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A decade of great national change and growth.

In 1951 the Festival of Britain provided a celebration of "fun, fantasy and colour" and was a sign that the years of austerity were at last over.

King George VI died on 6th February 1952, and the Coronation of his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, was held on 2nd June 1953. Coronation parties were held throughout the country. The Coronation was the first ever to be televised - in black and white !

Building continued in Ickenham. New houses went up along Breakspear Road South, Edinburgh Drive (named after the Duke of Edinburgh) and Woodstock Drive. On the Glebe Estate, Clovelly Avenue and Clovelly Close were built by the Upjohn Construction Company on the site of Glebe Farm.

The completion of the building of Sussex Road on the Glebe Estate had been halted by the War; in 1952 the five houses on both sides of the end of Sussex Road were built, but the builders (Francis Jackson) were only given permission to build using existing materials.

Glebe School in Sussex Road was opened.

In 1957 a bridge was built over the River Pinn in Swakeleys Drive to take the greatly increased vehicle traffic. Previously at this point there was a ford - known as "The Splash".

Sweet rationing ended in 1953; Hamers opened their new shop in Glebe Avenue - much to the delight of local children !

In 1951 the population of Ickenham was 7,107.