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Reader's Contribution:
Huxley Road, Belle Grove Park Estate, Welling, c. 1930
     
Huxley Road, Belle Grove Park Estate, Welling, c. 1930   Huxley Road, Belle Grove Park Estate, Welling, c. 1930
     
Huxley Road, Belle Grove Park Estate, Welling, c. 1930   Huxley Road, Belle Grove Park Estate, Welling, c. 1930

Copyright on all five pictures: Ivy Trott.

"One house, No. 56, was sold to my mother’s cousin and her husband, Rose and Claude Slowgrove. They opened a hat and wool shop in Welling High Street."

Ivy's full story, "The Welling Years, c. 1929 - 1940", is here.

Click on each image to enlarge.

 

Map of Huxley Road - Click to enlarge

This brochure was sent to us by Mrs Ivy Trott who now lives in South Africa, but was raised in Welling.

Her Mother was Rose Margaret Hill - R. M. Hill, the builder in the brochure, pictured below.

Rose Margaret Hill


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Images of Welling
 
Welling High Street, Welling, c. 1906
Welling High Street,
Welling, c. 1906
 
Welling Corner, Welling, 1963
Welling Corner,
Welling, 1963
 
Hammett Bungalows, Lancelot Road, Welling, 2002
Hammett Bungalows,
Lancelot Road,
Welling, 2002
 
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