Does Anyone know the location of this picture?

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on August 21, 2008 at 12:20

Not sure yet.. but the house doesn't look like anything in NE London.. For one thing.. bricks like the ones on the photo are not typical 'London Bricks'. And the car... It has an unusual registration plate.. looks quite French or Belgian (I need to check these points out more thoroughly).. but apart from that, it has the letter Z on it, which as we all know, in the U.K. was only used on the island of Ireland.. Whether its a Republic number or Ulster, I'm not sure. Perhaps that could explain the unusual looking building?

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Permalink Reply by matt on August 21, 2008 at 12:28

With you on the bricks there Stephen. Probably is Northern Ireland ...

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Permalink Reply by John D on August 21, 2008 at 13:04

Well done - up to a point. The car belonged to the Lotus agent in Paris :-)
When I looked at the brickwork, it seemed to me that the side wall was newer than the facade, possibly rebuilt after bomb damage. The story was the body buck ( mock up ) on the trailer was built in Hornsey and was being towed to Edmonton to the bodybuilders.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on August 21, 2008 at 13:37

And you never had a branch office in Northern France?

It was the concrete wall and the style of building that first made me think of Northern France or Belgium. The registration plate is probably 3164Z75 (75 for Paris) anyone interested in old registration plates in F or in the 27 click here (click on anciennes) and here

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Permalink Reply by Helen1 on August 21, 2008 at 23:41

Might be possible to trace the business name on the wall? I read BLACK(BELL?) DAIRIES LTD.

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Permalink Reply by frank demster on August 23, 2008 at 20:55

Wild guesss but could it be Raines Dairy formerly of Northwold Rd Soke Newington (between High St N16 and Alkham Rd)?

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Permalink Reply by John D on August 23, 2008 at 22:44

Thanks Frank, I'll check it out. My feeling is that the building shown is not the place you would go to buy a pinta but a distribution depot or bottling plant.

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Permalink Reply by John D on August 24, 2008 at 13:48

Well I had a look Frank, but no sign. There has been so much redevelopment on that street that if it was there once it ain't now. But thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by frank demster on August 30, 2008 at 18:52

It disappeared about 2000, I watched them knock it down when I lived in the flats behind the new lego houses that replaced it.

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