ABSTRACT
Railway promoters had not overlooked Edgware's possibilities for suburban development. The transport plans and achievements stimulated the very first stirrings of suburban activity in the village. In the tea lounge, modest suburban mums were confronted with what Cinema Construction described as delicate carvings of nude figures 'lost in a silvery mist and light floral garlands, giving a cool and restful impression'. In 1910 an ambitious young estate agent had looked over the Edgware area, deciding to set up his brother in a small office opposite the High Street smithy. By the beginning of 1925, under the stimulus of the new railway in full operation, most of the Edgware Manor plots were sold, either for individual houses or for sectional development by speculative builders. The original recreation ground near the Underground station, more used than any of the others, gave way in 1938–1939 to the new bus garage.
