Sources of information and acknowledgements

The Waterways of Brent. Cliff Wadsworth, Wembley History Society, 1997

The Welsh Harp Reservoir. G. Hewlett and T. Lomas, Wembley History Society, 1985

Nature Conservation in Brent. Ian Yarham and Meg Game. London Ecology Unit, 2000

Hell and High Water. The Brent Magazine, September/October 2000


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All photographs © New Leaf and London Northwest.com Ltd. except:
Aerial shot of the River Brent at Tokyngton Recreation Ground, walkway along the Brent at Tokyngton Recreation Ground in autumn, pollution of the Brent, Wealdstone Brook joins the Rver Brent © New Leaf;
Great Central Railway Bridge over the Brent at Neasden, 'Broken Back Culvert', Mitchell Brook joins the Brent near Tokyngton Recreation Ground © Cliff Wadsworth;
Alperton Wharf, Grand Union Canal, c.1923 © Wembley History Society;
Sailing Club training day, Western Shore, Volunteers at work, Great Grested Crebes, Turns on nesting rafts, Northern Marshes reed-bed, Flowering rush, Yellow iris, Dragonly © Dr. Leo Batten;
Yellow iris and other marginal plants in Fryent Park ponds © Brent Council Parks Service;
The Welsh Harp Reservoir from the air
, Water sports on the Reservoir © Welsh Harp Sailing Association;
The Welsh Harp Inn in 1904,The Acton Lane Canal Bridge and Grand Junction Arms pub in 1905, Old aqueduc © Juliette Soester;
Birds on the old Kingsbury Reservoir ©
J. Wolf.del Hanhart.imp, taken from: The Birds of Middlesex by James Edmund Harting F.Z.S.;
Flood Gates, Welsh Harp © Brent Archives.


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