Teacher Trail 4 | Page 1

STAMFORD BRIDGE TO WALHAM GREEN

Start at Stamford Bridge.

Look at this photograph taken in 1927.

1a. Describe What has changed? What has stayed the same? The entrance to Chelsea Football The buildings in the photograph. Club. The bridge. The amount of trafﬁc.

What is the greatest change? Entrance to Chelsea football club.

Since 1995, there has been a lot of new building at Chelsea Football Club.

1b. Do you like the new buildings? YES NO

1c. Why?

New stands. Chelsea Village, a leisure and entertainment complex with two four star hotels, a nightclub, ﬁve restaurants, health club, shops and business centre.

Walk along Fulham Road past Holmead Road.

Find where this photograph was taken from.

Fulham Road about 1955.

2a. How long ago was this? years ago.

2b. Describe any changes you can see.

The road is much busier now.

Continue along Fulham Road to the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation building.

These ﬂats were built for the families of men who fought in the First World War.

3a. When was the ﬁrst World War?

On the gate pillars are some of the famous battles of this war.

3b. Write down six of the battles which took place.

Flats built 1917 - 1923. The Sir Oswald Stoll foundation established in 1916 to provide disabled veterans of the ﬁrst world war (1914 -18) with affordable housing and medical help. Sir Oswald Stoll (1866 - 1941) was a theatre impresario who opened a number of music halls. He wanted to build a music hall on this land and between 1910 - 15 he made six applications to the local authority but all were turned down. So he abandoned that project and produced a scheme to build these ﬂats.

Walk to Fulham Town Hall.

The Town Hall is an example of VICTORIAN architecture.

4. Describe the building.

Listed Grade II, built 1888 - 90 in Portland Stone. An extension facing Harwood Road was added in 1904 - 5. A further extension was added in 1934. Now a venue for weddings and concerts. Notes on Victorian architecture in Introduction.

Look over to the other side of the road.

You can see the new Fulham Broadway development.

5a. Do you like these new buildings? YES NO

5b. Why?

Development started in 1999. New underground station, shops, ﬁtness centre and Methodist Church.

Go along to the pedestrian crossing, opposite the Slug and Lettuce Public House.

Look across the road to the Slug and Lettuce.

6a. What was the old name for this pub?

Kings Head. Stone plaque with “Kings Head 1680” on façade. A pub on this site since then. Present building dates from about 1880.

6b. Which name do you prefer?

6c. Why?

Look at this photograph of the Slug and Lettuce pub taken about 1905.

6d. Describe.

What has stayed the same? What has changed? Pub buildings. Station - originally opened in 1880, present frontage built in 1910. Amount of trafﬁc. Dress.

What do you think is the biggest change?

6e. What was Fulham Broadway Station called in the photograph?

Walham Green Station - it was known as Walham Green from 1880 to 1952. Listed Grade II. The façade built in 1910.

Look to your left across the Broadway. Find the Pricecheck Supermarket.

7a. What did this building used to be? (Look at the top of the building).

Bank, built about 1890.

On top of the building there is a steeple with a weather vane on top of it.

7b. What is a weather vane and what does it do?

Indicates wind direction.

Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing (opposite the Slug and Lettuce pub). Walk along the Broadway towards Walham Green. Stand on the corner of the Broadway and the junction with Vanston Place.

Look at this photograph of the Broadway taken about 1919.

8. What do you think is the biggest change that has taken place?

Buildings in the centre of the photograph replaced by the Fulham Centre. Nature and amount of trafﬁc.

Go towards the Fulham Centre.

In front of the Fulham Centre there is a sculpture.

9a. Do you like it? YES NO

9b. Describe the sculpture.

Sculpture by Philip King in 1981. It is called Clarion.

Walk along to the junction of Jerdan Place and Fulham Road.

Find this view of Jerdan Place taken in 1962.

10a. What can you see that is the same?

The buildings have remained the same. The buildings on the right of the photograph have been recently refurbished as part of the Fulham Island site.

One of the biggest changes is that cars are not allowed to go into Jerdan Place now.

This is called PEDESTRIANISATION.

10b. Do you think this is a good thing? YES NO

10c. Explain why.

Now look at the shops in Fulham Road.

These are two extracts from Kelly’s Directory. One for 1896 and one for 1959. They tell you who occupied the shops and what they sold.

1896 1959 Jerdan Place Jerdan Place 480 William Smith, builder 480 G. A. Gale,estate agent 482 William Warren, tripe dealer 482 Curtain Shop, furnishing fabrics 484 Harry King, umbrella manufacturer 484 Green Leaf Library 486 William James, corn merchant 486 Green & London Ltd., ironmongers 488 Miss Alice Taylor, toy repository 488 Paradise Restaurant 490-492 The Red Lion, P.H. 490-492 The Red Lion, P.H.

11a. Now complete the table by putting in what happens in each shop now. You can ﬁll in the table for 1896 and 1959 when you get back to school.

No. 1896 1959 NOW

480 Builder

482

484 Library

486 Corn Merchant

488

490-492 Fiesta Havana

11b. How have the kind of shops in this part of Fulham Road changed since 1896?

Loss of small local shops/manufacturers.

Go into Jerdan Place. Look for the plaque above the ‘Spice Café’.

12. What do you think the plaque tells us about this place?

Until 1877 Jerdan Place was known as Market Place. This was where the market for Walham Green was located. In the 1880s the market began to spread up North End Road.

Walk to the junction of Jerdan Place and North End Road.

This photograph of Walham Green was taken about 1904.

13. How has the church changed?

The tops of the pinnacles have been removed. The church was built on the site of Walham Green village pond, which was inﬁlled in 1814. The church is Grade II listed and was built in 1828. The style of architecture is Early English Gothic. See notes on architecture in the Introduction.

Walk towards the church.

Look at this photograph of Fulham Baths taken in 1979.

14a. Can you see what is happening in the photograph?

In the photograph there is a SOB (Save Our Baths) campaign going on. See the placards. The baths were closed in 1981. The building is now used as a dance studio. Fulham Baths Entrance Block was built in 1902. It is Listed Grade II. The baths included public wash houses and ﬁrst and second class swimming pools. Initially mixed bathing was not allowed.

The Fulham Baths (swimming pools) were closed in 1981.

14b. Do you think this was a good idea? YES NO

14c. Why?

Now go to the junction of Vanston Place and Farm Lane.

This photograph of the Red Hall was taken in 1914.

It is now the Mecca Bingo Hall.

15. How do we know that it is the same building.

Look for: The Dome The slate roof The entrance to the public bar of the Jolly Maltster pub.

The Red Hall was built as a cinema in 1913. It later became the Walham Green Gaumont. The façade has been altered and the statue of Mercury has been removed from the dome.

Go to the junction of Vanston Place and North End Road.

16a. What is this building?

16b. When do you think it was built? (tick one date)

1795 1895 1995

16c. Why did you choose that date?

Ask the children to use information from the trail. Does their work on architectural styles, building materials and age of buildings give them clues?

The public convenience (for both men and women) was built in 1895. It cost £1,312.14s. Two male and two female attendants were appointed in 1895 at a weekly wage of 25s (men) and 20s (women). A charge of two (old) pence per person was made for the use of the lavatory (the washing) facilities.