Back in Time | Ellesmere Park

The 'Back in Time' Project - 2020

The articles listed below are a record of the forty ‘Back in Time’ series of daily e-mails I sent to the members of the Ellesmere Park Residents’ Association at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. The aim of the articles was to help residents overcome the tedium of isolation through being required to stay at home. Many residents in Ellesmere Park are in the vulnerable category and needed to self-isolate. This series of daily articles gave those members a fascinating look back in time at Ellesmere Park and proved to be very popular.

Initially I intended to send three or four "Back in Time" emails to the residents, but the more photographs I uncovered and the positive response I received, I ended up sending forty. I tried to send them at 10am every morning so residents knew when to expect to receive their glimpse into the past. The order of the files below was the order the daily emails were distributed back in March 2020.

John Rabbitt – Treasurer of Ellesmere Park Residents’ Association 1990 - 2023

01 - Ellesmere Road in 1904

02 - Cavendish Road and the Allotments

03 - Stafford Road and Froebel House

04 - Proposed Extension to Ellesmere Park - 1878

05 - Aerial Photographs 1940s

06 - Ellesmere Road and Isherwoods

07 - The Elms and the Ermen Family

08 - A Letter from David Bratherton

09 - The Excavation of the Roman Road in 1973

10 - Panoramic Photograph of Ellesmere Road and Sandwich Road

11 - The Earls of Ellesmere

12 - Rowsley Manor - Westminster Road