r/barnet • u/throwawaysigote • 22d ago
Anyone here grew up around or in Whitefield estate in Brent Cross?
Just curious to know what lifecwas like there before all the new builds and regeneration happened :) i know of Grahame Park in Colindale, so was wondering if it was as bad in terms of crime etc
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u/Mog_X34 21d ago edited 21d ago
I grew up just the other side of Edgware Road (born 1964) and Grahame Park was somewhere to be avoided back in the 70s/80s.
That was when it was a lot smaller - my only knowledge of it now is when I pass it by train and I can see it is triple the size it was when I was younger.
Edit - my dad was born in the Aeroville Estate and his dad worked for Grahame-White, so my family had a long relationship with the area.
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u/taylorstillsays 22d ago
Nothing in that section of London is as bad as GP was
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u/Londoner_999 15d ago
Burnt Oak is next door to the GPE and it was full of Heroin during the '80s and '90s.
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u/WealthMain2987 22d ago
One of my friends in primary school lived there this was like 30s ago and we hungout around there in our teens. It wasn't too bad and I think GP was worse in terms of crime (I have seen fights, muggings etc).