Friern Barnet and Finchley Photo Archive

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Friern Barnet & District Local History Society

St. James Church, Friern Barnet Lane Saint James' church taken in January 2004, just after the door had been painted. (John Holtham).

Friern Hospital The second Middlesex County Pauper Lunatic Asylum was opened in July 1851. At its height in 1937 it ...

Clock & Watchmakers Asylum A view of the asylum (Alms Houses), with Waterfall Lane ahead, leading down to Pymmes Brook, and Bru...

Gaumont, North Finchley Gaumont, North Finchley. The cinema opened in July 1937 and closed in 1980 with, appropriately, a f...

Gaumont, North Finchley This bas-relief frieze depicted the various stages in the making of a film. It was removed from the ...

Woodhouse Road, N12 The south side of Woodhouse Road in the 1960s before the building of Hurstwood Court. The unsightly ...

Horse drinking trough Junction of Grove Road and Bowes Road. This photograph of a horse drinking trough was taken in the 1...

Electricity switching cabinet This electricity switching cabinet as one of several on the streets of Friern Barnet. They are now d...

Friern Barnet Road, N11 The western end of Queens Parade, Friern Barnet Road in the early 1930s. The lamppost contains direc...

High Road, Whetstone High Road, Whetstone at the junction with Totteridge Lane. Shops include Hillside Bakeries, North Lo...

South Friern Library (original building) South Friern Library in Colney Hatch Lane was opened in 1963 and was demolished in December 2006. A ...

St John the Apostle, High Road, Whetstone St John the Apostle was consecrated on 8 May 1832 and enlarged in 1879