London Districts: Perivale (Documentary)

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Perivale is the smallest town within the London Borough of Ealing. It forms part of the UB6 postcode in travel Zone 4 and has a 10 mile proximity from Charing Cross.
Up until 1900, Perivale exceeded no more than 60 residents sharing 633 acres between them. That 60 doubled by 1921 and 30 years later, 10,000 civilians had moved in.
The district of Perivale has about 2020 Polish residents; the most concentrated amount of Polish in the City. The second most spoken language is also Polish within this district. Overall, 62% of households own their own home.
The Domesday Book of 1086 described, what was then simply known to be 'Little Greenford', as an orchard of apples, yet when the Medieval French name Pyryvale came along in 1508, the first half of it 'perie', meant pear tree. Back then, Pyryvale was spelwt with the letters e and i substituted with the letter y. In any event, it's safe to say that apples and/or pears; and at least one valley, were involved in it's initial identity.
In 1904, a station on this site opened as "Perivale Halt" on the Great Western Railway line. It was superseded by the current Perivale London Underground station in 1947. It took two different architects to design and eventually get it built since the entirety of World War Two interrupted its construction process. A planned tower and extended wing were never constructed, so Perivale station is smaller than it should have been. It is one of only 16 Tube stations that are Grade II listed buildings.
This tiny 12th century church, St Mary's, is made out of of flint and rag-stone with its tower clad in white, horizontally overlapping, clapboard. An unusual style in this part of the world more common in New Zealand and certain North American towns.
It became redundant in 1972, but has since been transformed into a fine classical music venue, hosting mostly free piano performances in its cozy little acoustic space seating an intimate audience of 70.
Perivale established itself as a prominent area for crop farming from the 14th century, producing mainly high quality wheat. Once the 19th century came along, Perivale was the place to go for the growing of grass. This literally fuelled industrialisation in London as Perivale kept the 50 thousand horses fed with its harvested hay transported conveniently via the Paddington branch of the now Grand Union Canal.
This Art Deco designed building by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners; The Hoover Building, opened in 1933 as the UK headquarters for The Hoover Company producing vacuum cleaners.
To accommodate increasing demand for these devices which essentially just became known as Hoovers, the factory was extended with two extra stories to makeup a working area of 254,000 square feet. Shortly afterwards, a canteen and recreation centre were added and the structure was dubbed a 'Modern Palace of Industry' becoming somewhat of a museum as the firm welcomed visitors to look around it.
It was considered a model factory for worker welfare since 1600 staff were employed there in its heyday. The architects justified the cost with the notion that colourful decoration has a positive psychological effect on the worker. It has now been converted into flats and a Tesco Supermarket.
Horsenden Hill Park is the largest single nature conservation site within the Ealing borough at 100 hectares; half the size of Monaco and features wetland, ancient woodland habitat, hedgerows and meadows. The hill summit has impressive views and at 84m above sea level, it is the highest point in Ealing.
Within the grounds, there are plenty of activities available for young children, mostly notably the Gruffalo Trail which features well sculptured characters from the classic children's books. They can print off an exciting map from the website to guide them around the woods seeking out where the monsters are.
The 137 mile Grand Union Canal is the UK's longest linking London to Birmingham through the bustling cities, industrial towns, peaceful villages and rolling countryside. 166 locks control it along its path....

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As usual a masterpiece.

[@leetraquair1498]

Beautifully done. Thank you.

[@edmoris1]

This is really excellent work. So well researched, shot and edited. The script and voiceover is so well delivered, I’m really impressed. Some serious talent here. One to watch...

[@LondonDistricts]

You heard that peoples...?? Thank you sir.

[@peterperryman2800]

Perivale was our first home when we married in 1958, we rented the upstairs of a semi in Bilton Road. As a 15 year old my first job was in a shoe repairer shop on Western Avenue, I was brought up in North Greenford, Elton Ave. During the War my Mother worked in the Sandersons factory as part of the war effort. We moved to Farnborough after a year but now live in Australia since 1969, thanks for the memories.

[@arcadiopolonia8720]

Nice Job. I'm Polish, I used to live in London, but I never lived in Perivale. I was based in South London. I moved out to Spain 6 years ago, but I still got sentiment to the UK. Great series.

[@darganx]

Never thought you could make Perivale interesting, well done!

[@LondonDistricts]

Thanks!

[@ahuman9864]

I left Alperton (primrose way off Manor Farm Rd) for Michigan, U.S about 17 years ago. This was a real nice trip down memory lane. Well done!

[@surreygoldprospector576]

Great video - thank you! I'm Perivale born and bred (1964-1984) and the laid-back vibe here really does the place justice. Cool. :o)

[@ryancovey4361]

I’ve really enjoyed your videos! Watching from Oregon, visited London a few times and love it. I’ve been wanting to visit a church in Stepney (East Side), where ancestors were married in the 1800’s but not sure how safe it is? I think one taxi driver was like don’t be there at night, ha ha. I love the facts I’m learning about different areas of London from your videos!

[@CiaoHandy]

Great video again. I was born in Perivale (maternity hospital - no longer there) and my dad worked in the Hoover building.

[@RR-kp5ps]

I was also born in Perivale Maternity Hospital. It was being demolished when my sister and I were born in the late 80s. I live nearby, but never visited the area as of posting this comment.

[@efkay93]

The one aspect I recall about Hoovers, as it was referred to back in the 1960s, was the huge annual Christmas tree that adorned the site. Tesco promised to continue the tradition of erecting a tree every year following its acquisition in 1989, which it did for a number of years. Friends tell me the promise has long since been broken.

[@kclew3414]

Hypnotic soundtrack once again. Thanks again for another great video D.

[@LondonDistricts]

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[@SteveHughesMusicT-hex]

I'm totally addicted to this works

[@eviedawsonnn]

perivale is also briefly shown in The Thick of It, where Hugh and Glenn pick up Ollie in episode 1

[@susu_kkaaang]

In 2019, we were happy. I can't forget our beautiful memories at Perivale & Hoover building. 🍀 생각날 때마다 종종 보러온다. 아직도 런던여행은 선명하게 떠오른다. 페리베일에서 행복했던 우리모습처럼, 나와 네 앞날에 행운만이 가득하길. 😘

[@avinashbhogun]

Love my area. Still quite enough! ❤

[@meeshyeesh1416]

I learn SO much from this series! And I eagerly await the new videos. Thank you for putting these together!

[@briancox5011]

Hi, Great video - however it is noticeable that the very large industrial part of Perivale has been ignored - Wadsworth Road, Aintree Road etc especially as Horsenden Hill is actually in Greenford Magna - not Greenford Parva - i.e. Perivale! I remember my father telling me that the Central Line and Perivale Station built in 1947 used Italian Prisoner of War. Glasso Paints (in Wadsworth road) was a German company before the war and allegedly painted the German colours all across the road to stop it being bombed. My father lived about 50 yards away and told this story.

[@nicolahanley447]

On another comment it says how they aren't allowed to film in the industrial estate hence the lack of shots there

[@krisradjpaul278]

Thank you I had no idea about the history.

[@kirijasarvananthan3216]

Perivale is amazing

[@EARART]

🤣

[@Forpleasure1]

Lovely! Thank you :-)

[@LondonDistricts]

Thank you too!

[@jimmya.2300]

Great stuff again son. Brentford might be interesting for you Dewyne.

[@joolsclarke1864]

....yer eye, voice, info, music, perfection! Big luv from Hollyweird! Tho, I have to say, sad above Hoover Bldg..now a Tesco...🤢......and the worms were ...😧😧...eewwww! ...🤓👻👻

[@LondonDistricts]

Rock on!

[@flipper2392]

It may be Tesco now, but still called the Hoover building.

[@efkay93]

@@flipper2392: Thankfully the Tesco supermarket is at the rear of the building and does not impinge on the facade at all.

[@oomz1975]

Great video'

[@LondonDistricts]

Thanks!

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Awesome viedo!!

[@ArinatorGrande]

One of the most underdeveloped parts of london

[@carcocojoker4612]

Hi mate have you considered doing vids on Ilford and Romford 👍🏻

[@LondonDistricts]

Yes I have, and will do :)