epw035040 ENGLAND (1931). Holy Trinity Church, Fareham, 1931

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Title [EPW035040] Holy Trinity Church, Fareham, 1931
Reference EPW035040
Date 1931
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Place name FAREHAM
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 457563, 106177
Longitude / Latitude -1.1821792774977, 50.851684153221
National Grid Reference SU576062

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Lattice Radio Mast you will find many albeit less 'engineered' structures in gardens of this era when radio listening was by low selectivity receivers, sometimes 'crystal sets' trying to receive London 2LO or other continental radio stations. A wire was attached to the top then either to another such 'pole, tower or mast' then the radio set where a group of people would sit around it's glowing vacume tube valves with headphones on to listen.

MikePilot&Navigator
Monday 17th of September 2018 08:16:06 PM
Yes this is the war memorial

MikePilot&Navigator
Monday 17th of September 2018 08:06:12 PM
This is Holy Trinity Church in West Street Fareham, Hampshire. It was built in 1835 and the spire was added in 1842. It looks a little different today as the spire was removed in 1992 as it had deteriorated beyond economical repair. If you look up the Church's website and click on the historical maps, it shows the tennis courts to the west, which are clearly visible in this photograph.

Sweet Pete
Monday 23rd of February 2015 12:22:17 PM

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 10:11:58 PM
Trinity Street

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 10:10:20 PM

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 10:09:55 PM
West Street, Fareham

Class31
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 07:35:52 PM
Foresters' Hall, Fareham, 16/10/2014

Class31
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 07:24:43 PM
This Holy Trinity Church in West Street Fareham, Hampshire. It looks a little different today as the spire was removed some years ago. If you look up the Church's website and click on the historical maps, it shows the tennis courts to the west, which are clearly visible in this photograph.

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 05:59:47 PM
Well done Sweet Pete in getting the location of this photo. Many of us have tried to locate this one and failed and you have found the resolution.

As an aside I was in the area on 16th October and took the enclosed photographs and failed to make the connection.

This one could have been anywhere and turns out to be Fareham. Once again well done.

Class31
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 07:30:47 PM
Bus of 1920s vintage

Maitland
Sunday 16th of November 2014 01:39:03 AM
Mediaeval style building with upper storey overhanging

Maitland
Sunday 16th of November 2014 01:30:11 AM
This is the Royal Oak Public House.

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 10:26:50 PM
Could this be a war memorial, perhaps it would help with identifying?

James Chandler
Saturday 15th of November 2014 09:10:27 PM
Yes, this is the memorial erected in 1921 to the memory of the men of Fareham that gave their lives in the 1914-18 war and it sits before the entrance to the Holy Trinity Church.

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 10:42:55 PM
I can't seem to locate this church on the Great West Rd or on the Uxbridge road if it's part of the same film.

Curlew
Saturday 15th of November 2014 07:25:35 PM
You won't find it there! This is the Holy Trinity Church in Fareham.

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 06:02:44 PM
At least 7 tennis courts here - is it a club of some sort. I thought perhaps Queens or Wimbledon. Wimbledon has a tram line.

Curlew
Saturday 15th of November 2014 07:24:13 PM
These are the Fareham parish tennis courts which were built on in the 1960's

Sweet Pete
Monday 23rd of February 2015 01:26:26 PM
Wd it be fair to describe this as a fleche (grave accent on first e)? Never known of a detached one like this. Normally on roof, like Coventry Cathedral and many modern square RC churches.

Chris Willis
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 09:10:29 PM
On close inspection it looks more like an aerial (radio?)of some description.

mannidaze
Saturday 15th of November 2014 08:32:24 PM


They are BBC radio transmitters which were erected circa 1931.

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 10:49:36 PM

Graeme
Thursday 30th of October 2014 04:41:46 PM
I can't see any overhead wires, which suggests this must be within the London County Council area (conduit current collection)

mannidaze
Saturday 15th of November 2014 08:30:40 PM
Definitely no overhead - and no conduit obvious either. Street railway. Not many of these in UK- WCPR, Westward Ho! demolished by the era of aerial photography, where else?

Maitland
Sunday 16th of November 2014 01:36:38 AM
mannidaze, if these were LCC tram lines the central conduit would normally be visible. However, there were actually some later extensions to LCC lines within the LCC boundary, and these had overhead wires, and not conduit.

Isleworth1961
Monday 24th of November 2014 09:02:03 PM
Yes, these are tram lines and the service was run by the Provincial Tram Company. This was originally a horse drawn service between Fareham and Gosport. In the picture I cannot see any overhead lines (the trams were electrified in 1906) and it looks to me as though the tracks have been removed and what you can see is actually the mark left on the road. The tram ran until 1929 so I'm guessing this photo is post 1929.

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 06:04:41 PM

User Comment Contributions

This is the Royal Oak in West Street, on the corner of Trinty Street

Sweet Pete
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 10:58:18 PM
Milepost, Fareham, 16/10/2014

Class31
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 07:25:58 PM
Holy Trinity Church and War Memorial, Fareham, 16/10/2014

Class31
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 07:17:44 PM
Holy Trinity Church and War Memorial, Fareham, 16/10/2014

Class31
Sunday 22nd of February 2015 07:17:01 PM
Not sure, but think this is very possibly St Lawrence, Brentford High Street. The Old-Maps are pretty crippled now, but the National Library of SDcotland has a decent image of the 1:1056 1890s map.

Chris Willis
Monday 17th of November 2014 01:05:00 AM
No. Doesn't match other picture of St Laurence epw005294.

Chris Willis
Monday 17th of November 2014 01:05:00 AM
EPW035041 is of The Great West Road and environs, Hounslow, from the south-west, 1931 taken 1931

Class31
Saturday 15th of November 2014 08:28:41 PM
Possibly not Hounslow. If those are tram tracks there do not appear to be any overhead wires,which means it must be within the London County Council area, where conduit current collection was employed, whereas at the time this photo was taken the Hounslow area was served by London United Tramways with conventional overhead collection.

mannidaze
Saturday 15th of November 2014 08:28:41 PM
EPW035039 is of The Metropolitan and District railway crossing under the Great West Road and environs, Osterley, 1931 taken April 1931

Class31
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 08:43:01 AM