EAW048381 ENGLAND (1953). Pratt Ltd Works by Watford Junction and environs, Watford, 1953. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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| Title | [EAW048381] Pratt Ltd Works by Watford Junction and environs, Watford, 1953. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Reference | EAW048381 |
| Date | 5-February-1953 |
| Link | |
| Place name | WATFORD |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 511097, 197513 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.3934650553988, 51.664934767246 |
| National Grid Reference | TQ111975 |
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 A rake of pre-nationalisation coaching stock apparently repurposed as a semi-permanent feature with stepped access to them. Many such items were acquired during WW2 as offices etc for local Home Guard units and the like, perhaps used at the time of the photo as changing rooms, rest rooms or stores for the adjacent businesses. The condition of these carriages suggest that they are not much longer for this world.
There appear to be a number of allotment plots nearby. Very possibly a legacy of the WW2 'Dig for Victory' campaign, when areas of waste land were turned over for the production of fruit and vegetables for domestic consumption. |
The Laird |
Tuesday 13th of October 2020 02:09:35 PM |
| A rake of pre-nationalisation coaching stock apparently repurposed as a semi-permanent feature with stepped access to them. Many such items were acquired during WW2 as offices etc for local Home Guard units and the like, perhaps used at the time of the photo as changing rooms, rest rooms or stores for the adjacent businesses. The condition of these carriages suggest that they are not much longer for this world.
There appear to be a number of allotment plots nearby. Very possibly a legacy of the WW2 'Dig for Victory' campaign, when areas of waste land were turned over for the production of fruit and vegetables for domestic consumption. |
The Laird |
Tuesday 13th of October 2020 02:07:03 PM |
| Clarendon Hotel with its adjoining stables. These buildings survive. |
The Laird |
Tuesday 13th of October 2020 01:50:21 PM |
| This looks like a old clerestory roofed electrical multiple unit car that had been repurposed as a mess hut or similar, but now appears to be at the end of its life. It doesn't look like anything from the London Underground, but it may be withdrawn stock from something like the old Mersey Railway. |
The Laird |
Thursday 6th of June 2019 11:37:32 AM |
| A selection of Scammell Scarab three-wheeled tractors. These little workhorses were ubiquitous throughout the British Railways empire. These haven't come very far, as they were built at the nearby Scammell factory in West Watford. |
The Laird |
Thursday 6th of June 2019 11:15:20 AM |
| 14T chlorine rail tank car |
D869 |
Tuesday 18th of April 2017 12:40:20 PM |
| 3x3-car tube stock [1938] Bakerloo line.
spilt from 7-car set for off-peak |
2hal4cor |
Tuesday 9th of June 2015 05:47:15 PM |
| St Albans Rd |
ordinarybloke |
Friday 13th of June 2014 08:38:32 AM |