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The view from South Bermondsey station
A complete view round the platform of the station. Taken on a sunny day a few months ago. Good views all over SE London (and also the Milllwall ground). As usual click on the little pictures to see...
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The Road to Millwall (2)
OK, this is how to get to wonderful Millwall in Sunny Deptford. Or was, until last week, when they closed the path under the railway. We’ll start in Lewisham, waiting in the rain for a 21 bus to come:...
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The Road to Millwall (3)
“Footpath Diversion. Footpath Closed: The footpath between Silwood Street and Surrey Canal Road is closed while we improve your railway” Things have changed a lot in only two weeks. Now, if you want to...
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Peckham Rye looking Pretty
Loads of people take photos of places like Peckham and make them look dingy and derelict and generally unpleasant. I’ve even done it myself. Its easy to do – its embeded in photographic culture with...
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Bits of London in the rain
The so-called “Millenium Village” looking like some strange cluster of painted adobe pueblo houses through the window of a 188 bus. London often looks best in the rain. Especially when you can’t see...
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Alien megastructures
London almost always looks best in the rain. And there is something about huge buildings that appeals to the inner 9-year-old. Especially when they look like a vast alien spaceship being built in the...
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Regular readers (all both of them) will notice that this is a repost of something I first posted over two years ago at: The 09:59 to Waterloo This is partly because that was tagged-on to the end of a...
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Gentrification and crap beer.
Briefly to Islington to see my brother for a Christmas drink. Its easy to get to now that the East London Line goes to Highbury and the Northern Heights are almost connected to civilisation Revisited...
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Cobblepunk Edinburgh
Edinburgh must be the most three-dimensional of our British cities. I like that. It appeals to my inner sf fan. All those old illustrations covers with bridges between towering buildings and streets in...
View ArticleSecret History of Streets
Well. I just managed to see the recent BBC “Secret History of our Streets” documentary about Deptford. Right up this blog’s street. After all it is mostly about what I see and hear walking around...
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