Category Archives: About

The Riverside Studios

Posted on April 25, 2019 by LBHF Libraries

The Riverside Studios in Crisp Road are due to reopen in August this year following the closure of the old studios in 2014. The former Studios and the neighbouring Queen’s Wharf have been replaced by a new state of the … Continue reading →

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Shopping in the 1950s

Posted on April 11, 2019 by LBHF Libraries

I recently watched an old Steptoe and Son Christmas special in which Albert says he would go down to Shepherds Bush Market on Christmas Eve and pick up a cheap turkey at the auction.  I remember my parents telling me … Continue reading →

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Before the Riverside Studios: The Chancellors, Gwynnes Engineering and Queens Wharf

Posted on March 1, 2019 by LBHF Libraries

This was going to be a blog about the Riverside Studios in Crisp Road which are due to reopen this year. However, I found more material in the Archives than I expected on the earlier owners of the site and … Continue reading →

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The Fulham Women’s Prison

Posted on January 17, 2019 by LBHF Libraries

Did you know there was a Women’s Prison in Fulham?  It flourished from 1856 to 1888, on a six-acre corner site bounded by Burlington Road (originally Back Lane then Burlington Lane) and the New Kings Road. From 1716 to 1853 … Continue reading →

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Enjoying English!

Posted on January 9, 2019 by LBHF Libraries

The ESOL Conversation Class Wednesday is always a good day! It’s 10.15am and a circle of 20 green chairs stands ready in the middle of Shepherd’s Bush library. The first keen participants begin to arrive. A smiling woman from Syria, … Continue reading →

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Playing out (in the 1950s)

Posted on November 8, 2018 by LBHF Libraries

In those days everybody seemed to know each other and watched out for their neighbours. In hot weather many front doors were left open with a plastic strip or deckchair type material curtains to keep the heat and flies out. … Continue reading →

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The Thames Path through Hammersmith

Posted on October 4, 2018 by LBHF Libraries

The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Thames Barrier at Charlton, south east London. It is about 184 miles (296 km) long and passes through peaceful water meadows, unspoilt rural villages, historical towns and cities, and finally through the … Continue reading →

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The Flower Book by Edward Burne-Jones

Posted on June 22, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

As so often happens at the Archives, you can be looking for something else and come across an extraordinary find. The Flower Book by Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) is a series of 38 round watercolours, each about six inches across, painted … Continue reading →

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80 YEARS AND THREE GENERATIONS OF PARTYING

Posted on June 17, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

On Sunday 12th June the Queen’s 90th Birthday was celebrated with the Patron’s Lunch on the Mall. My own family have been organising street parties in Shepherds Bush for over eighty years. For some unknown reason, just prior to the … Continue reading →

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2016 LBHF Arts Fest in Hammersmith Library

Posted on June 15, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

For the third year running Hammersmith Library took part in the increasingly popular LBHF Arts Fest with a range of activities/events from Monday 6 June until Sunday 12 June. Kate Corkery Monday 6 June saw Kate Corkery visit Hammersmith Library … Continue reading →

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