http://www.doganddeco.co.uk/2008/07/great-west-road-the-golden-mile/ for fans of dogs and Art Deco factory buildings Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:46:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://www.doganddeco.co.uk/2008/07/great-west-road-the-golden-mile/#comment-5956 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:27:42 +0000 http://doganddeco.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-5956 Mentions of Firestone Factory where my Dad worked after the war instead of going into Civil Service; motor cars and tyres got the better of him. The Firestone Americans accidentally on purpose let a wreckin’ ball into the building.

]]> http://www.doganddeco.co.uk/2008/07/great-west-road-the-golden-mile/#comment-71 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:32:46 +0000 http://doganddeco.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-71 I don’t live in the area now, but this must be where the former Great Western Railway’s Brentford Branch used to cross. There used to be a trussed girder bridge here. Not of any architectural merit though! The line now terminates just to the north of the Great West Road, at a waste terminal.

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