Whitestone Pond Box

[petewilson]

Here's another that I only have titled as "Hampstead Pond 1963"  

[hb88banzai]

Oh you glorious person, you!

You have no idea how long I searched for a photo of this Box. All the ones I found of the area had the Box Site just out of frame. Incredibly frustrating.

Actually it would best be described as --

Whitestone Pond Box - S46
Junction of North End Way, east side and Whitestone Lane, north side

Google Maps shows North End Way becoming Heath Street prematurely and Whitestone Lane no longer officially connects, but that's the Box.

I'll post street views a little later.

Well done!

[hb88banzai]

POV shot in street view --



The two buildings so prominent in the original photo are here obscured by trees. These trees are quite a bit larger than they appear due to the wide angle lenses used by Google when shooting their street view pictures.

Steet view of the Box Site (center frame) --



Note that instead of being right at the junction as described in the Met List, this Box was actually around 10 to 12 yards north of it.

Box Site Street View URL:  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=North+End+Way,+London,+United+Kingdom&hl=en&ll=51.561411,-0.179456&spn=0.000854,0.004233&sll=51.563332,-0.181317&sspn=0.01502,0.03386&hnear=N+End+Way,+London+NW3,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.561413,-0.179455&panoid=gKk3ui6t8yVHOeWEfEkDVQ&cbp=12,88.66,,0,2.68&z=18

[hb88banzai]

OK, this is just plain nuts!

When I first came across this location a couple of weeks ago (looking for a different Box) I was certain there must be something out there due to it being an obviously popular recreation area (it's a wading and model boat pond), but even though I looked for well over an hour, all I found were views that where either in the wrong direction or just narrowly missed catching a view of the Box. Extremely frustrating.

Just now, however, I did the search again and I came up with two more shots in no time at all!

Both from between 1960 and 1965 --





In this last one you can see part of the Box on the far right with a group of Police Officers engaged in some sort of activity in front of it.

Some blowups --

[hb88banzai]

A shot of this Box spotted by teppic from the film "No Place to Hide" (1959) --



A blowup --

[hb88banzai]

A screen capture found by Domvar - from "The Saint Steps In" episode of The Saint (13 Nov. 1964) --

[petewilson]

Okay Here's a view of the box from the opposite direction taken in 1969...Can you see it hiding there by the wall  



Pete

[petewilson]

And another rather obscure photo titled "Hampstead Heath North End Way looking to Esat Heath road by Whitestone Pond" (1969)

Pete

[hb88banzai]

It's amazing how different the area looks now with all the trees screening the buildings and blocking the panoramic views.

[hb88banzai]

A higher resolution version (courtesy of member gerald lovell) of the capture that started the thread - from the 1963 film, "The Informers" --



A blowup --

[petewilson]

After banzai's two new editions of these marvellous objects..
Here's another good one of this box not long before her demise in 1970 for your delight!

[hb88banzai]

Nice finally having a relatively close photo of this Box.

Here's a blowup --



And here's an extract from the only OS map available that shows this Box (from 1954-1955) --



The Box is marked "PCB" at centre of map.

Note: The original Met List indicates the Box was at the "Junction of North End Way, east side and Whitestone Lane, north side"; however, per the OS Map and the photos this box was actually about 8 yards north of Whitestone Lane, so the Met Database will be revised to reflect its actual position.

[starcross]

Another Photo of S46 from the City of London Archives.

Source: Collage #66598 - 1961 - North End Way: East Heath Road from North End Way by Whitestone Pond