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1938 - Electricity Showrooms, 146 Stoke Newington Church Street where @vivaceviolin is today.
Early 1950s adverts - London Electricity Board, 146 Stoke Newington Church Street where @VivaceViolin is today.
1992 - Electricity showrooms at 165 Stoke Newington High Street
1902 - Electricity substation, Edward’s Lane off Church Street, Stoke Newington.
@jamesjamesbrown @smithpdavid1967 yes. No street furniture whatsoever which looks great. No electricity boxes, bins etc.
@Roop1 a lot of his inside knowledge of N16 buildings was from doing the electricity in them over the years
@Huriye The plan in the 30s was to establish a municipal hub with the library, electric substation and new council offices and assembly hall
History mashup: The electricity substation on Edward’s Lane. It opened in 1906.
History mashup: Edward’s Lane off Church St in 1899 before the electricity substation, library extension and WW1 Memorial Hall were built.
@westburtonlad Yep. By the 30s it was decided to create a municipal hub on Church St next to the library and the substation.
Stoke Newington’s 2nd Town Hall built 1935-7 creating a municipal hub with the library and substation. 45 photos: flickr.com/photos/5316579…
The site of SN’s Town Hall and Assembly Hall was selected to create a municipal hub with the existing library and electricity substation
1938 - no. 146 Church Street, London Electricity Showrooms, now a violin shop. A Georgian building, originally residential.
Stoke Newington Electricity Supply
1937 ad for the Stoke Newington Borough Electricity Showroom at 146 Stoke Newington Church St. It was there in the 1930s-50s. The Georgian building was originally residential. Now Bridgewood and Neitzert Ltd., Violin dealers and restorers
@highamnews By the early 1930s I doubt anyone could have afforded living in those large old houses. Also, because the library and substation was there the plan was to create a municipal hub in the heart of the Borough.
@Huriye The site given its close proximity to the library and electricity substation was considered the most desirable for a new Town Hall in the heart of the borough that would create a municipal hub.
Views of Edwards Lane from Stoke Newington Church Street where the Library extension and electricity substation are now.
@highamnews In my experience 99% of similar pavement covers are usually electricity or ‘Post Office’ so such tramways one is rare and very easy to miss given 99% of people don’t look down to examine covers :)
RT @highamnews: Bingo! Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington Electric Light. Corner of Defoe Rd and Church St @HistoryOfStokey. Only one…
Electricity Sub Station in Wordsworth Road, Stoke Newington. Traces of the initials MBSN (Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington) can be seen on both sides. Interestingly, the two rain hoppers have the initials SNB (Stoke Newington Borough).
@annazaani - Stoke Newington sign behind electricity sub stn on Lordship Terrace - Beyond Retro. Has ‘The House of’ used to have Simpsons after - Rose and Crown pub has the pub name on the building - Albion House sign next to the Rose and Crown - Kingsway sign opposite the pub
@highamnews plenty of pre-1900 ‘Vestry of Saint Mary Islington’ electricity manhole covers in Islington, though no ‘Vestry of St Mary Stoke Newington’ in Stoke Newington. I’m guessing either SN was ‘electrified’ after 1900 and the formation of the borough or they were replaced.
@highamnews Given the revolutionary nature of electricity I would imagine every Vestry would want to have ‘branded’ covers :)
@highamnews Shoreditch Vestry also had ‘personalised’ electricity manhole covers. Spotted in Charlotte Road.
@Huriye Yes. Pulled down in December 1934 and building began in 1935. I don’t know if they were derelict, though by the 1930s such grand houses may have stood empty due to changing demographics. Plan was to create a municipal hub with the library and elec substation.
Only the 2nd of its kind I’ve seen so far: a ‘Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington’ electricity pavement cover. Albion Road/Town Hall Approach. Another is in Church St/Defoe Rd. The former borough was merged with the metropolitan boroughs of Hackney and Shoreditch in 1965.
‘Stoke Newington Electricity Supply’ manhole cover in Manor Road/Bouverie Road. It’s unique in the area as far as I can gather at this point in time.
Spotted a couple more ‘Stoke Newington Electricity Supply’ manhole covers (that’s 3 in total so far), in Grayling Road and Heathland Road. A faded remnant of Stoke Newington’s past as an independent civic entity. It lost its borough status in 1965.
Spotted a fairly rare ‘Stoke Newington Electricity Supply’ manhole cover in Carysfort Road/Clissold Road. A faded remnant of Stoke Newington’s past as an independent civic entity. It lost its borough status in 1965.
@highamnews Thanks! You were the one who alerted me to the Stoke Newington Electricity Supply cover in Church St/Defoe Road like this one x.com/historyofstoke… I’ve seen 4-5 of these. I thought perhaps SN ran out of covers and bought a few from Hackney :)
Stoke Newington Borough’s 1st Town Hall in Milton Grove near Town Hall Approach was originally South Hornsey’s 19th century one. New municipal buildings opened in Church St in 1937 adjacent to the public library and electricity substation to form a ׳municipal hub’ more centrally…
Stoke Newington Borough’s 1st Town Hall in Milton Grove near Town Hall Approach was originally South Hornsey’s 19th century one. New municipal buildings opened in Church St in 1937 adjacent to the public library and electricity substation to form a ׳municipal hub’ more centrally x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
Electricity enamel sign, Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington
@beckyfh By the 1930s, their upper-middle class dwellers moved away, I suspect they were likely empty and seen as a ‘relic’ of a by-gone era. The proximity to the library and electricity substation, as well as the fact they were in Church St may the site ideal for new municipal…
@beckyfh By the 1930s, their upper-middle class dwellers moved away, I suspect they were likely empty and seen as a ‘relic’ of a by-gone era. The proximity to the library and electricity substation, as well as the fact they were in Church St may the site ideal for new municipal buildings
Stoke Newington Electricity Supply sign. ‘Use Electricity for Everything’
@EngineerLondon @soxgnasher The substation in 1902
@EngineerLondon @realnickperry @soxgnasher While we’re on the subject of SN and electricity
RT @soxgnasher: WORDSWORTH ROAD, WEST SIDE. STOKE NEWINGTON. Wordsworth Road. west side. Shows Baptist Chapel and Electricity Sub-Station.…
Slight correction: There are a few surviving electricity access covers with ‘Stoke Newington’, but not a diverse range of covers as the ones in the ‘old’ Borough of Hackney, or as common. x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
In case you ever wondered what’s inside the Electricity Sub-Station in Wordsworth Road by Butterfield Green. Not much it seems. (@realnickperry)
RT @EngineerLondon: @HistoryOfStokey @realnickperry Would have been a motor generator / cyclo converter station under LBSN elec department.…
@realnickperry @Mikeashworth12 @EngineerLondon While on the subject of the history of electricity in Stoke Newington. The sign was on eBay a few years ago.
@realnickperry @Mikeashworth12 @EngineerLondon Coincidentally, this morning I stumbled upon this ‘Henley’s London Electricity Supply’ manhole cover in Stoke Newington Road and as far as I’m aware it’s unique in SN. The only other few electricity access manhole covers I’d seen ar…
@realnickperry @Mikeashworth12 @EngineerLondon Coincidentally, this morning I stumbled upon this ‘Henley’s London Electricity Supply’ manhole cover in Stoke Newington Road and as far as I’m aware it’s unique in SN. The only other few electricity access manhole covers I’d seen are ‘Stoke Newington Electricity Supply’ ones.
@realnickperry @Mikeashworth12 @EngineerLondon Stoke Newington was ‘electrified’ circa 1905. In contrast, there are many 19th century St Mary Islington Vestry electricity supply manhole covers around. I wonder how late was Stoke Newington to the ‘electricity party’!
@EngineerLondon @realnickperry @Mikeashworth12 Excellent! :) I have no doubt a talk about the history of electricity in Stoke Newington’ as part of a future ‘Stoke Newington History Talks’ event will go down VERY well!
Inside the electricity sub-station in Wordsworth Road by Butterfield Green x.com/realnickperry/…
@EngineerLondon @realnickperry ‘Henley’s London M.B.S.N (Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington) Electric Light’ manhole cover in Green Lanes opposite Leconfield Road, Stoke Newington. Only few of these around today.
@EngineerLondon @realnickperry I was surprised to see ‘Electric Light’ rather than the more common ‘Electricity Supply’ I’ve seen in the area like this one in Milton Grove/Town Hall Approach
@VictorianLondon Also, it’s small and you cannot read it from the street (it’s on the right) so I don’t know why you would bother having it illuminated, especially at a time when electricity wasn’t cheap. What do you think?
Worn out ‘Stoke Newington’ on an old electricity manhole cover in Grayling Road (@EngineerLondon)
‘Stoke Newington Electricity Supply Use electricity all ways For everything Cooking Heating Power Lighting’
@realnickperry @EngineerLondon turns out there was another electricity sub-station in Stoke Newington adjoining 14 Victorian Road. It was removed when the area was cleared to develop the Yorkshire Grove Estate.
1992 - Electricity showrooms at 165 Stoke Newington High Street (@EngineerLondon)
RT @PuisinTheCat: @HistoryOfStokey @EngineerLondon Urgh, remember having to queue up there in 1994 to open an electricity account, took ove…
Delighted to announce that guest speakers are confirmed for the 15th Stoke Newington History Talks event in March: @mbarnesn16 will present terrific photos of SN he took in the 70s @EngineerLondon will talk about the fascinating history of electricity in SN Watch this space!
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE for the 15th Stoke Newington History Talks online event on April 6th 7PM! snht15.eventbrite.com Three fascinating talks: - Historical street signs - Photos from the late 70s by @mbarnesn16 - History of electricity in Stoke Newington by @EngineerLondon htt…
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE for the 15th Stoke Newington History Talks online event on April 6th 7PM! snht15.eventbrite.com Three fascinating talks:
- Historical street signs - Photos from the late 70s by @mbarnesn16
- History of electricity in Stoke Newington by @EngineerLondon https://t.co/WxOM2VZOvA
The talk about the history of electricity in Stoke Newington by @EngineerLondon as part of Stoke Newington History Talks no. 15 next month will feature footage from the former Hackney Power Station and the main substation on Edwards Lane filmed especially for the talk. Can’t wai…
The talk about the history of electricity in Stoke Newington by @EngineerLondon as part of Stoke Newington History Talks no. 15 next month will feature footage from the former Hackney Power Station and the main substation on Edwards Lane filmed especially for the talk. Can’t wait x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
RT @EngineerLondon: Prior to the ‘British Grid’ of the early 1930s, Stoke Newington took its electricity supply from here. But where is it?…
@EngineerLondon Comment on FB to an electricity-related image I posted today: “My grandparents were the first people on the street to have electricity installed in 1926. However, another relative refused to have it installed until the late ‘50s - because he worked for the Gas Bo…
@EngineerLondon Comment on FB to an electricity-related image I posted today: “My grandparents were the first people on the street to have electricity installed in 1926. However, another relative refused to have it installed until the late ‘50s - because he worked for the Gas Board!”
RT @EngineerLondon: Exploring a 1954 redundant power station last week as prep for my @HistoryOfStokey history talk next month. I have some…
@GoodNewsHackney @EngineerLondon No need for secret handshake! @EngineerLondon upcoming talk as part of Stoke Newington History Talks no. 15 next month will feature footage from the former Hackney Power Station and the main substation on Edwards Lane filmed especially for the ta…
@GoodNewsHackney @EngineerLondon No need for secret handshake! @EngineerLondon upcoming talk as part of Stoke Newington History Talks no. 15 next month will feature footage from the former Hackney Power Station and the main substation on Edwards Lane filmed especially for the talk! snht15.eventbrite.com
Very much looking forward to learn about the history of electricity in Stoke Newington next month as part of the 15th Stoke Newington History Talks event. Book tickets here snht15.Eventbrite.com x.com/EngineerLondon…
RT @soxgnasher: WORDSWORTH ROAD, WEST SIDE. STOKE NEWINGTON. APRIL 1977 Wordsworth Road. west side. Shows Baptist Chapel and Electricity Su…
@EngineerLondon This is Lordship Terrace looking west towards Queen Elizabeth’s Walk in 1933 with a the substation picking on the left. The back gardens of Church Row visible on the left. The grand old houses were pulled down in December 1934 to make way for new municipal buildi…
@EngineerLondon This is Lordship Terrace looking west towards Queen Elizabeth’s Walk in 1933 with a the substation picking on the left. The back gardens of Church Row visible on the left. The grand old houses were pulled down in December 1934 to make way for new municipal buildings.
@EngineerLondon I read that one reason the site in Church St was chosen for the new municipal buildings in 1935 was to create a ‘municipal hub’ with the public library and electricity substation. I guess such central location made more sense than Milton Grove where the 1st Town…
@EngineerLondon I read that one reason the site in Church St was chosen for the new municipal buildings in 1935 was to create a ‘municipal hub’ with the public library and electricity substation. I guess such central location made more sense than Milton Grove where the 1st Town Hall was.
@EngineerLondon I think it’s likely this view of the back gardens of Church Row was taken from the substation. What do you think??
RT @EngineerLondon: This former MG (motor generator) station aka a “cyclo converter” was converted into a conventional TC by the London Ele…
RT @EngineerLondon: Nice afternoon spent on a substation roof! Thanks to the multitalented @HackneySociety supremo @realnickperry we have c…
TOMORROW! Stoke Newington History Talks. Online at 7pm. 164 tickets sold already. snht15.eventbrite.com Three fascinating talks: - SN’s historical street signs - Photos from the late 70s by @mbarnesn16 - History of electricity in Stoke Newington by @EngineerLondon https://t.co…
TOMORROW! Stoke Newington History Talks. Online at 7pm. 164 tickets sold already. snht15.eventbrite.com Three fascinating talks:
- SN’s historical street signs - Photos from the late 70s by @mbarnesn16
- History of electricity in Stoke Newington by @EngineerLondon https://t.co/3CNDwdZZ2H
James Watson’s (@EngineerLondon) talk tomorrow as part of the 15th Stoke Newington History Talks event includes exclusive footage from inside the Wordsworth Rd electricity sub-station filmed especially for the event. Also footage from inside the facility in Edward’s Lane!
My digital restoration of the lettering that used to be on the electricity sub-station in Wordsworth Road: MBSN - Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington. The borough was created in 1900 and abolished in 1965 (@EngineerLondon @realnickperry).
RT @EngineerLondon: @HistoryOfStokey @realnickperry “Substation” was always one word. But it has been (wrongly) spelled with a hyphen in va…
TODAY AT 7! @EngineerLondon will shine a light on the history of electricity in Stoke Newington taking us into SN’s electricity facilities, @mbarnesn16 will take us on a photographic tour of SN in the late 70s and I’ll show how old street signs provide a glimpse into the past.
Being treated to a tour of the electricity substation in Wordsworth Road by @EngineerLondon during this evening’s Stoke Newington History Talks event. James is delivering a fascinating talk about the history of electricity in Stoke Newington.
Here’s James Watson’s (@EngineerLondon) terrific talk from this week’s Stoke Newington History Talks event: Powering Stoke Newington - 115 years of electricity supply. Filmed & edited by @realnickperry. Enjoy! Event mailng list: mailchi.mp/09800fe1b2a5/s… https://t.co/OZJ5gr2njn
It’s up! here’s the 90min recording of this week’s Stoke Newington History Talks event, featuring three 20min talks about street signs, electricity and photos from the 70s. You can access videos of each of the talks here: stokenewingtonhistory.com/2021/04/09/06-…
@AAttfield Electricity related? @EngineerLondon
RT @EngineerLondon: And 77kW domestic refuse destructor which fed electricity into the Borough’s substation on Edwards Lane ⚡️😉
Child portrait by the Art Room, Electric Light Studio, 119 Stoke Newington High Street. The N postcode means it’s pre-1917 when numerical subdivisions were introduced to London’s postal districts. It’s now a betting shop.
The west side of Edward’s Lane off Stoke Newington Church St in 1899 looking north with Lordship Terrace in the background. Changed dramatically when the electricity substation and the library extension were built on the site a few years later.
@HummJS The buildings on the right (not in view) were pulled down in 1931 so would be before that for sure. Can’t tell is the gas lamppost is gas or electricity, which may have helped to narrow down the year further. Clothing looks Edwardian to me, but I may be wrong. 1910 perha…
@HummJS The buildings on the right (not in view) were pulled down in 1931 so would be before that for sure. Can’t tell is the gas lamppost is gas or electricity, which may have helped to narrow down the year further. Clothing looks Edwardian to me, but I may be wrong. 1910 perhaps??
Borough of Marylebone drain covers. Like the old Borough of Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone was created in 1899 and dissolved in 1965. There are a few Borough of Stoke Newington electricity manhole covers, but no drain covers.
Electricity Showrooms at 146 Stoke Newington Church Street. Now Bridgewood & Neitzert, Violin dealers, makers and repairers. The Georgian building was originally residential and the ground floor was converted to a commercial space in the 20th century.
Giles Gilbert Scott also designed Battersea Power Station (with J. Theo Halliday) and Bankside Power Station (now Tate Modern) x.com/HistoryOfStoke…
West side of Edward’s Lane with Lordship Terrace in the distance in the late 19th century before the library extension and electricity substation were built a few years later. Named after Job Edwards, local builder who built houses nearby in the early 18th century.
Here’s James Watson’s (@EngineerLondon) terrific talk from the 15th Stoke Newington History Talks event that was held on 4.6.21: Powering Stoke Newington - 115 years of electricity supply. Filmed & edited by @realnickperry. Enjoy! https://t.co/YZmIY3zgqJ
Then, Then & Now: The electricity substation in Edward’s Lane. Opened in 1906.
@EngineerLondon @realnickperry @highamnews love this electricity manhole cover in Clifton Gardens/Warnington Crescent, W9
@EngineerLondon @realnickperry @highamnews The “flashiest” electricity manhole cover I’ve seen!
Historic street furniture goodies from EC4 this morning: - Hayward’s patented coalhole cover - Farringdon Within ward boundary marker - Old Fire Hydrant marker(?) (@realnickperry) - 19th century sewer access cover - Electricity access cover (@EngineerLondon)
One for @EngineerLondon who gave a brilliant talk about the history of electricity in Stoke Newington. The talk includes visits to the electricity substations in Wordsworth Road and Edward’s Lane! Check it out. https://t.co/SshDeCMPqD
@joeb_EY That building was Stoke Newington Borough’s post-war Civil Defence Headquarter. No connection to the adjacent substation. The sign on the right was “Civil Defence Headquarters Stoke Newington”. Now used for storage by the council. Here’s my digital reconstruction of the…
@joeb_EY That building was Stoke Newington Borough’s post-war Civil Defence Headquarter. No connection to the adjacent substation. The sign on the right was “Civil Defence Headquarters Stoke Newington”. Now used for storage by the council. Here’s my digital reconstruction of the sign:
@joeb_EY Here’s a great tour of the substation courtesy of @EngineerLondon and @realnickperry!
The Northwold Road Synagogue occupied a former Methodist church. It opened in 1955 and closed in 1989. The badly war damaged and largely derelict building was bought in 1953 then extensively repaired, renovated, re-roofed, wired for electricity and redecorated. Now @towertheatre
@dhyandeva Electricity Pillar or Electricity Pole
@EngineerLondon @realnickperry and also the substation in Wordsworth Road!
Electricity Showrooms at 146 Stoke Newington Church Street. Now Bridgewood & Neitzert, Violin shop. The Georgian building was originally residential and the ground floor was converted to a commercial space in the 20th century. (@EngineerLondon)
The Clissold Road Swimming Bath (1930-97), which stood where the Clissold Leisure Centre is now. Designed by Hobden and Porri who also designed the WW1 Memorial Hall in Church St, Simpson clothing factory in Stoke Newington Rd and the Wordsworth Rd Electricity Substation.
West side of Edward’s Lane with Lordship Terrace in the distance in the late 19th century before the library extension and electricity substation were built a few years later. Named after Job Edwards, local builder who built houses nearby in the early 18th century.