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Bowen Street, CREWE, CW2 7RU

This bungalow shows how the majority of this estate looks now having been clad with insulation though some have been coated in brick.

This is one "prefab" of only 2 or 3 on an estate of approx 70 bungalows that are almost original in appearance. This property is privately owned. These prefabs were built to house servicemen returning home from World War 2 and had a life expectancy of 15 to 20 years but are now over 60 years old.

Photograph taken from Doddington road showing the footpath known locally as both "The Black path" and "The Ravine"

The park lake was formed from damming the Valley Brook; the outfall drops over a weir, and resumes its course as it flows under Queen's Park Drive.

Two class 47 diesels and a class 74 electro-diesel outside Crewe works. The class 74 (E6102) had just been rebuilt from a conventional electric loco, by the addition of a diesel-generator and push-pull controls. These locos were converted for the Waterloo - Bournemouth electrification scheme, and were intended for use on Southampton boat trains. The diesel engine enabled them to run on unelectified lines at reduced power. However, they only survived for about another 10 years. I don't know the grid reference for this photo, or even whether this part of the works still survives.

A view into the car park, most of which is in the next grid square from the park itself.

Photograph taken from Alton street showing the footpath known locally as both "The Black Path" or "The Ravine"

Queen's Park, Crewe, was dedicated in July 1887 to mark the joint occasion of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee and the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Grand Junction Railway. The park, a gift to the town by the London & North Western Railway Co, was officially opened to the public in June 1888. It is listed as Grade II* on the National Heritage List of Parks and Gardens for England.

An unusual design of cycle stand near the eastern gates to the park Image The park forms part of a signed cycle route between Crewe town centre and Nantwich.