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3, Victoria Terrace (1955) 42, Milton Road (1954)
51, West Street (1955). 38, Milton Road (1954).
2, Stanmore Hill (1955). 44, Milton Road (1954)
59&61. High Street, Edgware (1956) 3, Shelley Road (1955).
279,283 & 285, Pinner Road (1953) 27, 29, 31 & 33, Shelley Road (1955)
17, West Street (1956) 34, Milton Road (1954).
58, Milton Road (1953). 15, Shelley Road (1955).
13, Shelley Road (1955). 48, Milton Road, (1954).
12, Wordsworth Road (1955). 17 & 19, Shelley Road (1955).
Of these, 45, West Street, 60, Crown Street, 279, Pinner Road, 13,
Shelley Road, and 12, Wordsworth Road, were occupied at the end of
the year.
During the year Demolition or Closing Orders were made in respect
of the following properties: 1, 2, 3, Remenham House and 23, Wellington
Road; 1, 3, 5, 7. and 9, St. Ann's Road; 153, 155 and 157, Masons
Avenue; 30a, West Street; 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, Crown Street; 12, Kingsfield
Road; 1 and 2, Sunny Cottages; 12, Roxborough Road; 3 and 4, Marsh
Cottages; 18, Byron Hill Road; 108 and 110, Cecil Road; 23 and 25,
Shelley Road; 10, Grange Road; 82, Stanmore Hill; 38a, St. Ann's Road;
23, Marlborough Road.
The following were demolished during the year: 33, 35 and 37, Byron
Hill Road; 6 and 7, Marsh Cottages, Pinner; 2 and 10, Boxtree Road;
Burnt Oak Cottage, Oxhey Lane; 1, 3. 5 and 7, Pinner Hill Road; 13 and
14, Chapel Lane; Engadine, Devonshire Road; 23, 25, 27 and 29, Milton
Road; 40, 42, 44, 46, Marlborough Road.
Reconditioning of Houses. If after a Closing Order has been
made and even where the family which were then living in the house had
been rehoused by the Council, the owners do the work needed to make
the house fit for habitation, the local authority has to cancel the Closing
Order. A number of houses have been saved in this way. In some cases
at the time the Order was made, it was known what the owner's intention
was, but it was still necessary to make the Order so that the family could
be rehoused as the work which was required could not be done while
the house was occupied. The following houses which were the subject
of Orders have been or are to be reconditioned: 8, 10 and 12, Roxeth
Hill; 1 and 2, Spring Villa Road; 48 and 50, High Street, Harrow; 11, West
Street; 4a and 6a, High Street, Pinner; 1, Green Lane; 1 and 2, Ohio
Cottages.
Poet's Corner. For some years before the war, many of the
bouses in Poet's Corner were felt to be unfit for further occupation.
Although the houses had been erected at much the same time, there were
big differences in the way they had been maintained. The result was
bat although so many were considered to be unfit for human habitation,
there were some, particularly some owner-occupied, which were in much
better state. Nevertheless, it was felt that the best way of dealing with
these properties was by clearance. Accordingly they were represented,
as Were also some other houses in the adjoining Marlborough Road
which were associated with shops. An enquiry was held in the summer
The findings of the enquiry were that only some five were to