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Chenies Street Chambers       Historical Society

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Chenies Street Chambers was one of a series of buildings in our neighbourhood bombed on April 17th, 1941. The incendiary bomb hit our building at 2:56 in the morning. No one was injured or killed, but the damage from the fire was considered so great that it was recommended Chenies Street Chambers not be rebuilt. Note the surviving plaque on the building (AD 1888) and the turret tower feature (both of which are featured in the original print of the building, circa 1888). The photograph was taken on April 30th 1941, facing Northwest, from the top of what was Puller's Dye Works (now the RADA building) showing our building along Chenies Street.


photo source: Holborn Library Local Archives Centre
21.05.2002

All our images for this site have been scanned in by Jaqueline Powell. Thanks, Jackie.