Construction of houses on Harefield Drive, early 1950s

This interesting photo, kindly donated by Neil Roland, was taken from the back of number 35 and shows the progress made. Note the position of the back door, coal bunker and style of windows. Number 35 was bought for £1,676 when completed in 1952.

View of houses under construction on Harefield Drive, early 1950s

The house with the small back porch and garage is number 23 and was built in the late 1940s.  Note the position of back doors and coal bunkers. Note also the builders’ rubble strewn across the ground. The new householders would have had their work cut out in landscaping their steep back gardens which extended down to the allotments. Over the years many residents of Harefield Drive have enjoyed many hours of cultivating crops on the allotments, which they have been able to access via a gate at the bottom of their garden. Photo courtesy of Neil Roland.

The numbers of the houses shown are, from left:

33, 31 & 29, 27 & 25, 23 & 21, 19 & 17.

Rear garden at number 35 Harefield Drive a few years later

A large number of stones of varying sizes and weight have been put in place. Photo courtesy of Neil Roland.