Then And Now

In the late 1970s, my good friend Len and I bought a house in Bristol Gardens, in the Maida Vale area of London. It was a wreck of a house, like the other properties in the road.

The whole street was in a pretty sorry state at the time, on both sides of the road…

Yesterday, I was contacted by David Bleicher asking if he could use the photos in his Instagram site: thenandnowlondon. I naturally said yes, and in return he has sent me photos of how the street looks today…

Quite a transformation.

I think that Len and I paid £55,000 for the house then. Properties go for millions now. We would never have a chance in today’s market.