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Church Lane, LONDON, N2 0TB

Built on the site of the one-time Summers Brown and Sons cricket bat factory. The factory was a conversion of a 19th century house called Glencroft. The bats manufactured here were used by England cricketer Jack Hobbs - hence the name of the side road, Hobbs Green. Joack Hobbs put the Australians to the sword with a Summers Brown Force bat in the 1924/25 Ashes series. Although England lost the series, Hobbs came away with an average of 60 runs per innings. I have been unable to ascertain when the factory closed, but the houses date to the early 1990's

This shop was here for most of my life till I left the area in 1994, and has just had to close since the current owner, who took over from Mr Belcher 30 years ago had to give up due to ill health. My family had all their shoes repaired here since about 1965. No one knows its fate now. Here is the story from the local paper. http://www.the-archer.co.uk/archive/2018/2018Dec03.pdf

DLF97 drifts through an area of manicured greenery between Church Lane and Trinity Avenue. In the foreground, a female Blackbird gathers food for her young, undeterred by my presence. She has a nest in the hedge below the Horse Chestnut tree on the left. The floral display on the left is outside Fairacres care home. The white building with scaffolding, visible through the shrubs and trees on the right, is the vicarage of Holy Trinity Church.

A short cul-de-sac with new houses off Church Lane.

Designed by Anthony Salvin, who also designed Christ's College on Hendon Lane, Holy Trinity was consecrated in 1846. Originally the church consisted of a nave and chancel. A North Aisle was added in 1866 and the south aisle on the right was added in 1883. It is very difficult to get clear photos of the church because of the number of trees in the churchyard and its relatively small size. This shot only became possible after a section of overgrown hedge was cleared back to the churchyard boundary.