James Gray: This view shows the continuation of King George VI Drive, where building has only just commenced, in summer 1983. It may be many years before it is completed. jgc_17_093
2018: This road has long since been fully developed, and in 2018 it extends northwards to meet the north end of a similarly extended Woodland Avenue. There are now two small cul-de-sacs of bungalows on the east side, also numbered as King George VI Drive, the first of which can be seen here on the right. It is immediately after No 69, a bungalow which was the first home added to this road after the 1969 photo was taken. In the far distance of this northerly view, the facing house is 187 Woodland Avenue, and on the left the lamp posts indicate the presence of King George VI Avenue (known locally as Snakey Hill), but now obscured by the planted hedgerow. Bus routes 21 and 21A now use this section of King George VI Drive in a southerly direction, before turning into Sandringham Drive and then Queen Victoria Avenue, where the terminus is outside the small parade of local shops. (Photographer: Alan Hobden)