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North Street, HORNCHURCH, RM11 1HU

Two presenters from London based local commercial radio station LBC 97.3FM, Steve Allen (left) and Anthony Davis have just finished taking part in a 'This Is Your Life' style sketch as part Steve Allen's 'one man show'. His 4th appearance at The Queen's.

This theatre opened in 1975. It replaced an older theatre which originally opened in 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth, hence the name.

This photo shows the back entrance to the TE off North Street with an Openreach vehicle parked behind the gate. This TE was converted from Strowger to Digital operation on Wednesday 20th May 1992 with numbers being changed to (01708) 4xxxxx and 62xxxx numbers. A DVD called "Goodbye Strowger" was brought out in 2015 recording this change from Strowger mechanical switching to electronic digital switching at this TE. However with fibre-optic cabling being currently introduced throughout the United Kingdom, the operational time scale for this TE could well be numbered.

Taken from Wedlake Close, this TE, dating from 1958, was converted to automatic working on Thursday 1st December 1960 and Subscriber Trunk Dialling on Thursday 16th May 1963. It is mentioned on the telephone exchanges website at https://telephone-exchanges.org.uk/exchanges/romford-exchanges/.

Located at 64 North Street RM11 1SS, this TE dates from 1958 and is typical of the office type of telephone exchanges built at that time. It has the code LNHOR and provides telephone and broadband services to approximately 26,746 residential and 885 non-residential premises in the Hornchurch area. The words TELEPHONE EXCHANGE can be seen by the entrance to the left of the photo.

Langtons was given to the Borough of Hornchurch in 1929, it was used as council offices until 1965 when Hornchurch became part of Havering. See http://www.friendsoflangtonsgardens.co.uk/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langtons for more information

A late 18th century former country house and garden now surrounded by suburban London. In 1929 the last family to live there left it to the local council, Hornchurch UDC at the time, which later merged into the London Borough of Havering. It's now a popular wedding venue, with the garden open as a very pleasant public park. More info on Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langtons

This handsome house, built on the site of an older house in the early 18th century, stands in a beautiful landscaped garden with a lake, orangery, bath house and a gazebo, all dating from the end of the 18th century, when Hornchurch was a rural settlement. The house was purchased in 1797 by John Massu, whose family were originally Huguenot refugees, and had become wealthy silk merchants in the City of London. He set about modernising Langtons, to which he added the two-storey wings that project on the south front. Humphrey Repton was commissioned to design the garden and created the serpentine lake and planted many trees some of which stand to this day. Best of all is the magnificent Cedar of Lebanon tree in prime position on the lawn in front of the Southern elevation. The house was given to the Hornchurch District Council in 1929 on condition that it remains unaltered and is for the use of the council only. Also that the gardens are maintained for the free use by the general public. The building is now used primarily as a Registry Office and wedding venue.

View across the lake to the 18th century Langtons House.