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- Paddington Recreation Ground
- Wartime Salvage Centre
- 48 Paddington Street
- Teddy Willingdale
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In 1931, 57-year-old George Cummings, a veteran, walked 20 miles in 3 hours. He started with some whisky and soda, where we can see some of the buildings in the road beyond. 20 Miles In 3 Hours At 57 Years Of Age (1931) – British Pathé on YouTube The in 1938, people at Paddington Recreation Ground enjoyed a display put on by Russian Cossacks stunt ...
In 1941, during World War II, Queen Elizabeth, wife of King George VI and mother of the future Queen Elizabeth II, visited a salvage centre in Paddington. It was part of the war effort, as supply lines were now precarious. She was accompanied by the Lord Mayor of Paddington, and lots of people came out to cheer her passing car. There’s a few glimps...
In this ‘instructional’ film from the 1940s, the professor talks about the man’s lower jaw. Well, mine was already on the floor with the rude and arrogant attitudes this young man from Sri Lanka (at the time called Ceylon) had to endure from the opening scene onwards!
In 1953, a diver called Bram Martin, who was from Orpington, searched the Grand Union Canal for missing 6-year-old Teddy Willingdale. Local people watched on, including Teddy’s father. We see a lot of the elegant buildings overlooking the water, and the canal bridge. Divers Search For 6 Year Old Boy (1953) – British Pathé on YouTube
A look at what was Britain’s argest medical training school included new technologies, which are now all routinely used today. Roger Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018), the first athlete to break the 4 minute mile, also appears in some of this footage.
20-year-old Mavis, who worked as a clerk, and Jean Elliot, a 20-year-old American housewife who had arrived in Britain two years previously, were both members of the women’s gym. It was so unusual, the young women train barefoot or wearing small socks, even when lifing weights. Girl Weight Lifters (1954) – British Pathé on YouTube
By the 1950s, as waterways turned from industrial to leisure use, the Paddington Canal Junction was quickly becoming known as Little Venice. Little Venice (1959) – British Pathé on YouTube
74-year-old widow Mrs Henrietta Watkins had lived in her flat for 17 years, and the rent was now 14s 6d. a week. But the historic terraces were being swept away for new offices. Everyone had moved out, the gas and electricity had been cut off, and there was no running water. Demolition was well underway in the street, but Mrs Watkins was stuggling ...
Footage includes Mike Wiggs, Derek Ibbotson, and Gordon Pirie. Attempt On Record One Mile Race (1964) – British Pathé on YouTube
In the cellar of a Paddington pub was a restaurant based on the theme of Charles Dickens. It may have been called ‘Our Mutual Friend’. The cast from the ‘Oliver!’ musical also make an appearance, in costume and stage makeup, joined by Lionel Bart himself. Dickens Restaurant (1964) – British Pathé on YouTube
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Can anyone tell me how I can obtain a clearly named street map of Paddington, Middlesex for about 1881 onwards. I've just started doing my family tree and have found 2 places in Paddington where my grandmother and her siblings were born.
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Paddington Middlesex. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Paddington like this: Paddington .-- parl. bor., par., and terminus of the Great Western Railway, Middlesex, in W. of London, 1251 ac., pop. 107,218; Paddington returns 2 members to Parliament (2 ...
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