| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Royal Horseguardsman to open again? | |
| Posted by: | Emma Rowlatt | |
| Date/Time: | 16/11/10 11:35:00 |
| Wow Kevin, you've done your homework! It really is very thought provoking and if I shed any light I will let you know (I wonder if that's where Green Dragon Lane/School's name was partly derived from?). Sue, I think the fact that there was a street called Barracks Road indicates that there must have a been some form of buildings to accommodate military types around there somewhere (Are the toilets you refer to the ones that are still there but overrun by Ivy now and adjacent to the garages opposite the Kebab shop?). And Jim you are right about Drum Lane, that was Ealing Road. There was a pub called the Red Lion which had been there since 1660s (opposite the modern Red Lion (opened in 1965 and closed in early/mid nineties) and subsequently knocked down to widen the road but not before the modern Red Lion had been built on the now MacDonalds site. I think more buildings should have conservation orders or listings on them, it's such a shame that we are losing all these buildings steeped in history. The Royal Horseguardsman incidentally was built in 1874 and back then it was a single storey building. It was referred to as Jack Lane's as he was the proprietor for 40 years. He was an ace football player for Brentford the height of his prime between 1925-30, hence why some people would refer to it as Jack Lane's. I think he passed in the eighties. |