Bomb Disposal Home Guard
Children's Parties
Sports Days
STC News - The History of New Southgate
The Railway Magazine - The History of Cemetery Station
Boom time - loadsa money
STC
New Southgate Timeline
Apologies
if these dates are not quite right, please contact
me to put the record straight!
| Date | Description | Comments |
| May 1922 | John Tylor site acquired by Standard Telephones and Cables | |
| 1920s - 1930s | Site developed |
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| The War Years | Site suffered some bomb damage. Camouflage painted on buildings. Tunnels under the North Field used as shelters | V1 bomb hits
Building 8 Bomb Disposal Home Guard |
| 1950s | A time when whole families were involved in The Standard | Children's Parties |
| 1960s | Relatively affluent, a swinging time! | Flights to the Company Villa in Spain |
| 1970s | A bit of a blank so far... | |
| 1980s - 1990s | STC celebrated its centenary in 1983 | Centenary Open Day brochure |
| Building 3 was demolished early summer 86 (well, it nearly fell down, actually!) | One story was that much of the building rubble was used as hard core on the section of M25 being built west of South Mimms. | |
| Nortel Networks bought STC in 1991 | ||
| Building 4 was refurbished - Ian Vance and Sir Sidney Chapman officiated at reopening as Fiberworld House | Photo of Building 4 furnishing | |
| Buildings 6 and 8 demolished. | Photos of Building 8 demolition | |
| North Field Car Park Landscaped | Photos of North Field Landscaping | |
| Boom time - loadsa money |
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| Milllennium | Boom time - GoHire to try to find more employees. The last great celebration, at Alexandra Palace. New buildings started. | Article in Electronics Weekly |
| 21st Century | New buildings and car parks completed, never used by Nortel | Photos and other graphics |
| Farewell | Photos of the site on the final day, before and during the party | |
| Afterwards | Look what they've done to my site, Ma | The site |
If you'd like to help contribute to this site with photos, stories, or memorabilia please contact Rob White