Friern Barnet Photo Archive

Ken Clarke

Born 1949 at Devonshire Café, 116 High Road, N.11 to John & Lilian Clarke.

Arnos Grove Underground Station Arnos Grove Underground Station. Opened in 1932. Photo taken c1937. Now a Grade 2* Listed building

New Southgate (formerly Colney Hatch) in 1867 In 1867, only the central part of New Southgate was built up. It was still called Colney Hatch at th...

High Road, New Southgate, N11 The High Road photographed in 1960 by John Heathfield

St Michael's & All Angels, Oakleigh Road South Photographed in 1970 by John Heathfield

Waterfall Road, N11 This unusual looking building is Betstyle Lodge, an 18th Century farmhouse for Betstyle Farm which o...

Former New Southgate Gas Works The gas works site was a major employer. It closed in 1972. This map dates from 1951

High Road, N11 Sanders Butchers, in High Road, New Southgate, around 1900

Garfield Road School This notice announced the opening of Garfield School, in Garfield Road, New Southgate in 1883. It wa...

Arnos Grove Underground Station

High Road, New Southgate This was the main shopping centre for the area until the 1960s. The steeple in the background is the...

Baptist Church, New Southgate Church and adjacent houses in Grove Road destroyed in bombing in 1941

Station Road, N11 Southern end of Station Road, with High Road crossing it at junction. Approx. 1970. Houses and shops...

Clock & Watchmakers Asylum A view of the Waterfall Road frontage, and main entrance, just a few years before the houses were cl...

Clock & Watchmakers Asylum A view of the asylum (Alms Houses), with Waterfall Lane ahead, leading down to Pymmes Brook, and Bru...

The Turrets, 43 Friern Barnet Road 43 Friern Barnet Road. "The Turrets" opened in 1856 as the Railway Hotel and was rebuilt in 1887. Th...

High Road, New Southgate The main shopping area, but very quiet in this picture.

New Southgate Train passing STC factory. Date unknown, possibly 1930s (Ron Kingdon Collection)

New Southgate Station (Ron Kingdon Collection)

High Road, New Southgate This postcard is dated 8 August 1910 (John Heathfield Collection)

St Pauls Church, Woodland Road, New Southgate

High Road, New Southgate Postcard postmarked 8 August 1910 (Andrew Forsyth Collection)

St Paul's Church Hall, High Road, New Southgate Postcard postmarked 13 September 1909. This hall was badly damaged by bombing in WW2, and was not re...

Trams Postcard postmarked 7 September 1907 (Andrew Forsyth Collection)

The Avenue, New Southgate Looking towards Friern Barnet Road at top of picture. Photograph from the mid-1950s

High Road, New Southgate, N11 This view from 1996 is looking north from Springfield Road. The Northern Star pub is on the right, a...

The Limes Avenue, N11 The higher class end of the district

Trolleybuses A trolleybus negotiates the turning circle in Station Road, New Southgate. The bus has arrived from ...

Trains A3 Pacific "Flying Fox" at New Southgate Station on 1 May 1963 (Photograph by Eric Vogel)

Trains A3 Pacific number 4472 at New Southgate Station in May 1969 (Photograph by Eric Vogel)

Trains B12 locomotive number 61572 at New Southgate on 6 October 1963 (Photograph by Eric Vogel)

Trains Standard Class 9F number 92149 and a Class 31 Brush Diesel number D5611 at New Southgate Station in ...

Highview Gardens, New Southgate This view looking south was taken during construction of the tower block and shows the sidings of Ar...

Former dairy and piano factory in Springfield Road

Betstile Farm This view is looking south east. The farm was situated where the parade of shops at Betstyle Circus ...

Friern Barnet Road Bank Parade, looking west. Postcard poatmarked 4 September 1907 (Andrew Forsyth Collection)

High Road, New Southgate, N11 Photographed in April 1971 by John Donovan

High Road, New Southgate, N11 Between Alexandra Road and South Road. Photographed in May 1971 by John Donovan

Station Road, N11 Elephants from the circus at Railway Fields, Beaconsfiled Road parade down Station Road in 1977 (Pho...

Station Road, N11 Corner of Garfield Road photographed in April 1973 by John Donovan

High Road, New Southgate This is the junction of High Road, New Southgate and Friern Barnet Road, c1965, during demolition of...

Friern Barnet Road, N11 Wrongly described as "Southgate", this postcard is postmarked 25 January 1908

High Road, New Southgate Looking south in 1973. The Northern Star pub can be seen on the left

High Road, New Southgate The west side between Garfield Road and Station Road photographed in August 1971 by John Donovan

New Southgate Undated postcard probably from the early 1900s

Springfield Road, N11 This postcard is postmarked 1914

Springfield Road, N11 South side

Springfield Road, N11 The Postman's Sorting Office photographed in December 1993 by John Donovan

Oakleigh Road North, N20 RF 375 crosses the railway bridge on its way to Edgware on route 251. The entrance to STC can be see...

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