Romford Town Hall in about 1937.1

Its design was the subject of an open competition held in 1935 by Romford Urban District Council.  The site chosen for the new building was Swan Meadow, which at the time was used for Carnival Day.²

The new Town Hall was formally opened by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir George Broadbridge KCVO, on 16th September 1937.³

A proposed Assembly Hall and refreshment room, flanking the forecourt on the north-eastern side (to the right of the photograph), was never built.  At the time this site was an orchard; it later became part of the car park.¹

Step forwards in time to see a view of the Town Hall in September 1999.

¹ Photograph reproduced from, and text based on, Romford, Collier Row & Gidea Park, plate 133a, by permission of the author.
² Havering Town Hall Fact Sheet, London Open House '99.
³ Inscription on a stone in the entrance foyer of the Town Hall.

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