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Prospect Place
This narrow road was built circa 1825 to connect East Finchley's market to East End Road. Today it is closed to motor traffic and the market has long since gone. The old centre of East Finchley, which occupied the land around Market Place, Park Road and Chapel Court, was badly damaged by bombing on 15/16 November 1940 and the area was subsequently rebuilt with a mixture of houses and tower blocks. Prospect Place, on the other side of this bridge became Prospect Ring with its associated tower blocks.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 10 Apr 2011
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Bridge over Northern Line
Prospect Place crosses, but the bridge is bollarded off to vehicles.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 19 Mar 2011
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Weekend Line and Station Closures
That's the title of the email notifications sent out every Thursday by Transport for London to advise of planned engineering works. October 5th/6th and 12th/13th would see the High Barnet Branch of the Northern Line closed two weekends in a row for track replacement at Finchley Central and East Finchley. An extensive network of rail replacement buses was provided.
Battery locomotive L52 stands on the southbound tracks as old ballast is replaced by new on the northbound line. The closest excavator is unloading fresh ballast from the wagons which is distributed along the track bed by the dumpster in the foreground. The second excavator is loading the discarded old ballast into wagons that have already been unloaded. The bridge in the distance carries Prospect Place over the line.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 12 Oct 2013
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East End Road
A cold November morning with bright hazy sunshine. The passengers at the stop look grateful for the chance to board a nice warm bus as their breath steams in the chill of the air. The road on the right is Abbots Gardens and the bus stop sits on a triangle at the junction of that road with East End Road. The traffic is relatively light for just after 9:00 on a Friday morning.
The bus is an Alexander Dennis Enviro 200. The type replaced the previous Plaxton bodied Dennis Darts over the course of the summer in 2010, although there had been occasional forays by the type previously. See
Image for an example of the previous vehicle type on the route.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 26 Nov 2010
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H3 For Golders Green
An Arriva bus makes its way along East End Road on the return run from its Hilltop terminus, past the triangle at Abbots Gardens. The H3 is a bit of an anomally in London bus terms having one early morning run and then an hourly service between 09:00 and 14:00 from Golders Green - there are no late afternoon or evening runs.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 12 Oct 2013
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East End Road
A heavy overnight frost and mist make for hazardous conditions for drivers and pedestrians alike. The Horse Chestnuts have long since lost their leaves in this winter view.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 13 Dec 2007
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Northern Line Retaining Walls
Walls beside the northbound track in the cutting outside East Finchley Station. The one on the right of the photo is W967 and appears to pre-date the one behind the cables on the left which carries the number W1005.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 26 Nov 2008
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Prospect Place
The bridge over the Northern Line, HB28 - number on the parapet on the left - is blocked by bollards at both ends to prevent vehicles from accessing the bridge. It is somewhat amusing therefore to find that the yellow sign asks for collisions of vehicles with the bridge to be reported to the line controller!
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 26 Nov 2008
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Stanley Road Footbridge
3rd bridge over the Northern Line after leaving East Finchley Station in a northbound train. Although the bridge was built wide enough to carry road traffic, Stanley Road on the east side of the line has never been more than a footpath, while on the west side it has become a suburban cul-de-sac. The brickwork of the bridge has decayed quite badly and has been replaced with blue engineering brick in a number of places. This shot was taken from the playground of Holy Trinity school and a small piece of the netting to stop balls getting onto the line has crept into the photo.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 17 Jul 2008
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Prospect Place
Looking along Prospect Place towards East End Road. The bridge over the Northern Line has long since been closed to road traffic. The houses on the right are in Oakview Gardens. The two thin poles visible at the opposite end of the bridge are eruv markers. An eruv is a contiguous boundary denoted by string or natural markers (such as in this case, the Northern Line) that enables Orthodox Jews to carry items or push baby strollers within its borders during the Sabbath. The string between the poles is too thin to show in the photo.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 21 Sep 2006
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