DISCOVER FASCINATING FACTS, TRIVIA AND SURPRISES AS WE
DIG DEEP INTO TELEVISIONS MOST FAMOUS CONSTRUCTION SITE!
beco TRIVIA #1
This
black
and
white
aerial
photograph
(image
4,
below)
was
taken
circa
1945
illustrating
a
magical
plot
of
land
bound
in
red,
north
of
‘Malden
Road’
in
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK.
This
red
line
accurately
identifies
the
current
back
lot
boundary
at
Elstree
Studios
which
would
become
our
Series
1
German
‘BECO
Building
Site’.
It
would
later
be
transformed
into
the
home
to
one
of
Britain’s
most
popular
television soap operas, EastEnders.
As
can
be
seen,
very
little
development
throughout
the
area
had
taken
place
at
this
time
with
only
a
small
residential
development
to
the
south
(Malden
Road),
industrial
buildings
to
the
east
and
green
belt
land
to
the
north
and
west.
Who’d
have
known
back
then,
this
plot
of
land
would
go
on
to
make
TV
history
in more ways than one? Lets take a look at what it looks like today…
Image 4 (above) Google Earth photo taken c1945. Elstree, Borehamwood, UK. The red line indicates the ‘BECO Building Site’ boundary before later becoming EastEnders ‘Albert Square ’
beco building site TRIVIA #1
As
can
be
seen,
very
little
development
throughout
the
area
had
taken
place
at
this
time
with
only
a
small
residential
development
to
the
south
(Malden
Road),
industrial
buildings
to
the
east
and
green
belt
land
to
the
north
and
west.
Who’d
have
known
back
then,
this
plot
of
land
would
go
on
to
make
TV
history in more ways than one? Lets take a look at what it looks like today…
Image 4 (above) Google Earth photo taken c1945. Elstree, Borehamwood, UK. The red line
indicates the ‘BECO Building Site’ boundary before later becoming EastEnders ‘Albert Square ’
This
black
and
white
aerial
photograph
(image
4,
below)
was
taken
circa
1945
illustrating
a
magical
plot
of
land
bound
in
red,
north
of
‘Malden
Road’
in
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK.
This
red
line
accurately
identifies
the
current
back
lot
boundary
at
Elstree
Studios
which
would
become
our
Series
1
German
‘BECO
Building
Site’.
It
would
later
be
transformed
into
the
home
to
one
of
Britain’s
most
popular
television soap operas, EastEnders.
