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Montague Road, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 3DS

View taken by my late father George Baker. In 1924 the house possessed a front gate unlike in 2010 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2111152

This view was taken by my father George Baker outside Image The motorbike, with the number plate NK 7927, was equipped with a sidecar.

My paternal grandfather moved to Berkhamsted from Wallington, Surrey in the mid 1910s so that his two sons could attend Berkhamsted School. Ronhead is the left hand part of the semi in this view. The former owners of this house were a family called Leys, whose son (Colin McLaren) appears on this link http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/8thbn/8thbtnofficersdied.html

The area of grass to the left of the passage is where the air raid shelter referred to in 1970 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1764041 was situated. Its exact position was just to the left of the raised flowerbed. To the right of the passage, over the wall, two houses form part of Ilex Court

Looking in the direction of North Road. The vehicle is parked in Montague Road as the passage skirts this road before continuing to North Road. There was an air raid shelter just to the right of the raised flower bed see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2109940

Possibly taken into the sun but submitted to show another view of the house seen at the top of the road Image from another angle.

The passage crosses a cul-de-sac (which is the sealed surface in this view) sometimes known as Angle Place but more commonly as Montague Road. Back in 1970 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1764041 the street light seen then has been replaced by its modern equivalent. The furthest house on the right is part of Ilex Court, which was built on the site of the 1970 house

The passage ran between private gardens to this point, then crossed the cul-de-sac portion of Montague Road and continued past the large house on the right. This was in the main part of Montague Road. It was demolished and a block of flats erected on the site. Further down the passage on the left was a rough piece of ground where there was a World War II air raid shelter. The nearer street light was clockwork driven and a man, with a bicycle and a ladder, used to pay regular visits to maintain it and the others in the town.

The road's name was derived from the fact that it was laid over a field called Doctor's Commons

A similar view to that taken 44 years before see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1757870