There are many people who were the characters that made Southall what it is. Any omissions are by reason of ignorance or unavailability and we would welcome any material that would help us to build up a record of those characters or people who made Southall and whom we have not included here
Mr. C.G. Vernon, Headmaster of Southall County School during WW2. Photograph by Marcus Taylor in about 1944. Marcus had just left attending the school when he took this photograph
Mr. J.J. Wilson of Wilson Houlder Solicitors, 91 South Road.
Among other duties, he was Clerk to the southall and Norwood Burial Committee.
Mr. Loaring owned an iron mongers shop in King Street in the 1920's
Father Buckle. He was the Roman Catholic Father in Southall when St. Anselm's Church was located in the Manor House converted agricultural barn
Charlie Woods and Harry Bland. Two Southall business people. Charlie Woods built the vast housing estate that stretches from Southall Town Hall up Lady Maraget Road and across to Greenford covering Dormers Wells. Harry Bland was involved in many local enterprises and was a local philanthropist
The Reverend J. McDonald greets GP. Dr MacDonald while cycling along Norwood Road in the first decade of the 20th century Where they brothers or father and son?.
Southall Councillors. 1922
Marcus Taylor, Southall Round Table
Chairman 1963-64 and Area 27 Chairman 1966-1967,
Professional Photographer
Marcus Taylor in 1942, aged 14. He took the photographs of the guns being moved from the British Legion at age 12. See WW1 & II page, and took many wedding and newspaper photographs whilst still at school
Leonard George Taylor Professional Photographer, Manor Studio, Southall from 1931 to early 1960's. Before Manor Studio, lived at 17a King Street (over the Maypole Dairy shop.
J.B. Thompson founder of Thompson and Thompson Estate Agents, 1920's
Olive Blanche Taylor, Portrait Photographer, and wages clerk at the Maypole Diary, wife of L.G. Taylor
Left: A studio portrait sample taken by Merriman who had a photographic studio in Southall in the first two decades of the twentieth century. He sold the business to a Mr. Charlesworth, who in 1930 sold it to Leonard & Olive Taylor (Manor Studio). The subject is not known, but is a good example of the type of work undertaken at that time
Frank Jennings. AEC Photographer 1950's-1960's.
During WW2 He drove tank transporters, and afterwards was employed by AEC and became their photographer after receiving training from Leonard Taylor of Manor Studio.
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Southall Borough Councillors circa 1922
CHARLES MARTIN (above)
The Martin Brothers pottery was located at Top Lock at the end of Havelock Road between 1874 and 1914. They transported their produce to their London shop by canal. Charles Martin is shown here in their Holborn shop (above).
Walter Martin (right) at work in their Havelock Road pottery. See Martin Brother fountain Places Page
John McNeillie and his wife Sheila. John McNeillie was born in Scotland but grew up in Southall. He worked for the Southall edition of the Middlesex County Gazette. Whilst at the Gazette, he lived with the Taylor's at 57 The Green (Manor Studio), and wrote his first of some 40 books 'Wigtown Ploughman' whilst lodging there..
He is reported in his biography written by his son Andrew that on leaving the County School, to have been asked by the Head Master, (C.G. Vernon) what he would do, and when told he was to be a writer, Veron is reported to have said "you will starve McNeillie'. As well as authoring over 40 books, he wrote articles for Country Life for 40 years. All but the first three books written under the name Ian Niall.
Sheila and John McNeillie outside their home in Wales to where they moved in 1940.
E.A. (Ted) Weeks. Mr. Elder William Barnes
Founder of Crown Cork Ltd Coal Merchant. Wm Barnes & Sons.
Southall business man.
Does anyone know what
he did?
John Smith of Middlesex Regiment with his two daughters, Caroline and Rosina.
The photograph was taken around the end of World War One. John Smith went on to work at the jam factory in 1920.
The family lived at no.65 Adelaide Road.
Photograph and information provided by kind permission of Gillian Hebard who is granddaughter of John Smith.
BISCOE SCHOOL
Probably first decade of 1900's. We have no further information about this photograph, so please contact us if you know anything about this photograph.
LEFT: Henry Phelps Baxter
H.P. Baxter founded the Barn Mission Church in about 1860. It is still in use at 9 Norwood Road. Originally it was located in a building on 'The Farm' which was about 3 minutes walk from Southall station. He permitted the Martin Brothers (potters) to use a shed at his farm at The Grange which was leased from the Earl of Jersey. He retired to 84 Gordon Road, Ealing selling The Grange in 1898.
Picture left and below supplied by kind permission of Alexander Forbes. Places link
More information about the BAXTER FAMILY can be found at the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iuu06azk0ytn00e/AADDg9MDkG8MhZVHP-c1fj3na?dl=0
The above dedication still hangs in the Church of God Mission building at 9 Norwood Road Southall 160 years after the Barn Mission was established by Mr. Baxter in the Barn Mission building 3 minutes walk from Southall Station.
A photograph taken at the wedding of Malvina Martha Anna Baxter to John Adams Bartlett II on 14 October 1897 at The Grange. Photograph supplied by kind permission of Doug McQuinn
The Baxter Family of The Grange, The Green, Southall in 1877. Photograph provided by kind permission of Alex Forbes. Places link
BAXTER FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH 1877
Front Row(kneeling): Louisa Frances, Alice Mary, Edward John 'Ted'
Second Row: Frank Oswald, Henrietta Julia "Hettie", Henry Phelps (holding. Malvina Martha An"Ina"), at his knee, Julia Malvina (holding James Robert Bruce "Jim").
Third Row: Arthur Foss, Ernest Charles, Henry Thomas, Sarah Catherine "Kate", Julia Clara, Richard Wakeham.
Back Row: Johanna Jetsam Cranch Simmons.
Information supplied by kind permission of Doug McQuinn.