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Description: | This photo was taken at Canon's Park station in 1942. The men in suits are the judges of the London Transport Station Gardens Competition. This was held each year to recognise staff's work. The competition even continued during the Second World War, since it was deemed good for morale.
In the background is a row of identical suburban 'semis'. Canon's Park was part of the original Metro Land development financed by the Metropolitan Railway.
The second house from the left had criss-crossed its windows with tape to help prevent glass flying if windows were shattered by bombs falling nearby.
The man with the rolled-up sleeves is Lengthman Parris, who looked after the garden. He won first prize in the competition that year. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Leisure London at War Work | Temporal: | 28 Jul 1942 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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