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A new ‘Golden Age’ of picture postcards in Brent!

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Our postcard showing an unsigned watercolour of St. Mary’s, Willesden, before 1807 In Britain, the ‘Golden Age’ of picture postcards is traditionally considered to date from between 1902, when the introduction of divided… Continue reading

The Street with Two Names

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Recently our attention was drawn to a street sign that appears on a house in Dewsbury Road on the corner of Aberdeen Road.   It’s fairly hard to decipher but our best guess is… Continue reading

London Screen Archives event at the Lexi Cinema, Wednesday 12th September, 3-4pm

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Brent Archives are working with London’s Screen Archives, who are planning a major project to collect more film relating to the history of Brent.  We would like YOU to help.  If you can spare… Continue reading

Bonzo goes to Wembley … and comes back again

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The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, Brent Archives BEE postcards album Here at the Archives we are constantly on the look-out for new images relating to Brent.  Mostly this is a fairly passive process,… Continue reading

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