of February 2023 07:48:07 AM
Royal Victoria Docks

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Friday 24th of February 2023 07:46:57 AM
Midsummer's day, Tuesday 24th June 1947. Enormous crowd indicates after the end of the (normal) working day. Long shadows indicate this was during the early evening?

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Friday 24th of February 2023 07:38:45 AM
Many cars, motorbikes and motor cycle and sidecars parked. Petrol rationing was still in place in 1947 and didn't end until 1950.

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The 4 riders at the starting line, awaiting the track to be cleared before the next race begins.

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