Barnet Collection (#2)

Photograph of Alexandra PH, New Barnet, Greater London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Sydney, Australia - General Post Office
Slide showing a photograph of the General Post Office in Sydney. It is located at the western end of Martin Place. Designed by colonial architect James Barnet

GLC-LFB - Former County Brigade pump fire engine
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Barnet Fire Brigade with fire fighting equipment. Until 1903 there was only a voluntary fire brigade in Barnet. A purpose built fire station

Old Red Lion Inn and former infant workhouse, Barnet
A view from Barnet Hill, North London (Hertfordshire) of the Old Red Lion inn (left) and a row of cottages. The cottages are said to have formerly housed an infant workhouse operated by the London

A Country House School for Evacuated Architects
Mount House in Hadley Common, Barnet, home to the Architectural Association School during the Second World War. 1940

Bricklaying at the Architectural Association School
Mount House in Hadley Common, Barnet, home to the Architectural Association School during the Second World War

The Green Man pub, Barnet, London
The Green Man pub, 128 Hale Lane, Edgware, Barnet, London (now The Jolly Badger ). Now demolished, with a large Harvester restuarant on the site. Date: 1907

Barnet Industrial School Swimming Bath
Boys swim in the outdoor pool while visitors look on at the Barnet Industrial School, Hertfordshire Date: early 1900s

Barnet Industrial School - Carpenters Shop
Boys work with saws and planes in the Carpenters workshop at the Barnet Industrial School, Hertfordshire. Date: early 1900s

Church of St James The Great, Friern Barnet, London
Church of St James The Great, Friern Barnet, Enfield, near Bowes Park, County of London, England. Date: 1900s

The Village, Hadley Green, London
The Village, Hadley Green, Barnet, County of London, England. Date: 1930s

Life of Charles Dickens - Barnet. Oliver Twists entry into
Life of Charles Dickens - Barnet. Scene of Oliver Twists entry into London.. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works), slide no. 12 Date: circa 1890s

Church Farm School, East Barnet, Hertfordshire
A inmate feeding a pig at the East Barnet Farm School, established in 1863 as a boys industrial school. Date: 1917

Barnet Industrial School - Hay Harvest
Boys with pitchforks load hay onto a wagon at the Barnet Industrial School, Hertfordshire. Date: early 1900s

Barnet Industrial School - Milk Round
The daily milk round at the Barnet Industrial School, Hertfordshire. Boys with milk pails stand in front of horses and carts which are each loaded up with a milk churn. Date: 1908

Swimming Bath, Barnet Industrial School
Boys in the swimming bath at the Barnet Industrial School, Hertfordshire. The presence around the pool of women in long frocks and children indicates that occasion is some kind of open day. Date: 1908

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum Cemetery, 1851
The consecration of the cemetery of the new Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), 1851

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum fire, 1903
The ruins of the temporary annexe at the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), following the disasterous fire there in 1903

The foundation stone of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum
The ornate silver trowel used on 8th May 1849 by Prince Albert to spread the mortar on the foundation stone of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet

Barnet Fire Brigade with appliance
Barnet Fire Brigade posing with an appliance

Scene at Barnet Horse Fair, North London
Scene of horses for sale at the Barnet Annual Horse and Pleasure Fair, North London. The fair takes place over three days, operating under a Royal Charter issued by Barnet Council

Queen Elizabeths Girls School, Barnet, founded in 1573 - View of the school from Barnet Hill. Date: circa 1905

Dyrham Park, near Barnet, north London. Date: 1950s

Young Peoples Society
A happy group of young people, members of the Young Peoples Society, High Barnet, north London, England. Date: 22 April 1935

London signpost A555 A1 crossroads
Signpost offering drivers (or pedestrians) the option of heading North, via Hatfield, west to Elstree and Watford, east to Barnet or south on the A555 to London

Petticoat Lane Market, London - Looking toward Aldgate. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Model of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb
A small scale model of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Central Square was laid out by Sir Edwin Lutyens, and includes St Judes Church, The Free Church and a Quaker Meeting House

Barnet Pleasure Fair

Wrotham Park
The South West front of Wrotham Park, Barnet (the seat of the Earl of Stratford) shortly before it was destroyed by fire in 1883

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