Willesden Collection

Met Police officers during Grunwick dispute
Two Metropolitan Police officers relax on deckchairs in The Mall, Central London, waiting for a political demonstration over the Grunwick dispute to begin

Children at Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex Hospital
Young children and their nurses at the Acton Lane site of the Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex Hospital. Date: Date unknown

Church Road, Willesden early 1900's

Willesden Church Road early 1900s

Late Rev. Dr Adler, Chief Rabbi
The Rev. Dr Nathan Adler, Chief Rabbi of the English Jewish Congregations; his funeral service in the chapel, Willesden; a scene at the grave; and a special service in memory at the Great Synagogue

Willesden Green Underground Station, street view. Date: 1906

Railway map, Willesden, Acton Wells, Queens Park, London
Railway map, Willesden, Acton Wells, Queens Park (West Kilburn), London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1920

Oxford Street, Central London, with Peter Robinson on the left and Waring & Gillow in the middle distance. circa 1900s

Dont Argue revue by George Campbell and Allan Grey. First produced at the Willesden Hippodrome on 23rd August 1915. Dave Harris Ltd. Presents. The reverse is blank

Willesden Green 1907
Willesden Green: Station Approach Date: 1907

National Railway strike of 1911
Double page spread of scenes in London of siege conditions, the great strike threatening to bring the whole railway service of Britain to a standstill

Label on an envelope, Illingworths photographic paper
Label on an envelope, Illingworths Slogas gaslight paper, from T Illingworth & Co Ltd, Willesden Junction, NW London. Eight sheets, price sixpence. Date: circa 1920s

Schoolboys help in shell making
Boys of the Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic School spending a holiday making shell caps at an engineering works at Willesden during the First World War. Date: 1915

Suffragette Procession Hyde Park. Leaflet/flyer addressed to Men and Women of Paddington and Willesden to Come and walk in the Great Procession to Hyde Park Today Sunday June 21st (1908)

Horse-drawn fire engine with crew, Willesden, London
A horse-drawn fire engine with crew, High Road, Willesden Green, NW London, with Willesden Chapel in the background

GLC-LFB Firemens pop group Flashpoint
Flashpoint were a band from Wembley fire station who were regular artists at the G Divisional social club at Willesden fire station. NW London

The Census 1931
A scene at the Park Royal Hospital, Willesden, north west London, on the day of the 1931 census as a nurse makes sure that all the babies are recorded. Date: 26 April 1931

Church Rd Willesden
Church Road, with a tram. Date: circa 1900

Union Infirmary, Willesden, north west London
Willesdens workhouse infirmary, erected in 1900-1901 on Acton Lane, Willesden, north west London. It later became the Park Royal Hospital and then the Central Middlesex Hospital

Soldiers guarding Willesden tunnel during rail strike
Two soldiers guarding Willesden railway tunnel in north west London during the first national railway strike, which took place in August 1911 over the issue of union recognition

Workhouse Infirmary, Willesden, north west London
Willesdens workhouse infirmary, erected in 1900-01 on Acton Lane, Willesden, north west London. It later became the Park Royal Hospital and then the Central Middlesex Hospital

Willesden Church
Willsdon Church, Middlesex. The church was first mentioned in 1181 but wasn t recorded as St. Marys until around 1280. By 1500s was known for its shrine to the Virgin Mary

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