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A walk through the history of Gunnersbury Park and the 'Golden Mile' of the Great West Road. You can order This Other London from Newham Bookshop www.newhambook... as well as other booksellers. Please subscribe for regular videos: bit.ly/1EJjIB8
This walk follows the first section of the walk in Chapter 1 of my book This Other London which starts at the majestic Gunnersbury Park in West London. The Park was originally the grounds of Gunnersbury House, a Georgian mansion built for King George III's aunt Princess Amelia. Today it's home to Gunnersbury Museum and the house is open to the public. We then walk along the 'Golden Mile' - a strip of the A4 Great West Road running through Brentford that from the 1920's become an industrial centre for a number of household names and famous for its Art Deco architecture. Some of the companies based here included Smiths Crisps, Gillette, Currys, Beachams, and Firestone Tyres. Our walk ends at the Gillette Building on Gillette Corner.
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More info:
Pathe footage of the Opening Day at London's Gunnersbury Park 1926
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Article about the Lucozade sign
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The Brook maps.nls.uk/vi...
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991 Great West Road, JC Decaux brentfordhisto...
Westlink House brentfordhisto...
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This Other London - map by Nicolette Caven
1865 Map of The Brook 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'
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