Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Broadwood Road came into being in 1915. It was a development of colonial-style houses, either bungalows or two-storey villas, on a ridge overlooking the Happy Valley Racecourse.
Number 18 was a bungalow. The bungalows typically had four rooms with kitchen, two bathrooms and servants' quarters at the rear.
Later place(s) at this location
Photos that show this Place
1920s
1920s
1934
Comments
Occupants of no. 18 in 1938
The Hewetts at 18 Broadwood Road were neighbours and friends of the family of Leslie Warren. The Hewetts lived at no. 18 until Cicely Warren left for England with her children, Geoffrey and Diana in the late summer of 1938 following the invasion of Canton. Shirley Anne Hewett was a friend of Diana Warren who wrote her surname as "Hewitt" on the back of this photo. I've belatedly established that no. 18 was an Asiatic Petroleum house, in which case the tenant in 1938 would have been Harry Walter Hewett. He appears in a previous photo that I've posted - so more editing to follow .....
18 Broadwood Road around 1935
The following photo shows an earlier child occupant of 18 Broadwood Road to Shirley Ann Hewett. I would guess the date is around 1935. The older child and owner of the doll is Diana Warren who lived at 19 Broadwood Road.