Guest blog by Philip Grant
Next Saturday, 10th
October, everyone in the Sudbury area of Brent will have the chance to discover
what an interesting place they live in. For months, local people from the
Sudbury Court and Sudbury Town Residents’ Associations, Friends of Barham
Library and two local primary schools have been working with Wembley History
Society. Adopting old photographs and postcards (some from as early as the
1890’s), taking matching colour views of the same locations today and
researching some of the stories behind the pictures, they have put together an
exhibition for everyone in Sudbury to enjoy. It will be open at Sudbury
Methodist Church Hall from 2pm to 5.30pm, and is free of charge.
The “Sudbury – Then
and Now” display will comprise thirty-five pairs of images, taking you on a
winding route through the area, from Watford Road and the Sudbury Court Estate
in the north to Barham Park and Wembley Fire Station in the south. Four of
these have been contributed by Sudbury and Barham Primary Schools, whose Year 5
classes used some of the old photos for their own local history projects in the
summer term. As one of their teachers said: ‘The children were stunned to know
how close they were to local living history, and were left wanting to know
more.’
If you live in
Sudbury, and would like to know more about the special history that is all
around you, although perhaps without realising it is there, please come along
to the exhibition next Saturday. As the poster below says: everyone is welcome!
