tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post8261218156175525721..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: New Wembley Park development comes with built in flood riskUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-6683994294669449312016-12-11T09:54:38.293+00:002016-12-11T09:54:38.293+00:00You can see the photograph as a separate blog item...You can see the photograph as a separate blog item, "Down the Chute in Wembley Park", at:<br />http://wembleymatters.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/down-chute-in-wembley-park.html<br /><br />Thank you for "posting" it, Martin, for readers to enjoy a bit of our local history.<br /><br />PhilipPhilip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-85104378314909155772016-12-10T14:24:42.768+00:002016-12-10T14:24:42.768+00:00A few months ago, on behalf of Wembley History Soc...A few months ago, on behalf of Wembley History Society, I dealt with an email enquiry about the history of the Amex House site from an agent for the developers.<br /><br />I was able to tell her that in 1924/25 this location was in the Amusement Park which formed part of the British Empire Exhibition (North End Road got its name because it ran across the North End of the BEE site). <br /><br />Because of the available water supply from the Wealdstone Brook, this particular area of the Amusement Park was used for the Mountain Water Chute attraction, so much of it was deliberately flooded then! I will send Martin a photograph from that time, which I hope he can add to the blog above to illustrate this.<br /><br />Philip.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.com