Hoover Building, London

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On Monday 25th Jan, after my day at the Miele Gallery, I had a couple of hours to kill before meeting my friend Al (vacbear58) for coffee in John Lewis on Oxford Street.

So, since Perivale Station is on the same underground line as Oxford Circus, I jumped on the train and made a brief visit to the Hoover Building. It's so beautiful, it's always worth a look!

Here's the station itself - I wonder how many factory workers commuted through this station each morning and evening?

Notice the weather is still horribly cold and overcast at this point...

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Exit station and turn left, a 10 min walk up the road, and we're there!

No sooner had I arrived than the sun came out - the only short moment of sun we got all day! Perhaps Mr. Colston was smiling down...

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That's pretty much it - I'd got too cold at this point, because I also spent about 10 mins filming the building from different angles with my video camera. Editing that and uploading it is a project for when I find a little more free time!

I put the cameras away, and like someone flicking a lightswitch, the sun disappeared back behind the heavy clouds. I headed back to Oxford Street to window-shop until Al arrived!
 
Wonderful Building Jack!

I'm so pleased that this wondeful building is still around Jack - to think that not long ago there was talk of knocking it down?...but now it's been restored.

It's a shame about the damage to the floor; I seem to remember you saying something about that.

..and how lucky you were with the sunshine!

Stephen
 
Tesco?

Was this visible from the Red Line? It has been a few years, but was Tesco using the building for a while? Or is there a Tesco nearby? What I'd do for Tesco plain chocolate, right now. Used to be 50p per large bar. But I digress. I'd rather vacuum.
 
Tesco

Jay,

Tesco occupy space at the rear of the building, the front part has been converted into offices which Gallagher origionally occupied but is currently empty. There is little obvious sign of Tescos from the front, apart from a low sign in the front gardens. The rear of the building looks to me more like 1950s American motel than a building designed at the end of the 1920s, but the front remains reasonably unblemished, a relief as it was almost ripped down. It is definatly an icon on the way into London (it is lit up at night) although it would be great to have a time machine to go back to see it in its Hoover heyday.

If you ever see the UK made Poirot TV programmes the buiding (disgused) is used in one of the episodes - the one about the meat pie factory - I believe this was before Tescos moved in.

When he has time maybe Jack can give us some more details about this great building
Al
 
One reason I always liked watching Poirot was because of all the art deco buildings they utilized in the series. I'll keep an eye out for the Hoover bldg now I know what to look for when it comes up again in reruns.
 

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