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Horn Lane, LONDON, W3 9EH

The notice in the window reflects the limited period announced for the second coronavirus lockdown: "Attention! The shop will be open from the 2nd of December, 8.00 am - 6.30 pm. Thank you for your understanding".

There has been a rapid turnover of occupants of shops around here, though there are also long established tenants. We hope this one will manage to survive as it is a convenient type of shop to have within walking distance of home. The building is Acton House, a block of flats.

This is just by Acton Main Line station, so the flats will have very good public transport in a few years time when Crossrail is open. There are shops and offices on the ground floor - the shop on the corner is shown in Image

In the second coronavirus lockdown, as in the first and throughout the summer, only a couple of people can be inside the post office, others have to queue on the pavement outside, and keep two metres apart. Inside the post office masks must be worn. Also in the photo, a motorcycle shop, opened recently; the site has been a pound shop, and a beauty parlour, within the last few years. The green portable cabins are the office etc for building the new Acton Main Line Station for Crossrail.

This building on the corner of Emmanuel Avenue and Horn Lane was a bank for many years. Beyond across Horn Lane is a block of flats.

The postbox is near the post office at 214 Horn Lane. The "NHS priority postbox" sign indicates that coronavirus test samples can be posted for special collection. The "Priority postbox Saturday and Sunday" indicates collection on those days. A Royal Mail website can be searched by postcode to find nearby post boxes, and show the collection times. Not all priority postboxes have week-end collections. The postbox has a GR cypher for George V, and has wording "Post Office" near the bottom.

An impressive name for a not very grand station on the Great Western main line. It is only served by local services.

Shops on the west side of Horn Lane. Also in the photo, a minicab office on the left and a builders' merchants yard on the right.

These veterinary practice premises do not allow customers to enter during coronavirus lockdown but do provide prescription and video consultation online. From the website of Goddard Veterinary Group it appears that their other sites with larger premises do provide for socially-distanced entry.

This photo from 1980 shows many parallel rail tracks, and goods wagons on them close to the passenger platforms. In 2019 some of this land is being used for Crossrail works, some is being used for storage of stone, with a few rail tracks for the wagons bringing stone. Acton History website http://www.actonhistory.co.uk/acton/page6.html tells us: "Junctions with a number of other railways in the vicinity of Acton lead to the development of a large marshalling yard at Acton where trains were re-ordered for their onward journeys, a role still key to the efficient transportation of stone from Somerset quarries to many terminals in the London area."