Esso - Great West Road, Chiswick Flyover, South West London 1959
The screen grabs tie in nicely with this print showing the Chiswick flyover now complete. Bit of a co-incidence as there's an identical Esso tanker making a delivery in this shot as well as in one of the screen grabs. The big marquee is due to the opening ceremony which has just taken place and was performed by Jayne Mansfield! There is still an Esso garage on this roundabout in the present day in the same location and there was a second garage on the opposite side between the Chiswick High Road and the North Circular. Here's the same view-ish in the present day www.google.com/maps/@51.4911538,-0.2832765,3a,75y,31.21h,...
Esso - Great West Road, Chiswick Flyover, South West London 1959
The screen grabs tie in nicely with this print showing the Chiswick flyover now complete. Bit of a co-incidence as there's an identical Esso tanker making a delivery in this shot as well as in one of the screen grabs. The big marquee is due to the opening ceremony which has just taken place and was performed by Jayne Mansfield! There is still an Esso garage on this roundabout in the present day in the same location and there was a second garage on the opposite side between the Chiswick High Road and the North Circular. Here's the same view-ish in the present day www.google.com/maps/@51.4911538,-0.2832765,3a,75y,31.21h,...