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Description: | Between the two world wars, there was an unprecedented housing boom in London. Private developers built thousands of new houses in the suburbs to accommodate the growing population.
The areas to the northwest of the city, the original suburban estates built by the Metropolitan line, were most affected. However, the economic potential of building homes close to Tube stations was soon realised.
This picture was taken on Kenton Road in 1933. A large billboard to the left of the station advertises new houses for sale.
In the middle of the road, workmen are carrying out repairs using some early motorised digging machinery. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Home and Family | Temporal: | Apr 1933 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Topical Press | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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