James Gray: The corner of Montefiore Road and Lyndhurst Road in 1923. At this period there were only a few houses in Montefiore Road though the areas to the east and west were fairly built up. To the left are 1 and 3, Lyndhurst Road and behind, houses on both sides of Avondale Road. By 1928 most of these vacant plots had been built on. jgc_11_123
2018: The white wooden fence around No 1 Lyndhurst Road (the house with the large white wall) has now gone and the first floor balcony now only extends across half of the width of the house. A new pair of semi-detached houses Nos 10 and 12 Montefiore Road was erected on the vacant plot as well as other houses going north up Montefiore Road. The houses in Avondale Road are no longer visible. (Photographer: Alison Minns)
James Gray: This house “Old Warden”, standing at the corner of Lyndhurst Road, was built about 1913 and bore this name throughout its life of nearly 60 years. At the left were the Lyndhurst Nurseries occupying the triangle of land between the converging railway lines. All this land, the garages and the house were sold in 1971 for redevelopment as block of flats, and this house was demolished. Date of photograph – 4 July 1971. jgc_17_025