To celebrate the final arrival of Spring, I managed
two Urban Wanders yesterday – one at lunchtime, the other after
work. The first was through some reasonably familiar territory near my
Paddington office, but the second was almost
completely new to me and covered some of London EC2, around Shoreditch.
This blog post however covers the first of these wanders.
The first set of photos are from Gloucester Place
Mews, I have definitely walked along this mews many times but I don’t
ever recall taking pictures. This is a curious mews in that unlike most
others it has a small dog-leg before it really
gets going, but is completely straight after that. And unlike some of
the other mews I’ve visited recently, this one consists of almost
exclusively white houses, so maybe there’s some sort of preservation
order here?
Gloucester Place Mews, London W1
Gloucester Place Mews, London W1
Gloucester Place Mews, London W1
Gloucester Place Mews, London W1
Gloucester Place Mews, London W1
This next picture is of a ghost sign on the corner
of Salisbury Place, but try as I might, I am not able to decipher any of
the wording ... "BUS", or maybe "BUSY"?
Ghost sign on the corner of Salisbury Place, London W1
And finally on this urban wander, we have a subway,
but not just any subway, this one just off the Edgware Road, is the Joe
Strummer subway. For those of you not familiar with the ground breaking,
UK punk bands of the late 1970’s, Joe was
the lead singer and guitarist with the Clash, but sadly no longer with
us following his fairly recent death.
Joe Strummer Subway, London W1
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