tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31364746083844844712024-03-13T13:50:35.879+00:00In Search of Spacedakotaboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00804592205708387211noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136474608384484471.post-89554200838839346732024-02-26T19:58:00.002+00:002024-02-26T19:58:35.234+00:00Old signage on the Hugh Myddelton School and the London School Board's Warehouse, Clerkenwell, London<p style="text-align: center;"> Up in London for the weekend, we found ourselves with some time to wander around Clerkenwell before our <b><a href="https://www.migrateful.org/" target="_blank">Migrateful</a></b> cookery class started, we came across what was once a massive school, the Hugh Myddelton School. Originally opened in 1893, it closed in 1971 and was converted into flats in 1999.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dcPNzQL7VVfJf8pOc6BVXVOwhKBoA7JP5PNukWiEc99qF95GSml2smE0Z8mHhg4Cqk80mgU8rJjhUKHvNelpNrY-PJkQtUR3vUW6xSiY0Dn9oIgvzhf0fmF595BnwBsYqQK9e4BOpGo8S271i6F8dxUGXVh_Fwmf441vnOp6ghmBliIHT_GICklpX2Q/s4032/IMG_4966.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The former Hugh Myddelton School, Clerkenwell, London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dcPNzQL7VVfJf8pOc6BVXVOwhKBoA7JP5PNukWiEc99qF95GSml2smE0Z8mHhg4Cqk80mgU8rJjhUKHvNelpNrY-PJkQtUR3vUW6xSiY0Dn9oIgvzhf0fmF595BnwBsYqQK9e4BOpGo8S271i6F8dxUGXVh_Fwmf441vnOp6ghmBliIHT_GICklpX2Q/w400-h300/IMG_4966.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i> The former Hugh Myddelton School, Clerkenwell, London</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">As well as the rather obvious main building, there are plenty of other tell-tale signs pointing back to its history as a school. Firstly the entrance for the SCHOOL KEEPER.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mA4xOyLe31_SqqzaKTQ7cDz-SBJ9DUGSGcdVYzgVsiHIoKOAZF-CGJoElQXOxaMV09C-_uzp_lNNl3DJ4fPG-l45F7ldX09UxoRbpLvAOwrYqG987fAccSA7ACL_IhhBG4un7x2IqvVa0JMYZsvAztby8rR3OK6T5cbMTuKVfDvKb7sXkoCWHzKOTgo/s4032/IMG_4962.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Schoolkeeper's Entrance, Hugh Myddelton School, Clerkenwell, London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mA4xOyLe31_SqqzaKTQ7cDz-SBJ9DUGSGcdVYzgVsiHIoKOAZF-CGJoElQXOxaMV09C-_uzp_lNNl3DJ4fPG-l45F7ldX09UxoRbpLvAOwrYqG987fAccSA7ACL_IhhBG4un7x2IqvVa0JMYZsvAztby8rR3OK6T5cbMTuKVfDvKb7sXkoCWHzKOTgo/w480-h640/IMG_4962.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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dakotaboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00804592205708387211noreply@blogger.com0Clerkenwell, London, UK51.5264898 -0.107874623.216255963821155 -35.2641246 79.836723636178846 35.0483754tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136474608384484471.post-4014386745749007032024-02-06T18:33:00.001+00:002024-02-06T18:33:35.635+00:00An Urban wander from Dalston in East London to Barnsbury North London<p style="text-align: center;"> On the same day as I undertook my <b><a href="https://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-short-urban-wander-from-greenwich-to.html" target="_blank">short urban wander from Greenwich to New Cross</a></b>, via a couple of record shops, I then headed over the river to Dalston, where I started the next part of my drift. I'd been curious about the <b><a href="https://dalstongarden.org/" target="_blank">Dalston Eastern Curve garden</a></b> for a while so headed for this as my first port of call. It's one acre of green space built on a former railway track, to be precise the line which once connected Dalston Junction station with the old North London Railway. No remains of the railway in sight, but an interesting open space with a café too. I'm not sure my pictures quite do it justice, and although open all year I imagine it would look even better later in the year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcYCZ0tUJIjmOxwk4V4rjaiFYqVk1TgrK7ahYS8DVBhbHp7kCsYdL15OhABeEXK9uD3tAy2EnI___3fzpJX9FYEjgTDuyaTyI_rFMz_brYEj8BnWShCjfL6fwGcIe9L8KtxOdhorimi4d087LmU1lFIQTA87mlArhMCxLNSeg2Hsf7nn31h80GV-u0PA/s4032/IMG_4792.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, Dalston, East London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcYCZ0tUJIjmOxwk4V4rjaiFYqVk1TgrK7ahYS8DVBhbHp7kCsYdL15OhABeEXK9uD3tAy2EnI___3fzpJX9FYEjgTDuyaTyI_rFMz_brYEj8BnWShCjfL6fwGcIe9L8KtxOdhorimi4d087LmU1lFIQTA87mlArhMCxLNSeg2Hsf7nn31h80GV-u0PA/w480-h640/IMG_4792.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, Dalston, East London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguphd9LYSoune77dx2oQewF7N_oECFsXcpRfNpMZdzgohfIq9AU6k-bPTLslxlA5S3CzW9nYhMgj52S3h5CsZ2ak0HIrAOAow2ffyePUUj0TNJLt2dnXX2la3vPE97_O0vl13bD95_0AgaBwwGpC0VciacktAGVVTmJVCRgP4ONgz8xWM53swLNkoCw8I/s4032/IMG_4794.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, Dalston, East London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguphd9LYSoune77dx2oQewF7N_oECFsXcpRfNpMZdzgohfIq9AU6k-bPTLslxlA5S3CzW9nYhMgj52S3h5CsZ2ak0HIrAOAow2ffyePUUj0TNJLt2dnXX2la3vPE97_O0vl13bD95_0AgaBwwGpC0VciacktAGVVTmJVCRgP4ONgz8xWM53swLNkoCw8I/w480-h640/IMG_4794.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, Dalston, East London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Leaving the gardens behind, I headed west along Balls Pond Road and came across a former pub, The Anchor, which seems to have closed as a pub many years ago, and is now (possibly) a wine bar. Fortunately the old pub signage can still be seen on the gable, otherwise I would have missed it completely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TDUapN-37yLZbh7FoeOaVSdjMdLM6XWqEdRdhKgs_By_Ka9pn0bqox1ROj4n7yzWPTdrlMs3WrMLqMDmgWLGSuyswJaQDZKjgf2ouXh8Utodht4SJOmOLzSF9CI-aw1uwQj7tiZ8CljTJYrH3Sf_0WFAht8qoscCrXXGOOfXpSdVlmZThRx37-xqx1A/s4032/IMG_4795.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Anchor, Balls Pond Road, Islington, North London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TDUapN-37yLZbh7FoeOaVSdjMdLM6XWqEdRdhKgs_By_Ka9pn0bqox1ROj4n7yzWPTdrlMs3WrMLqMDmgWLGSuyswJaQDZKjgf2ouXh8Utodht4SJOmOLzSF9CI-aw1uwQj7tiZ8CljTJYrH3Sf_0WFAht8qoscCrXXGOOfXpSdVlmZThRx37-xqx1A/w480-h640/IMG_4795.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former pub, The Anchor, Balls Pond Road, Islington, North London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next up we have a very feint ghostsign on King Henry's Walk. I can't find any information about this one, and frustratingly I can only make out the words TURNING OF on the bottom line</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIryTmnoPk13F1ZDg953FO6uvWTukZVoIN4AgUL4EUqHarDOZF8Vrx_nZGhJEmnzqjK-K7Ym2skHE2uFvgxcHf8zLHNEZoWhsewEsJqm4suZjOMPp1Nkeykxx7fDwHfuyik_sOL7StI1_dK5VcsMxWzPmL5UYaozgkGl6nbwLuTyRLlyZNR-_q3R_Z7gY/s4032/IMG_4797.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign on King Henry's Walk, Islington, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIryTmnoPk13F1ZDg953FO6uvWTukZVoIN4AgUL4EUqHarDOZF8Vrx_nZGhJEmnzqjK-K7Ym2skHE2uFvgxcHf8zLHNEZoWhsewEsJqm4suZjOMPp1Nkeykxx7fDwHfuyik_sOL7StI1_dK5VcsMxWzPmL5UYaozgkGl6nbwLuTyRLlyZNR-_q3R_Z7gY/w480-h640/IMG_4797.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign on King Henry's Walk, Islington, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Continuing my trek through Islington I came across the former premises of PLAYBOARD PUPPETS on Ockendon Road, a puppet company created by Ian Allen and John Thirtle in 1971, famous for the Button Moon stage and TV show. The signage is still clearly legible above the threshold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2bevcWL0U_dvR7g86Bl2019WN94kwlsspKptPiiYvwZeZPC73F4HQFXXGz-JErKlRMNE7r4RMKgzI6ov-bEr0KPx-yiNlqUTHwffxOpSjaqCFk7aU86QuaugNjYyMUL1q9k-cdfI0khw8zv1zxdg-RmwqUiDOAN67pd4uHNU9r4pTFwUXaKUpo8F034/s4032/IMG_4801.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign on the former premises of Playboard Puppets, Ockendon Road, Islington, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2bevcWL0U_dvR7g86Bl2019WN94kwlsspKptPiiYvwZeZPC73F4HQFXXGz-JErKlRMNE7r4RMKgzI6ov-bEr0KPx-yiNlqUTHwffxOpSjaqCFk7aU86QuaugNjYyMUL1q9k-cdfI0khw8zv1zxdg-RmwqUiDOAN67pd4uHNU9r4pTFwUXaKUpo8F034/w480-h640/IMG_4801.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign on the former premises of Playboard Puppets, Ockendon Road, Islington, London N1 </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Further along the Essex Road is the former premises of JAY, which was a silversmith, goldsmith and watch maker. Pretty much all that's left as a clue to the origin of this building is the lettering in one of the shop doorways. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlQoCjHEYeN-Nzo4EpntnlUqyoz5Ia1Jkh8nAx2chbhlj46g1XQzxCiN39AZRzpCACC8fDjaKRo3jwI9Zh1tV1qDmPIvQ_QOzcFnF0bFngRx0-v3gfRMGy4erT2RLl14cBbX_BwjE-reBl-DF_jO9JFWKBJaPIfuaz1AFh_dRYtwPu2CnQYTTtRbkI7w/s4032/IMG_4802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Doorway to the former JAY watch maker's, Essex Road, Islington, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlQoCjHEYeN-Nzo4EpntnlUqyoz5Ia1Jkh8nAx2chbhlj46g1XQzxCiN39AZRzpCACC8fDjaKRo3jwI9Zh1tV1qDmPIvQ_QOzcFnF0bFngRx0-v3gfRMGy4erT2RLl14cBbX_BwjE-reBl-DF_jO9JFWKBJaPIfuaz1AFh_dRYtwPu2CnQYTTtRbkI7w/w480-h640/IMG_4802.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Doorway to the former JAY watch maker's, Essex Road, Islington, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a quick stop for a further vinyl fix at Flashback Records in Islington, I continued on my meander. Not much further along the Essex Road is the wonderful art deco style Gracepoint building, formerly the Carlton Cinema, designed by architect George Coles.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVJ3v3YuFgOzhLbduD4SOkm1s40zzU945RLm7fYnnf5uKcAqQfQCf_UAjQhzDD-VsUAtpqIJXNCNIqLy5bFn3eOkWMYM19X5uAGp-_GTzr8W3jgQh3zYcnofEhVjWbKEWmQ7uSEtXbkXz2Suwt-fzXi5vvdpQOEeBryfLP1a3PAk_ZeuSmg_S3oAIFdY/s4032/IMG_4805.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Gracepoint building, Essex Road, Islington, North London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVJ3v3YuFgOzhLbduD4SOkm1s40zzU945RLm7fYnnf5uKcAqQfQCf_UAjQhzDD-VsUAtpqIJXNCNIqLy5bFn3eOkWMYM19X5uAGp-_GTzr8W3jgQh3zYcnofEhVjWbKEWmQ7uSEtXbkXz2Suwt-fzXi5vvdpQOEeBryfLP1a3PAk_ZeuSmg_S3oAIFdY/w480-h640/IMG_4805.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Gracepoint building, Essex Road, Islington, North London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Essex Road really does seem to be the road that keeps on giving, and not far from the previous find, we have the former premises of R.Gunner, a small chain of provisions merchants, whose initials can be seen both in the doorway mosaic and the tiled wall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEwMIoV4DJ-YXTG2YBAlI-Kgn8FBIqoR_FzaSXBAwk-WXayMtn6tjOo_iC6rSBwrNEkaENfMmhSwptP9HbWaXx9_OGg2GgOMqIPSsCCqRtsGoX0rKbFUYWOyGX_xWb-Npnq1Ho-tWzEwOBrbnUfsRCvae29A637Yro53Z6_uF5SratY7-oJaJiJRmsfc/s4032/IMG_4807.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Doorway mosaic and tiling for R.Gunner, Essex Road, Islington, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEwMIoV4DJ-YXTG2YBAlI-Kgn8FBIqoR_FzaSXBAwk-WXayMtn6tjOo_iC6rSBwrNEkaENfMmhSwptP9HbWaXx9_OGg2GgOMqIPSsCCqRtsGoX0rKbFUYWOyGX_xWb-Npnq1Ho-tWzEwOBrbnUfsRCvae29A637Yro53Z6_uF5SratY7-oJaJiJRmsfc/w480-h640/IMG_4807.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Doorway mosaic and tiling for R.Gunner, Essex Road, Islington, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moving along Essex Road a bit further we come across a rather wonderful old sign on the corner of Popham Street for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">X-ZALIA</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NIGHT CURE FOR</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">CATARRH</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">COLDS IN THE HEAD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">INFANTS INFLUENZA</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SIMPLE & INEXPENSIVE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOLHMB75WCDDSQQ-bXzyMkmKmpyMmQnupE50bJIvgn8_BZSXQgRLzKjHwRs0bk9xS-D_H6jWm7HoMxVGe9LgBrgzk5jK9ZKM_vsWR_MESclApbjPbFi2ilci8Pbp4UwHsAMcIqcTxV8K4n_bkeOUOPQ1r9jokr_HJADDG_s5HlBGdI6Jkt5kuD143axg/s4032/IMG_4808.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for X-Zalia catarrh treatment, Essex Road, Islington, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOLHMB75WCDDSQQ-bXzyMkmKmpyMmQnupE50bJIvgn8_BZSXQgRLzKjHwRs0bk9xS-D_H6jWm7HoMxVGe9LgBrgzk5jK9ZKM_vsWR_MESclApbjPbFi2ilci8Pbp4UwHsAMcIqcTxV8K4n_bkeOUOPQ1r9jokr_HJADDG_s5HlBGdI6Jkt5kuD143axg/w480-h640/IMG_4808.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Old sign for X-Zalia catarrh treatment, Essex Road, Islington, North London, N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moving away from Essex Road now, I ventured westwards and came across this former pub, the Old Parr's Head, on the corner of Cross Street and Upper Street. The building still has much of its old pub tiling, including some wonderful signs (see below) but is now a branch of Monsoon, so I imagine they will no longer be serving LUNCHEONS DAILY as the sign suggests.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3woCTihDfd7gIiEaYj5JUZ9jYvZHhWkT1Uzkzq3omFFxfHn2a5B9lmqQtbhuuwpayLxKtDucSXHuGR7q8PfIxM8MZEW5D5Hm8nQ5mCzIyCxwR7GnPGcvilb5_dSA3f88dYweDCQpKwOf0maee4vxIpIuSju2Io4XFFvm4G9cMYTd17LJg2ySRjYlEXRs/s4032/IMG_4809.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tiling on the Old Parr's Head pub, Islington, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3woCTihDfd7gIiEaYj5JUZ9jYvZHhWkT1Uzkzq3omFFxfHn2a5B9lmqQtbhuuwpayLxKtDucSXHuGR7q8PfIxM8MZEW5D5Hm8nQ5mCzIyCxwR7GnPGcvilb5_dSA3f88dYweDCQpKwOf0maee4vxIpIuSju2Io4XFFvm4G9cMYTd17LJg2ySRjYlEXRs/w480-h640/IMG_4809.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Tiling on the Old Parr's Head pub, Islington, North London, N1</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtBlPljp-MsU4Gaf5E_I5obM4K9t_E4NTa06yIYEGyKYwwgtOUXri4XJjXrvs1a4Yv63UzwA9YsdUtrLoDyYJOcqIFYvFi0jneiCjphFJ1-pnNDxd9I6CdEjvF8JYhb6tGKvbN5hb4UE6R5bdYkbFNqFioDsy1DH_HF9tHKzJgqn41ukAsTrp2zRLro4/s4032/IMG_4811.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tiling on the Old Parr's Head pub, Islington, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtBlPljp-MsU4Gaf5E_I5obM4K9t_E4NTa06yIYEGyKYwwgtOUXri4XJjXrvs1a4Yv63UzwA9YsdUtrLoDyYJOcqIFYvFi0jneiCjphFJ1-pnNDxd9I6CdEjvF8JYhb6tGKvbN5hb4UE6R5bdYkbFNqFioDsy1DH_HF9tHKzJgqn41ukAsTrp2zRLro4/w480-h640/IMG_4811.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Tiling on the Old Parr's Head pub, Islington, North London, N1</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet another former pub as I made my way to Barnsbury. This is the Rainbow, on the corner of Liverpool Road and Barnsbury Street, built in 1879 but not serving pints for quite a while now I imagine.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrAIw4VddVRybS73Ldwxn7y63Ag_4ZTtW5HDLcW9yjKATf95LBjiMT4XZDrwIfccI24_arQE-gmvdP2rTqJOP0RtxALLZyovOSK-82YjkjgCkKXZjeUvKilOC9vVd8OztYfbSl9L-C1fdavAAGVYUfd-WRFEoAQL8snzBL_HRLMz4dI86V2TKnLbUxeY/s4032/IMG_4814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Rainbow, Barnsbury, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrAIw4VddVRybS73Ldwxn7y63Ag_4ZTtW5HDLcW9yjKATf95LBjiMT4XZDrwIfccI24_arQE-gmvdP2rTqJOP0RtxALLZyovOSK-82YjkjgCkKXZjeUvKilOC9vVd8OztYfbSl9L-C1fdavAAGVYUfd-WRFEoAQL8snzBL_HRLMz4dI86V2TKnLbUxeY/w480-h640/IMG_4814.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former pub, The Rainbow, Barnsbury, North London, N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And so on to what is now one of my favourite parts of London, full of history and interesting architecture. Having spent many an hour wandering around the various inner and outer suburbs and districts of London I'm not sure how I would have missed Barnsbury before. One possible reason is that it does not have any record shops as far as I can see, which is usually my main reason for exploring, but there's so much to see here, it's going to deserve another visit, or two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First up we have another former pub, this time it's the former Whitbread pub, The Prince of Wales, at 71 Barnsbury Street. I've included a few pictures of this one as I was quite taken by it's appearance and wonderful green tiling, along with the Whitbread tankard sign.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFo1d7cXK_Kw7vIXHvjEtoPkdWmV_daNVyWTeZy9f7bWe8pqeXJq0PrTYo0IV1k7OtsWNA3m3wSsVDJXbCsE0Yex9gZ3f2VSyJ-jAixTSnjYNJ2TBr2mN5rZD_cLGZYu7U8PtYmK6Z_SRrXjYIlhsanzdrPA3q1-5vop1XLTRA6MIakAQrfgzU80T3u0g/s4032/IMG_4817.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Prince of Wales, 71 Barnsbury Street, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFo1d7cXK_Kw7vIXHvjEtoPkdWmV_daNVyWTeZy9f7bWe8pqeXJq0PrTYo0IV1k7OtsWNA3m3wSsVDJXbCsE0Yex9gZ3f2VSyJ-jAixTSnjYNJ2TBr2mN5rZD_cLGZYu7U8PtYmK6Z_SRrXjYIlhsanzdrPA3q1-5vop1XLTRA6MIakAQrfgzU80T3u0g/w480-h640/IMG_4817.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former pub, The Prince of Wales, 71 Barnsbury Street, North London, N1</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6x0HM6A1SzCmxW2Dv5_xv_gnBeMC78ehiPBr4O9l6-MFyYF-DQxrW-7oQeN1WEOZH6wLQHre-DEMkXKys2aTUz6EB4ryThx39aY8V857FZThS93DW-Mxq2iAXdSxsXtQ322geZ4f9GRYaFhuJRQh4946UT0n2XyR-5nt46_l9Duf43ToNYYRfDhLdXU/s4032/IMG_4818.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Prince of Wales, 71 Barnsbury Street, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6x0HM6A1SzCmxW2Dv5_xv_gnBeMC78ehiPBr4O9l6-MFyYF-DQxrW-7oQeN1WEOZH6wLQHre-DEMkXKys2aTUz6EB4ryThx39aY8V857FZThS93DW-Mxq2iAXdSxsXtQ322geZ4f9GRYaFhuJRQh4946UT0n2XyR-5nt46_l9Duf43ToNYYRfDhLdXU/w480-h640/IMG_4818.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Former pub, The Prince of Wales, 71 Barnsbury Street, North London, N1</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtvp98yy2u8G6cUgHhbqBONvq7fyKIkgLRLLhT3r-Wug2XMWALqWB2XYSQSNUnG5RXR37xfpIYV_2CmC9_QUSaLGQJkeJkVNCJhhEj91Ae5ZMOg0-eDfCc6MLl4iSZ6whRC7nf_j4Nw2OJFWviMz3YxAtqPclOe9y2ShMDyjVtdqrvTrdqvPXzf7jHv8/s4032/IMG_4819.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Prince of Wales, 71 Barnsbury Street, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtvp98yy2u8G6cUgHhbqBONvq7fyKIkgLRLLhT3r-Wug2XMWALqWB2XYSQSNUnG5RXR37xfpIYV_2CmC9_QUSaLGQJkeJkVNCJhhEj91Ae5ZMOg0-eDfCc6MLl4iSZ6whRC7nf_j4Nw2OJFWviMz3YxAtqPclOe9y2ShMDyjVtdqrvTrdqvPXzf7jHv8/w480-h640/IMG_4819.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Former pub, The Prince of Wales, 71 Barnsbury Street, North London, N1</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My poor old legs were getting tired now but I'm glad I kept going on my wander and found another ghostsign, and what a beauty it is. This is on the corner of Cloudesley Road and Richmond Avenue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WOOTON'S CASH CHEMIST</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DISPENSING</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">CHEMIST</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HOURS OF BUSINESS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9AM TO 6-30PM</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">THURSDAY TO 1 PM</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TOILET &</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NURSERY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">REQUISITES</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PHOTOGRAPHIC</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MATERIALS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKTZ1Ohzelyb_41iXWRPbWDFgtbvsh8qwkC57ouST9gEB67ohM_7vZawg1mgHs-xva4Zivj5efGyMMKiIbu4P5th8NhGsgBYfv03M2mw3XSxyQdwid7D36X9T_P6TPY8MvwqMkpo2cl6KsNh6Gmg4_mH6V6ZLjAYwPYrsXKUaYSitY_Hgxqlpnp6nvrw/s4032/IMG_4821.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign for Wotton's Cash Chemist, Cloudesley Road, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKTZ1Ohzelyb_41iXWRPbWDFgtbvsh8qwkC57ouST9gEB67ohM_7vZawg1mgHs-xva4Zivj5efGyMMKiIbu4P5th8NhGsgBYfv03M2mw3XSxyQdwid7D36X9T_P6TPY8MvwqMkpo2cl6KsNh6Gmg4_mH6V6ZLjAYwPYrsXKUaYSitY_Hgxqlpnp6nvrw/w480-h640/IMG_4821.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign for Wotton's Cash Chemist, Cloudesley Road, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This next couple of pictures are of the front of the former chemist, on Richmond Avenue. The building on the left would have been the actual chemist, whereas the one on the left is some sort of former off-licence, possibly called The Cork & Bottle, although I cannot make that out from the sign above the threshold,</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9cHZx3Q9bKM97EeXZbVtlk7-XwGgAepD1ujo4H_JobnptUeIUTvUhZW3lyqvAP2ZQ173vistPgL1bqiCFFUqkMcdIezKtPnBP6Atf5GOvx_bMpOfB8b1cY166tsiELoC4Tw8xJBqfhce9NA1f_Fzas47_FW-OsIgMBe6SGcS5ttNLhG1ygXfuElvrU4/s4032/IMG_4824.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shops, Richmond Avenue, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9cHZx3Q9bKM97EeXZbVtlk7-XwGgAepD1ujo4H_JobnptUeIUTvUhZW3lyqvAP2ZQ173vistPgL1bqiCFFUqkMcdIezKtPnBP6Atf5GOvx_bMpOfB8b1cY166tsiELoC4Tw8xJBqfhce9NA1f_Fzas47_FW-OsIgMBe6SGcS5ttNLhG1ygXfuElvrU4/w480-h640/IMG_4824.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shops, Richmond Avenue, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A close up of the shop window showing presumably some of what they would have sold, Fizz, and the opening hours.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDG1Y5y-KOrOrDRoVsaRO_hYPtKH-p3DvBhKvUu8hJqltToswRUvoypJltHiJlXyeHQRcuAefGvuQsTEVVfKtTHXzLOahXAbKOOMQtL3zVxtu0O5zyEv2iRVeWSCYTOtTsw5OxJQT9wyr-s1jQh_TCuomaF2OIxIX57756mt3yzAIkb7LmaPmGzJoheBg/s4032/IMG_4825.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shop window, Richmond Avenue, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDG1Y5y-KOrOrDRoVsaRO_hYPtKH-p3DvBhKvUu8hJqltToswRUvoypJltHiJlXyeHQRcuAefGvuQsTEVVfKtTHXzLOahXAbKOOMQtL3zVxtu0O5zyEv2iRVeWSCYTOtTsw5OxJQT9wyr-s1jQh_TCuomaF2OIxIX57756mt3yzAIkb7LmaPmGzJoheBg/w480-h640/IMG_4825.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shop window, Richmond Avenue, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just around the corner from Richmond Avenue is the former premises of HENRY LICHT. Unfortunately I was unable to find any further information on this building.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8t7CQEE7cEvxl5Tfe_OZxjuT5vuVvIoISL7Y2fv2KEhivzR4GRoRYZ7xfYit1tDA3k8AWEVyD12N9rGEjKhBtF5tAcVVR2CdVsXDVXF_ykb0d8LMUgG8K3ae1b9_6b1mDrKwmpU3rly2C7jLHAJKJ_m9MeQsds2OeMBtQf784e6I0t5uUYtJaf4GkipU/s4032/IMG_4826.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former premises of Henry Licht, Barnsbury Street, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8t7CQEE7cEvxl5Tfe_OZxjuT5vuVvIoISL7Y2fv2KEhivzR4GRoRYZ7xfYit1tDA3k8AWEVyD12N9rGEjKhBtF5tAcVVR2CdVsXDVXF_ykb0d8LMUgG8K3ae1b9_6b1mDrKwmpU3rly2C7jLHAJKJ_m9MeQsds2OeMBtQf784e6I0t5uUYtJaf4GkipU/w400-h300/IMG_4826.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former premises of Henry Licht, Barnsbury Street, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A slightly zoomed out picture showing even more former shops and studios in Barnsbury Street.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGinFxZfYRgVwLCpMFdjNY0GtONSI0uWBXd1bsFIEfBRJaGxZVWVvCdr-rPCRNucoaMRzv5NBDMQnARzaI72Uwpchem0FL6rWwJx1k3fuVJ4DOkimrCJJrvldYGzaVeTVpQc4B193yaJdous5idse4jPw7-sD0agvKpY57Lvhytphak5hvnC4aSJqPOg/s4032/IMG_4829.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shops and studios in Barnsbury Street, North London, N1" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGinFxZfYRgVwLCpMFdjNY0GtONSI0uWBXd1bsFIEfBRJaGxZVWVvCdr-rPCRNucoaMRzv5NBDMQnARzaI72Uwpchem0FL6rWwJx1k3fuVJ4DOkimrCJJrvldYGzaVeTVpQc4B193yaJdous5idse4jPw7-sD0agvKpY57Lvhytphak5hvnC4aSJqPOg/w400-h300/IMG_4829.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shops and studios in Barnsbury Street, North London, N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I originally thought this next building, on Agar Grove, was a former pub but I can't find any information about it on the <b><a href="https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">Closed Pubs site</a></b>, so I'm assuming that instead it was most likely a shop in its previous life. I suspect the brick wall above the windows would have held some sort of signage. I zoomed in close on my PC and think I can make out the odd letter but may be imagining it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYD8Qknt1k_nZ5_3r_Ebs2TZvY33D49vipDWETK9nrHdrLAED_WMrHAmYGTRUgafTSJzYwmaa0znQwuAA4gXDsOBrfFMW9nL2riqy2raLXiKjMHq6j0qMlqPruOmu5ZIHXVLW2ALrmrWPSaE2SqcHSAfZceGTrxdTLijl1xLLtvjipdN0n6DbkhVfVlI/s4032/IMG_4830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shop, Agar Grove, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYD8Qknt1k_nZ5_3r_Ebs2TZvY33D49vipDWETK9nrHdrLAED_WMrHAmYGTRUgafTSJzYwmaa0znQwuAA4gXDsOBrfFMW9nL2riqy2raLXiKjMHq6j0qMlqPruOmu5ZIHXVLW2ALrmrWPSaE2SqcHSAfZceGTrxdTLijl1xLLtvjipdN0n6DbkhVfVlI/w480-h640/IMG_4830.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shop (?), Agar Grove, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This turned out to be quite an epic walk, and as mentioned Barnsbury is definitely and area I'll be returning to as it feels like there's plenty more to see. As usual many thanks for reading and stay tuned for more posts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<ins class="epn-placement" data-config-id="0020af34734fd10dd1f99f25"></ins>dakotaboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00804592205708387211noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5072178 -0.127586223.196983963821154 -35.2838362 79.817451636178845 35.0286638tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136474608384484471.post-78648247496995360942024-01-30T18:59:00.001+00:002024-01-30T18:59:33.375+00:00A short urban wander from Greenwich to New Cross, taking in some lost pubs and ghostsigns on the way<p style="text-align: center;"> I've become slightly obsessed with this part of South London of late, first and foremost because of the excellent record shop, <b><a href="https://upsidedownrecords.co.uk/" target="_blank">Upsidedown Records</a></b>, on Deptford High Street, but also because it's not an area I have explored that much before. After filling my boots with lots of vinyl goodness, initially at Music and Video Exchange in Greenwich, I left Greenwich and headed towards Deptford. Rather than taking the main road as I'd done previously, I walked through a narrow path next to St Alfege Church called St Alfege Passage, which brings you out on the corner of Roan Street and Churchfields.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The first point of interest I spotted was <i>Number 16</i>. It looks like it was a boutique hotel but I'm not sure it still is given the fact that the online reviews are all several years old. Interesting signage nevertheless with the old Nectar Tea sign on the wall.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1S_4mtbnrCTXztyN8KyBT4S9O_pLz1QeYyG5QoMXuYC76huzqD5Q-UwoRvcX3yg-Lb4oovid8oxCahmfS_PALwVr_T6e07Ri-aEOI9lCuFJFslZ9P-Fq-ceoXyAIStDOwyevSJcA7G4PCNwRvgUBlQdUsXXFgFFW-Crxk8U74TZB5LHdue3JaG8va_g/s4032/IMG_4770.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Number 16, St Alfege Passage and Roan Street, Greenwich, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1S_4mtbnrCTXztyN8KyBT4S9O_pLz1QeYyG5QoMXuYC76huzqD5Q-UwoRvcX3yg-Lb4oovid8oxCahmfS_PALwVr_T6e07Ri-aEOI9lCuFJFslZ9P-Fq-ceoXyAIStDOwyevSJcA7G4PCNwRvgUBlQdUsXXFgFFW-Crxk8U74TZB5LHdue3JaG8va_g/w480-h640/IMG_4770.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Number 16, St Alfege Passage and Roan Street, Greenwich, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Directly opposite <i>Number 16</i> is a former pub, <i>The Earl Grey</i>, at 1 Churchfields. This old pub is now used as a private residence but still has the old pub sign, dated 1913, and the green tiling adorning the façade of the building. The buildings either side of the former pub look relatively new but I'm not sure whether the pub would have stood on its own, or whether the adjacent buildings have long since been demolished. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghIdfy3fVy0dJ9_P0fYEQ2bS5W41yqdIsXqleYvcmk_maqm6pdTmrO5TJrIyarlIXoDM_SIQGzu1mtUhXTeJV2tM6dQ9pOXWkQcrmos2Q8ArL6EfeS1_LDBpbeT9oXABDNXoNAv2Mw8aQUF0m_yGqoP1dOiDFnADzDhDL_JddK50fxyy5fArA2eW1yqs/s4032/IMG_4771.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Earl Grey, 1 Churchfields, Greenwich, South London SE10" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghIdfy3fVy0dJ9_P0fYEQ2bS5W41yqdIsXqleYvcmk_maqm6pdTmrO5TJrIyarlIXoDM_SIQGzu1mtUhXTeJV2tM6dQ9pOXWkQcrmos2Q8ArL6EfeS1_LDBpbeT9oXABDNXoNAv2Mw8aQUF0m_yGqoP1dOiDFnADzDhDL_JddK50fxyy5fArA2eW1yqs/w480-h640/IMG_4771.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former pub, The Earl Grey, 1 Churchfields, Greenwich, South London SE10</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Continuing on my journey to Deptford, I came across what is possibly still a school, with separate entrances for boys and girls, on Randall Place, complete with the original signage above the doorways.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4qJ7714E9_N3x7_drkXgR61MbAKxHAxW97MD9LCqW7VuQ1cSCBWmB235hP1bMZheKJ82fi5BakH8yUVO_aHf3tiZ9sRtfzXYeoXyCYjGDQeKwJ4WmdxBeqaArgs8Df-gjJuYQuzS8qB0oLLTdIWgHKeGzYpFWPePvTDuJefCNg87Cl9qUTAZoAY56NI/s4032/IMG_4774.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Boys and Girls entrances for a school on Randall Place, Greenwich, South London SE10" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4qJ7714E9_N3x7_drkXgR61MbAKxHAxW97MD9LCqW7VuQ1cSCBWmB235hP1bMZheKJ82fi5BakH8yUVO_aHf3tiZ9sRtfzXYeoXyCYjGDQeKwJ4WmdxBeqaArgs8Df-gjJuYQuzS8qB0oLLTdIWgHKeGzYpFWPePvTDuJefCNg87Cl9qUTAZoAY56NI/w480-h640/IMG_4774.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Boys and Girls entrances for a school on Randall Place, Greenwich, South London SE10</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the buildings which dominates this part of Greenwich, and has done so since 1897, is the Mumford's Greenwich Flour Mills. The building, which sits on Deptford Creek, is now in residential use but the original signage still remains.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_lKvkzF41hU1UuN7iooGMYsEpPbRj_UhzOdGDZBgJ00jpwpxYWERy_DDKBgm4ak9k9itQsxfUST5JJXdZE8TFiO6GGWlqK6GdFqZmpMt4XBFncwaaH-CxFd72lRXMIvrbrLg9GolM3TOZuUTlKUt2ocquO1LEGvuZre6rl4hx1DHFxKLK6UAyjfiR94/s4032/IMG_4776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mumford's Greenwich Flour Mills, Deptford Creek and Greenwich High Road, South London SE22" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_lKvkzF41hU1UuN7iooGMYsEpPbRj_UhzOdGDZBgJ00jpwpxYWERy_DDKBgm4ak9k9itQsxfUST5JJXdZE8TFiO6GGWlqK6GdFqZmpMt4XBFncwaaH-CxFd72lRXMIvrbrLg9GolM3TOZuUTlKUt2ocquO1LEGvuZre6rl4hx1DHFxKLK6UAyjfiR94/w480-h640/IMG_4776.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Mumford's Greenwich Flour Mills, Deptford Creek and Greenwich High Road, South London SE22</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keeping on the old signage theme, although nowhere near as old as the mills sign, is what I assumed used to be some sort of internet café back in the days before everyone has internet connections at home. The building is in quite a sorry state of repair, with boarded up windows and a shuttered threshold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJlejWJw4JQoRvkm4W7uXeLZ9h8QkI4V5PbvZ38JlLZdibAHuWm8Rc5XJQzkpmDxpthu_bOcbxrxf491IiYqcm6wUzcNxN2dZzUiWIiWaqpQOoigUFAsr2SLu1WZxhwCnCPnsUepn1W3pmFCHt5uDBqycVZxwCv8vKCej4MRvyJdPjj_ZPPmpMFxo0sQ/s4032/IMG_4778.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for Internet Access, Greenwich High Road, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJlejWJw4JQoRvkm4W7uXeLZ9h8QkI4V5PbvZ38JlLZdibAHuWm8Rc5XJQzkpmDxpthu_bOcbxrxf491IiYqcm6wUzcNxN2dZzUiWIiWaqpQOoigUFAsr2SLu1WZxhwCnCPnsUepn1W3pmFCHt5uDBqycVZxwCv8vKCej4MRvyJdPjj_ZPPmpMFxo0sQ/w480-h640/IMG_4778.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Old sign for Internet Access, Greenwich High Road, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From here I headed up the Deptford High Street to get my vinyl fix at Upsidedown records. I didn't take any pictures on that part of the walk as I've already covered that in my post <a href="https://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2024/01/an-urban-wander-from-deptford-to.html" target="_blank"><b>An Urban Wander from Deptford to Greenwich</b></a>, when I walked in the other direction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After leaving Deptford I headed towards New Cross with the intention of hopping on the London Overground to take me north for some more exploring. En route I came across these two simply wonderful ghostsigns on opposite side of the New Cross Road. I'd seen the first one before but somehow completely managed to miss the second one previously, Anyway, here they are in all their glory. The first one is a massive ghostsign, for Brymay Safety Matches, taking up almost the entire side of a building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpd1hRLK_EqtLCnRwM2ORiZIEMxx0AT938V4-4HU63l01r95DR_Sm3DTx_hGaZZPYlTYtZGxFIIrqaX6A64HsG_2d3dZerXTgEhuhjUfokawWzGEUJ6Wq0RCXl-TDfC5DuU7D7E7CydEEcSTx1Qsp4gS2zp1z6Oih7srY98GjA2QhE88dX7lLKpZoI_M/s4032/IMG_4784.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign for Brymay Safety Matches, New Cross Road and Alpha Road, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpd1hRLK_EqtLCnRwM2ORiZIEMxx0AT938V4-4HU63l01r95DR_Sm3DTx_hGaZZPYlTYtZGxFIIrqaX6A64HsG_2d3dZerXTgEhuhjUfokawWzGEUJ6Wq0RCXl-TDfC5DuU7D7E7CydEEcSTx1Qsp4gS2zp1z6Oih7srY98GjA2QhE88dX7lLKpZoI_M/w480-h640/IMG_4784.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign for Brymay Safety Matches, New Cross Road and Alpha Road, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure how I managed to miss this one on previous visits as it's almost opposite the Brymay ghostsign, but anyway here it is, another wonderful example of a huge ghostsign, this time for Lipton's Tea, The Finest The World Produces, which is on the corner of Mornington Road and New Cross Road. I wonder what could have happened to the 'L'. The brickwork behind looks the same so that doesn't suggest any structural alterations. Maybe it was simply cleaned off?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQofyhgyjW3NjExLNVro_YqEk4IxRFoXOFOdk66vOlkeBs_OkGIqFehkPcxLC3XLrnDGkuS2gH6FCi9gPJQR3ApKvvT6_cKCpyozfs6CJP0DkMAxcFkiDrwmTq5bMYT-zcCAnO75Kz8NffaoWkQdzoCk4dWXfj8-FLxVcMrahqSQ0feoqovGz4BurdU58/s4032/IMG_4786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign for Lipton's Tea, Mornington Road and New Cross Road, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQofyhgyjW3NjExLNVro_YqEk4IxRFoXOFOdk66vOlkeBs_OkGIqFehkPcxLC3XLrnDGkuS2gH6FCi9gPJQR3ApKvvT6_cKCpyozfs6CJP0DkMAxcFkiDrwmTq5bMYT-zcCAnO75Kz8NffaoWkQdzoCk4dWXfj8-FLxVcMrahqSQ0feoqovGz4BurdU58/w480-h640/IMG_4786.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign for Lipton's Tea, Mornington Road and New Cross Road, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally for this blogpost, not a ghostsign, but certainly an old sign, for The New Cross House, still operating under the same name as a pub.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRk5SwaDTkKGSYxN7z8rAS_vhc6glJIQIZURuiUSi2a4NPULsEojFvXSmK2OiyyboT_6wVGyjJ7Y0iOjCtj1eAWRfFT4D8Fix_2cVT8xz07SBDObOGo1PwPEAZg2sC1j2jlXSF56Nh7HDVvoM6jvfUk09PNJ0cewRZRciCN-ySkCGfpGPFT2kKRujetU/s4032/IMG_4788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for The New Cross House, New Cross Road, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRk5SwaDTkKGSYxN7z8rAS_vhc6glJIQIZURuiUSi2a4NPULsEojFvXSmK2OiyyboT_6wVGyjJ7Y0iOjCtj1eAWRfFT4D8Fix_2cVT8xz07SBDObOGo1PwPEAZg2sC1j2jlXSF56Nh7HDVvoM6jvfUk09PNJ0cewRZRciCN-ySkCGfpGPFT2kKRujetU/w480-h640/IMG_4788.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Old sign for The New Cross House, New Cross Road, South London</i></b></div><p style="text-align: center;">As usual, many thanks for taking the time to read the post, I hope you've enjoyed it. 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dakotaboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00804592205708387211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136474608384484471.post-37540694143028565522024-01-12T13:35:00.001+00:002024-01-12T13:35:52.732+00:00An Urban Wander from King's Cross to Hackney and Back Again<p style="text-align: center;"> Up in London recently for an evening event, I decided to travel up early to make the most of the day. I didn't have any real plans, other than to pay a visit to <b><a href="http://atlantisrecords.co.uk/" target="_blank">Atlantis Records</a></b> in Hackney to fee my vinyl addiction, and to return to the <b><a href="https://www.parcelyard.co.uk/" target="_blank">Parcel Yard</a></b> in King's Cross for my evening event. So, I decided to walk to Hackney from King's Cross and back again, in a loop of some description. The weather was a bit grey to start with but fortunately it brightened up along the wander. Below you can see a few pictures I took along the way.</p><p style="text-align: center;">First up it's one of my favourite subjects, ghostsigns. This ghostsign can be found over what is now a Nando's, on York Way, just to the north of King's Cross station. Pleasing that the old signage has been left intact. I wonder what sort of REFRESHMENTS it would have provided, perhaps Italian given that it was the Celestino Bertolini refreshment Rooms, which operated from 1916 to the 1960's.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkxrhH7BWYykDOfJH2R8uj1KUPC4Iq44jIKG1-jg5PxOUr1iXEbkBErxvrf6WyjwMW3lmmZQKYpcUw2lkg1ju31Om2UhRj4Ram152r2SBf7sullxmFxTsP_6ZsD_WcG1XHoDIt21FaZexMkpDOzT8dnr2YTreEJ21lVe7bQSQtPnH6cVTKqKXr7WwRTM/s4032/IMG_4228.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign for Celestino Bertolini's Refreshment Rooms, York Way, King's Cross, London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkxrhH7BWYykDOfJH2R8uj1KUPC4Iq44jIKG1-jg5PxOUr1iXEbkBErxvrf6WyjwMW3lmmZQKYpcUw2lkg1ju31Om2UhRj4Ram152r2SBf7sullxmFxTsP_6ZsD_WcG1XHoDIt21FaZexMkpDOzT8dnr2YTreEJ21lVe7bQSQtPnH6cVTKqKXr7WwRTM/w480-h640/IMG_4228.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign for Celestino Bertolini's Refreshment Rooms, York Way, King's Cross, London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next up, on the Caledonian Road, we have an old shop sign for SIMMONS DINING ROOMS, with some wonderful, green ceramic tiling either side of the shop front. Still going by the same name, but judging by the signage that can be seen just below the Simmons banner, which reads COCKTAILS DISCO OPEN TIL 3 FRIDAY& SATURDAY, I imagine this is no longer a dining room but more of a trendy cocktail bar.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7ypdcXox8lVoOJ9S7Bz4veut3pgQws0GducELvS2kxq4G8tmpSIVG_HBuwuBOtCOPrcyVE1dVB4AeiL9oMlZhVrkJ9d-SIui2hv00-WgFnX6m_oenvd2kvabB3I6ifl0Y-IIsuFYFVv24UaDR4X-H451KbRVVqrE5vrjOjbw6lnZYKHyoDEgjNQbErg/s4032/IMG_4231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for Simmonds Dining Rooms, Caledonian Road, King's Cross, London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7ypdcXox8lVoOJ9S7Bz4veut3pgQws0GducELvS2kxq4G8tmpSIVG_HBuwuBOtCOPrcyVE1dVB4AeiL9oMlZhVrkJ9d-SIui2hv00-WgFnX6m_oenvd2kvabB3I6ifl0Y-IIsuFYFVv24UaDR4X-H451KbRVVqrE5vrjOjbw6lnZYKHyoDEgjNQbErg/w480-h640/IMG_4231.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Old sign for Simmonds Dining Rooms, Caledonian Road, King's Cross, London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As I made my way towards Hackney, I came across another old sign, or ghostsign, for the engineering company, C. LINDLEY & CO., LTD on Englefield Road. According to an old advertisement I found they provided bolts, screws, studs, nuts and pins for the aircraft, motor, shipbuilding and general engineering trades.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXRPXTZaoiRepG9foTZqxhhDRJCPDjbqWT3lFITDm7dydcPqP4Tue_eoGcyS1kFMNSAiXuYCxujFUeFlYLWK3NaU_B9aGJvpx3iIg8HJEZsXIoPLqDkwpfa2E_w5ciSkdatw3h26NAwZBRAWVavKsQpXdi-l7NKkITnFqQG6fzdrORmC-8qEZPkdmMuA/s4032/IMG_4232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for C. Lindley & Co Ltd., Englefield Road, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXRPXTZaoiRepG9foTZqxhhDRJCPDjbqWT3lFITDm7dydcPqP4Tue_eoGcyS1kFMNSAiXuYCxujFUeFlYLWK3NaU_B9aGJvpx3iIg8HJEZsXIoPLqDkwpfa2E_w5ciSkdatw3h26NAwZBRAWVavKsQpXdi-l7NKkITnFqQG6fzdrORmC-8qEZPkdmMuA/w480-h640/IMG_4232.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Old sign for C. Lindley & Co Ltd., Englefield Road, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a bit further along the Englefield Road, on the corner with De Beauvoir Road, is another ghost sign for COLLINS & HAYES, which as far as I can tell was a factory for the production of sofas. If it's the same company then it would appear that they still exist but are now in Nottinghamshire.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcEBHQ3qzFntvH74FnH0GbhH8skElbWWM6s8r6OF-Ix4QMA-Tb6w7X6shr7JEU_9B_HgIdX76Ze5BhVnpLfSnQxLnLhsv73hkU872mpO3l2prfHFJ37z79Wm0xNcVI33eut52hzPW7rm-S4DW_AVFPtc0TB_i1_xgS0qTeeTb_Q4AA24yhQvZrevdfvA/s4032/IMG_4235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign for Collins & Hayes, De Beauvoir Road, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcEBHQ3qzFntvH74FnH0GbhH8skElbWWM6s8r6OF-Ix4QMA-Tb6w7X6shr7JEU_9B_HgIdX76Ze5BhVnpLfSnQxLnLhsv73hkU872mpO3l2prfHFJ37z79Wm0xNcVI33eut52hzPW7rm-S4DW_AVFPtc0TB_i1_xgS0qTeeTb_Q4AA24yhQvZrevdfvA/w400-h300/IMG_4235.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign for Collins & Hayes, De Beauvoir Road, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's no doubt as to what purpose the next sign would have served. This is the premises of the former pub THE DE BEAUVIOR ARMS on Stamford Road. Closed for business in 2004 it is now used for residential purposes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhma7PWtM3-zIJ-bv5lfAmgMWexet9lJPrSIW85EeA_-MiIhqS2_qpBMzICD_Er21d_r7B51A1jiA-Vws_gWAd20U9eGgdXsik0Y_eAhEejqoA-tIXPAi0FQWSwb72NI8q5lJ6sCQlH7ShitPDa53CNoSOabvVEEmS8gCXv2TRBFC81OHhkJ7THhw_eq3M/s4032/IMG_4237.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for the former pub, The De Beauvoir Arms, Stamford Road, London N1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhma7PWtM3-zIJ-bv5lfAmgMWexet9lJPrSIW85EeA_-MiIhqS2_qpBMzICD_Er21d_r7B51A1jiA-Vws_gWAd20U9eGgdXsik0Y_eAhEejqoA-tIXPAi0FQWSwb72NI8q5lJ6sCQlH7ShitPDa53CNoSOabvVEEmS8gCXv2TRBFC81OHhkJ7THhw_eq3M/w480-h640/IMG_4237.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Old sign for the former pub, The De Beauvoir Arms, Stamford Road, London N1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My wander now took me to Dalston, not an area I have really spent much time in previously, but come up with this delight. This is the former building of REEVES & SONS LTD, ARTISTS' COLOUR MANUFACTURER. in Ashwin Street, London E8</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFv7E64SmvN-nP_bmFXU8e5lnyYAwi0X95gWnILllWRDa-BJGIX47_E8vW4CCBxmtidEFqLWJWZbIIjiqLjgqCj5J4AMwmViIXi4NHV4lui62ydqVTyn4ke_jNkBzEtI82muVzn6SjnJ7rmDnR_LbckiBe2igJ0IGNRTOrtg3Nz1HII_FybmcUKHS_rA/s4032/IMG_4241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for the former Reeves & Sons Ltd building, Dalston, London E8" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFv7E64SmvN-nP_bmFXU8e5lnyYAwi0X95gWnILllWRDa-BJGIX47_E8vW4CCBxmtidEFqLWJWZbIIjiqLjgqCj5J4AMwmViIXi4NHV4lui62ydqVTyn4ke_jNkBzEtI82muVzn6SjnJ7rmDnR_LbckiBe2igJ0IGNRTOrtg3Nz1HII_FybmcUKHS_rA/w480-h640/IMG_4241.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Old sign for the former Reeves & Sons Ltd building, Dalston, London E8</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHUvwr-cllmgfNt3vpzFOaj-PGHysa4rYFEgmblh77rSjIrj9UB6eLjrxmESxRXbSoDwlBiFvC10u0duof9aTm64_p9IwJyM9m3XiUsY72V1E9ow_P1J4RSHzPjQlj0a_4ZALF5p_9DXHoxsypglHcvhZaKoKskIBMICcUHBkxHp5XO-y4FtLBKEC_wA/s4032/IMG_4242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for the former Reeves & Sons Ltd building, Dalston, London E8" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHUvwr-cllmgfNt3vpzFOaj-PGHysa4rYFEgmblh77rSjIrj9UB6eLjrxmESxRXbSoDwlBiFvC10u0duof9aTm64_p9IwJyM9m3XiUsY72V1E9ow_P1J4RSHzPjQlj0a_4ZALF5p_9DXHoxsypglHcvhZaKoKskIBMICcUHBkxHp5XO-y4FtLBKEC_wA/w480-h640/IMG_4242.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Old sign for the former Reeves & Sons Ltd building, Dalston, London E8</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl5ujasgMNiV9NS3ekyjqWKbbPpuJ-chjSSomwofw3eGwPuJ7g3TqkrBPx9YT8aUNhfU6toIUfALWOCVHTMXBvSl_f_OgyhP1lsR-EuUIZVHOVPJX4Z8ZKNShNTnaIrzKs0M9rwEzSbLp7e2m3iYz5PrgyFApryZIqsKXA8imostU_5oLrVyl4NFMIr0/s4032/IMG_4243.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Old sign for the former Reeves & Sons Ltd building, Dalston, London E8" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPl5ujasgMNiV9NS3ekyjqWKbbPpuJ-chjSSomwofw3eGwPuJ7g3TqkrBPx9YT8aUNhfU6toIUfALWOCVHTMXBvSl_f_OgyhP1lsR-EuUIZVHOVPJX4Z8ZKNShNTnaIrzKs0M9rwEzSbLp7e2m3iYz5PrgyFApryZIqsKXA8imostU_5oLrVyl4NFMIr0/w480-h640/IMG_4243.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Old sign for the former Reeves & Sons Ltd building, Dalston, London E8</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a quick look around Atlantis records, and picking up a handful of records, I started to make my way back. Ideally I would have liked to spend more time in Hackney but time was not on my side so I probably on scratched the surface. I was pleased however to have spotted this wonderful ghostsign before I left. I can't quite make out the top line, possibly A.HANWELL, but despite searching through my usual sources of London ghostsigns I cannot find any mention of this one. The rest of the sign though is quite clear.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HOUSE FURNISHER</div><div style="text-align: center;">ESTABLISHED OVER 50 YEARS</div><div style="text-align: center;">LOWEST CASH PRICES</div><div style="text-align: center;">EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4be_pIIIEBhRk3DbK3PPUA6_k0a3gAOxisPgUkqTuDN0osOLM2YPGX6ezDtl-ywTjCEeKfHB5zxjPXY73aa6WvVwdEg91m5EzL3WEP5UmrDK3XT_qTLaDy3OriSqaAL1UvxGVOwOITcIlxG3yu6D8lXpwocK141oFEJPkQz-mrqETOxRMzXGdCFB6s_U/s4032/IMG_4244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign, Mare Street, Hackney, London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4be_pIIIEBhRk3DbK3PPUA6_k0a3gAOxisPgUkqTuDN0osOLM2YPGX6ezDtl-ywTjCEeKfHB5zxjPXY73aa6WvVwdEg91m5EzL3WEP5UmrDK3XT_qTLaDy3OriSqaAL1UvxGVOwOITcIlxG3yu6D8lXpwocK141oFEJPkQz-mrqETOxRMzXGdCFB6s_U/w480-h640/IMG_4244.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign, Mare Street, Hackney, London</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I came across this next building, I assumed that given the tiling and windows that it was a former pub. However after a bit of research it seems to have been the premises of the City of Dublin Bottling Co Ltd.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2P9OQnyza_roxji-olp1uKzov0tkO2RYkBfqF8s2uE-TomJ6hT4jhmFGagGPf65Ec9Ug7U2IBV-D0N9QfjT5PF05VgNRjg3EqB8so6Jr_fZ-6uXnFPyojYjvy2XcsmnLd_q2M8YKr-E4f9IIu7aO59gCcGGrIlpaHJ7fY-jaNjumZVMTeD5WdyVUovk/s4032/IMG_4246.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former premises of the City of Dublin Bottling Co Ltd., Croston Street, Hackney, London E8" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2P9OQnyza_roxji-olp1uKzov0tkO2RYkBfqF8s2uE-TomJ6hT4jhmFGagGPf65Ec9Ug7U2IBV-D0N9QfjT5PF05VgNRjg3EqB8so6Jr_fZ-6uXnFPyojYjvy2XcsmnLd_q2M8YKr-E4f9IIu7aO59gCcGGrIlpaHJ7fY-jaNjumZVMTeD5WdyVUovk/w480-h640/IMG_4246.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former premises of the City of Dublin Bottling Co Ltd., Croston Street, Hackney, London E8</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As my walking time, and my legs, were both now running out, I now headed to the Regents Canal for a more direct route back to King's Cross. I'd walked past the former Hackney /Bethnal Green gasworks plenty of times previously but they never cease to impress me. I'm not sure how much longer they will still be in their current state as there seems to be a <a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/city-life/the-last-days-of-the-bethnal-green-gasholders" target="_blank"><b>new, large development on the horizon</b></a>. It seems like the external structure may be retained in some form, like the ones at King's Cross (see further down this page). It's a bit of a shame but better I guess than losing them completely. For anyone with a thirst to know more about London's lost power stations and gasworks, check out <a href="https://amzn.to/3NZQhZx" target="_blank"><b>this excellent book</b></a> by Ben Pedroche.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIly0IRYsHvdcEdDb805zH4pQUtVwVpLCMme3Ui8ZjRl-2LdYIA4S__v0MerngboLtA6VejYx8Ve_Tk7eAbU3XTbh37_Gv5b141ZUGUhbpqsaxZ1yZAq-i53md6twOzXJslIOLuUbMSnEqNkKVL27GTK1TZ_g4pg-l8RupTBIX31VeO57cEgvS5EP_3tg/s4032/IMG_4247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Hackney / Bethnal Green gasholders" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIly0IRYsHvdcEdDb805zH4pQUtVwVpLCMme3Ui8ZjRl-2LdYIA4S__v0MerngboLtA6VejYx8Ve_Tk7eAbU3XTbh37_Gv5b141ZUGUhbpqsaxZ1yZAq-i53md6twOzXJslIOLuUbMSnEqNkKVL27GTK1TZ_g4pg-l8RupTBIX31VeO57cEgvS5EP_3tg/w480-h640/IMG_4247.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>The Hackney / Bethnal Green gasholders</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heading further along the canal is part of the 2020 controversial art <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharks!" target="_blank"><b>installation by the architect Jaimie Shorten</b></a>. Controversial because of apparent lack of planning permission. Originally there were 5 sharks in the installation and they were located in a different place in the canal. It seems this is the only one still on display.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKAcebdOYTW_bcByKAsVe_Et5r8XcIf1lm2s8LTiEC-LTNaA-m9JUwfQX_J9QQboOlRhZnR6a4sTQsefxzDXe-0ir31TqyHdN7i7vLM_ZAcm7s2RmyaiddcUmZ7Fk5_t2VQ5sTDWRRb0JGLWsBXXatl3aokakpcMCRKY23vgcU74muTspOUA93xMl-CA/s4032/IMG_4248.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Part of the Shark art installation on the Regent's Canal, by architect Jaimie Shorten" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKAcebdOYTW_bcByKAsVe_Et5r8XcIf1lm2s8LTiEC-LTNaA-m9JUwfQX_J9QQboOlRhZnR6a4sTQsefxzDXe-0ir31TqyHdN7i7vLM_ZAcm7s2RmyaiddcUmZ7Fk5_t2VQ5sTDWRRb0JGLWsBXXatl3aokakpcMCRKY23vgcU74muTspOUA93xMl-CA/w480-h640/IMG_4248.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Part of the Shark art installation on the Regent's Canal, by architect Jaimie Shorten</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And so, as the light was fading and my feet were aching, I finally made it back to King's Cross. As mentioned above, here is one of the preserved / redeveloped gasholders at King's Cross. Again it's a shame they cannot be seen through, but again this is better than them being demolished.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uIXn0GaAxz9lmgs8LhlpH0n9Kmg-vrJWn3qn39Z3LWUAYa_H32XdAjPwuE72um4ETbYK-yMToZGsooPl-Lt8_eg3P7cdIacI7jotjWMYP2BB4KgAnU7rZo2SJ4YYuc9qrS9HLwWHhbgAzxatkGg-V0ZTrhd487w4JrrqRjv0oDB2Je8bH1zXHDdAK7I/s4032/IMG_4254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Repurposed gasholder, King's Cross London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uIXn0GaAxz9lmgs8LhlpH0n9Kmg-vrJWn3qn39Z3LWUAYa_H32XdAjPwuE72um4ETbYK-yMToZGsooPl-Lt8_eg3P7cdIacI7jotjWMYP2BB4KgAnU7rZo2SJ4YYuc9qrS9HLwWHhbgAzxatkGg-V0ZTrhd487w4JrrqRjv0oDB2Je8bH1zXHDdAK7I/w480-h640/IMG_4254.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Repurposed gasholder, King's Cross London</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally, the last picture, at the very end of my wander, a ghostsign in Coaldrop Yard for the COAL OFFICE. This whole area has been massively redeveloped over the past few years, from once was a huge industrial area consisting mainly of disused and unoccupied buildings, to a thriving cultural, eating and shopping district. The majority of the old buildings have been kept in some form or other, which again is pleasing to see. More about the history and dramatic transformation of the King's Cross area in <b><a href="https://amzn.to/48TMNQj" target="_blank">The King's Cross Story, 200 Years of History in the Railway Lands</a></b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC03QgOD8oWxaJYcOw3MafM5zi16k8GzIdEA7Xpic2x7GhNKCZgdzFx08JV-GDguQh-UDf8YCnbzPg5N1QW91Qdwywn9AO3shVvBZWJLS1vKA2byDrc8XrvLZl42bBjbmAaCoE8z8Nk5_wDkwZoJPHDKYC3-HEs08WDjf0PHb9uVOZOkQyFWgkXmwZtvs/s4032/IMG_4258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ghostsign for COAL OFFICE in Coaldrop Yard, King's Cross, London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC03QgOD8oWxaJYcOw3MafM5zi16k8GzIdEA7Xpic2x7GhNKCZgdzFx08JV-GDguQh-UDf8YCnbzPg5N1QW91Qdwywn9AO3shVvBZWJLS1vKA2byDrc8XrvLZl42bBjbmAaCoE8z8Nk5_wDkwZoJPHDKYC3-HEs08WDjf0PHb9uVOZOkQyFWgkXmwZtvs/w480-h640/IMG_4258.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Ghostsign for COAL OFFICE in Coaldrop Yard, King's Cross, London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once again, many thanks for taking time to read my rambling wanders, always In Search of Space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><ins class="epn-placement" data-config-id="ffff74e8e27b8840cf7d6429"></ins></div>dakotaboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00804592205708387211noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5072178 -0.127586223.196983963821154 -35.2838362 79.817451636178845 35.0286638tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136474608384484471.post-48852801374570002802024-01-09T16:11:00.000+00:002024-01-10T16:44:51.559+00:00An Urban Wander from Deptford to Greenwich<p style="text-align: center;"> Until recently I'd never really spent any time in Deptford in South London. However, of late, thanks mainly to the wonderful <a href="https://upsidedownrecords.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>Upsidedown record shop on Deptford High Street</b></a>, I've made a couple of visits. This blog post features some pictures and commentary from a recent urban wander I did, starting in Deptford, walking along the Thames path to Greenwich.</p><p style="text-align: center;">First up we have Manze's meat pie shop on Deptford High Street. I was immediately drawn to this shop by its wonderful signage. Many shops that have similar signage have long since been re-purposed but it was good to see that Manze's is still an active pie shop, and has been since 1902 apparently.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSJHGmuQSjfgLc2GQ8WltF-UDfE4lASdWVysL3iAFOOqVERdjfxiqqtKjlXHaDP7TwqDjtxSiXxINVyRlch1S20x748SlQJsGVuaqr6je9O3NlR1DvGb1XdOCT1RBWHkkoO_BYNn54LqY3EbroZzvZE6VBXGX_Y7rBvvOAUez1xuie7scEtoBptoev8I/s4032/IMG_4375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Manze's meat pie shop, Deptford High Street, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSJHGmuQSjfgLc2GQ8WltF-UDfE4lASdWVysL3iAFOOqVERdjfxiqqtKjlXHaDP7TwqDjtxSiXxINVyRlch1S20x748SlQJsGVuaqr6je9O3NlR1DvGb1XdOCT1RBWHkkoO_BYNn54LqY3EbroZzvZE6VBXGX_Y7rBvvOAUez1xuie7scEtoBptoev8I/w480-h640/IMG_4375.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Manze's Meat Pie Shop, Deptford High Street, South London</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Also on, or rather just off, Deptford High Street, are a couple of old signs, pointing people in the direction of the nearest air raid shelters in which to take cover during World War II. The first one looks as though it could still be the original one, although a shame about the 'alteration'. The second has clearly been restored at some stage.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFj7V4ssfJ3qh5o4TA55ogwgfCYmYXo8EDPlk_cmf26z-qaXdIkkl421nPld2jrvkPh86mzJ-H-LQYmnzrwYnOPqwB2njENigvM-gaPZf4s1H7e9LdcHi4syOUg3tGtNJjLqSlOB0PNKuzCTfdp-GixrgGQgC7OnI-8BxxqNhyphenhyphenFmEGSZ2_p5otAajZwE/s4032/IMG_4543.JPG"><img alt="Former air raid shelter sign, Deptford, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFj7V4ssfJ3qh5o4TA55ogwgfCYmYXo8EDPlk_cmf26z-qaXdIkkl421nPld2jrvkPh86mzJ-H-LQYmnzrwYnOPqwB2njENigvM-gaPZf4s1H7e9LdcHi4syOUg3tGtNJjLqSlOB0PNKuzCTfdp-GixrgGQgC7OnI-8BxxqNhyphenhyphenFmEGSZ2_p5otAajZwE/w480-h640/IMG_4543.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former air raid shelter sign, Deptford, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0klIXy-1PXPMFuFLkNUwnOOu5pllcjUb90KU-ume5eYCCvCZ9Gt1KVoH3tWJi44DijFPeX7i3nRc7lKrs9Fjm67KsYqaR3lXrvV5-LBhtIdzInATXXHBHcXI__WCAfXXi6XBRyvFq-no6zjgDzuLEQ7A9mJiwPkYb0Aj7DNkpROA2w5bqir6pgjHzGE/s4032/IMG_4547.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former air raid shelter sign, Deptford, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0klIXy-1PXPMFuFLkNUwnOOu5pllcjUb90KU-ume5eYCCvCZ9Gt1KVoH3tWJi44DijFPeX7i3nRc7lKrs9Fjm67KsYqaR3lXrvV5-LBhtIdzInATXXHBHcXI__WCAfXXi6XBRyvFq-no6zjgDzuLEQ7A9mJiwPkYb0Aj7DNkpROA2w5bqir6pgjHzGE/w480-h640/IMG_4547.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>Former air raid shelter sign, Deptford, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I headed north out of Deptford to the river I came across this wonderful piece of graffiti, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">STEVE NOLLER WEARS FLARES</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which is perhaps the ultimate insult, or not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvEmZR9nAUlBoROV9xtzohVYSb3MMQmvN_jX9SG5OzhUv3gGtJsIvZH3AGy-XgYGNGvN356hq4WSRU15jtZh56wK1EmBauROFPOOWAK3odiZjFdd8s9hyphenhyphen7IWxkSBefNPOVZA20_oTTCEIkPt1FS6loglTPTB_zkfphH_gEumW-_Fn2Vo01I27cSE1Wno/s4032/IMG_4376.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Graffiti, Deptford, South London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvEmZR9nAUlBoROV9xtzohVYSb3MMQmvN_jX9SG5OzhUv3gGtJsIvZH3AGy-XgYGNGvN356hq4WSRU15jtZh56wK1EmBauROFPOOWAK3odiZjFdd8s9hyphenhyphen7IWxkSBefNPOVZA20_oTTCEIkPt1FS6loglTPTB_zkfphH_gEumW-_Fn2Vo01I27cSE1Wno/w400-h300/IMG_4376.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Graffiti, Deptford, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beyond the graffiti, the road narrowed and turned into a narrow, cobbled street, aptly named Watergate Street, leading to the River Thames.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_QfHlztx4MJNFtg5B39dRIyKNSappgpXj8L0VvBxk9yI_88O2gtDL15F7q3YFrBg5U0qbsxgvp_5zA_SaW8oZ9ceXbSaiaWF_-1VDM5iXFydWt7EGZ1Q8GMMZN7N2Bc4pEvilsC6U1Uwgb_hKV3L9rzxdp-juaLhae1bezosX3yPB8KC8oxhfUKFupg/s4032/IMG_4377.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Narrow, cobbled path leading out from Deptford to the River Thames" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_QfHlztx4MJNFtg5B39dRIyKNSappgpXj8L0VvBxk9yI_88O2gtDL15F7q3YFrBg5U0qbsxgvp_5zA_SaW8oZ9ceXbSaiaWF_-1VDM5iXFydWt7EGZ1Q8GMMZN7N2Bc4pEvilsC6U1Uwgb_hKV3L9rzxdp-juaLhae1bezosX3yPB8KC8oxhfUKFupg/w480-h640/IMG_4377.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Watergate Street leading out from Deptford to the River Thames</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although most of November and December 2023 were just grey and wet, I was fortunate enough to be walking on one of the rare, cold and clear days. As Watergate Street reached its end, it opened out on to the river, affording some impressive views. I always find Canary Wharf quite soulless when I'm there, but seen from a distance it is quite impressive, particularly against the beautiful blue sky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy_LuWcY239y4E-5BkVwXcPkP1zQy-2hGY7ZnzEKw8LvnEcU2bsdh6ffeUoGXvspebI8YMKp9rjwmDFrA6pw-Rl8tVNarkkURAKrKQVQzEd92yblVKuDd0DIrCZ_BwL23wLjYaJ7ygZ9V7VeAOffMKdrHYAPh59x35r3lwbR5Dv3mg0tuwO7470RCgMA/s4032/IMG_4378.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Canary Wharf as seen across the River Thames from Deptford" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy_LuWcY239y4E-5BkVwXcPkP1zQy-2hGY7ZnzEKw8LvnEcU2bsdh6ffeUoGXvspebI8YMKp9rjwmDFrA6pw-Rl8tVNarkkURAKrKQVQzEd92yblVKuDd0DIrCZ_BwL23wLjYaJ7ygZ9V7VeAOffMKdrHYAPh59x35r3lwbR5Dv3mg0tuwO7470RCgMA/w400-h300/IMG_4378.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Canary Wharf as seen across the River Thames from Deptford</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just along the Thames is the former Paynes Paper Wharf building, which is now some sort of design studio. It's hard to make out in this picture but the lettering of its former purpose can just be seen above the arched windows, which incidentally are the only remaining feature of the original building. There are some pictures showing it in various stages of renovation <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/5043" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lvOH2suZMiOVblz40C__IVZGK7FRuyJb2tdyKmkaER45Nh3gg0mx9Q7fnTrvLdUSDPImJBa8lwCyf8nY2FDi5ixEdvH4zde90UkWJy2lbvq6IB2ezy3Zy0-5POtvxiaBr_VfmHlK2_YKugrYbc2vrbJPzfyRELw36Wr19lijHvS8iuw1SNjOdkDUqEQ/s4032/IMG_4382.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The former Paynes Paper Wharf building" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lvOH2suZMiOVblz40C__IVZGK7FRuyJb2tdyKmkaER45Nh3gg0mx9Q7fnTrvLdUSDPImJBa8lwCyf8nY2FDi5ixEdvH4zde90UkWJy2lbvq6IB2ezy3Zy0-5POtvxiaBr_VfmHlK2_YKugrYbc2vrbJPzfyRELw36Wr19lijHvS8iuw1SNjOdkDUqEQ/w400-h300/IMG_4382.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i> The former Paynes Paper Wharf building</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb48t-cB-20jy5yUZrQaFY6wEXXStovTGxRBkX412X5alJNsfAH391Uc5wnAE8cAg1_BcGOgTliLJlAd5HpF4orDbmrbSHXkgHXjwNm9_NNco__pcpmakG7cmnEUbVlP2bUEG7VIBoA94r2sJFFhybdZdxVUNiRB9vSLCZh65y28-dvhim2n3sv75zDs/s4032/IMG_4385.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb48t-cB-20jy5yUZrQaFY6wEXXStovTGxRBkX412X5alJNsfAH391Uc5wnAE8cAg1_BcGOgTliLJlAd5HpF4orDbmrbSHXkgHXjwNm9_NNco__pcpmakG7cmnEUbVlP2bUEG7VIBoA94r2sJFFhybdZdxVUNiRB9vSLCZh65y28-dvhim2n3sv75zDs/s4032/IMG_4385.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>As the walk continued along the Thames I came across the southern entrance to the Greenwich foot tunnel, engineered by Alexander Binnie and opened in 1902, which takes pedestrians and bike beneath the river to Island Gardens on the north side.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J-6TgPmDHX3VpcoOQwhtpTTsheOLteHL7Y-0ssA1t1GXp2Cu3wbWHfa3ZlUjnkeSaXluVZQMDaLDldCosrrSiNbBtCefaxRLuKo59hqx9r1dmDuijR74m1V_5dQBDsMI_G_hfXhLiSfXVwidkCw2ewW-sjUUhiSP7GBeBx9IYcVZ7o_fPho1PJToKRY/s4032/IMG_4387.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Southern entrance to the Greenwich foot tunnel" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J-6TgPmDHX3VpcoOQwhtpTTsheOLteHL7Y-0ssA1t1GXp2Cu3wbWHfa3ZlUjnkeSaXluVZQMDaLDldCosrrSiNbBtCefaxRLuKo59hqx9r1dmDuijR74m1V_5dQBDsMI_G_hfXhLiSfXVwidkCw2ewW-sjUUhiSP7GBeBx9IYcVZ7o_fPho1PJToKRY/w480-h640/IMG_4387.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Southern entrance to the Greenwich foot tunnel</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having been to Greenwich itself many times before, I didn't really stop there but as I reached its eastern edge, I came across the Trafalgar Tavern, looking resplendent with all the flags blowing gently against the backdrop of Canary Wharf in the winter breeze.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x9UmHKVM_xR2Ej7lqW7dks0jGqjXMn4z5bQwtkkGPZPQoxQ4xZJlbZwuBgCWM47ptmJ5nnf03FTsqfRQrXj_asAM2oFEeTxytqpvbaHmcCvCp1yHo2FBSaCaDCK7iQSUI-TMRCxP-QMSAM8OeEmrxNL8IfVl04l7NLt0IFFWxx5DD1dWMkVYVfpxo5o/s4032/IMG_4390.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0x9UmHKVM_xR2Ej7lqW7dks0jGqjXMn4z5bQwtkkGPZPQoxQ4xZJlbZwuBgCWM47ptmJ5nnf03FTsqfRQrXj_asAM2oFEeTxytqpvbaHmcCvCp1yHo2FBSaCaDCK7iQSUI-TMRCxP-QMSAM8OeEmrxNL8IfVl04l7NLt0IFFWxx5DD1dWMkVYVfpxo5o/w480-h640/IMG_4390.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>The Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beyond the more commercial part of Greenwich is the former Greenwich power station and its former coal jetty. London's lost power stations have such a rich history, much of which is lost but some still remains for the curious explorer. Inspired by this, and my visit to similar sites such as the Lots Road power station, I bought a book on <a href="https://amzn.to/3TQPAVU" target="_blank"><b>London's Lost Power Stations and Gasworks</b></a>, by Ben Pedroche, which I can highly recommend for anyone with a thirst for industrial history.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m3BWyJgFCuhbR6PT1Cm2juBLaq7ZYZa3r020B0kSIrF-UBraXAeHK7iJBOnZfZfCjM23L7-q88Mxrec1z2pK6wI6oq7hxgyPkFBmb2kKUOrNviPKT7wiN7BV2l_Juns68ucnzuanV0RzibCVTyDEtxDK9zxk7QPCON4C3IusCp1ls9AI2NSTomdDQCo/s4032/IMG_4394.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/5043" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m3BWyJgFCuhbR6PT1Cm2juBLaq7ZYZa3r020B0kSIrF-UBraXAeHK7iJBOnZfZfCjM23L7-q88Mxrec1z2pK6wI6oq7hxgyPkFBmb2kKUOrNviPKT7wiN7BV2l_Juns68ucnzuanV0RzibCVTyDEtxDK9zxk7QPCON4C3IusCp1ls9AI2NSTomdDQCo/w400-h300/IMG_4394.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former coal jetty at Greenwich power station</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Further along the river, beyond Greenwich is the former Harbour Master's Office. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UM0m5nW_RhtzO6UCpCj2y7zExU4mUv2cnnFyFG6bH6_1AzYT-ua2wOA158iqFZB6XGgiTowvy5YyZ1h9XErYlwMAOkQZcb2ys5SNKAEia4HznZDak4YdhjHd25pqQp3taE92gNspdyHJ96Yi4kNE8bJhSza1GdgqyTUhsBKkCi7VByCUeIutqNrGAVk/s4032/IMG_4397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Harbour Master's Office, Greenwich" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UM0m5nW_RhtzO6UCpCj2y7zExU4mUv2cnnFyFG6bH6_1AzYT-ua2wOA158iqFZB6XGgiTowvy5YyZ1h9XErYlwMAOkQZcb2ys5SNKAEia4HznZDak4YdhjHd25pqQp3taE92gNspdyHJ96Yi4kNE8bJhSza1GdgqyTUhsBKkCi7VByCUeIutqNrGAVk/w400-h300/IMG_4397.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Harbour Master's Office, Greenwich</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally in this post, a view across the River Thames, taken as the sun was beginning to set.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIXOl0xcBicIUnLWVPlrh9vLRKqWynA11fB2w2kjtGhdi8v0QzWNMxkGWe45Y0jDAnVJkQcCHbknqlAJZmFpUfeAp_TM1Mt908PCn0EkpyOU9Z8KoB0DeQ9kuX18SDCCk1Ae00FUXNIQsCe6aqMlwku5Tpu8C-4UzOlZgyKBcObUXnG0VQT8KNvKYH_E/s4032/IMG_4402.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="View across the River Thames from Greenwich" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIXOl0xcBicIUnLWVPlrh9vLRKqWynA11fB2w2kjtGhdi8v0QzWNMxkGWe45Y0jDAnVJkQcCHbknqlAJZmFpUfeAp_TM1Mt908PCn0EkpyOU9Z8KoB0DeQ9kuX18SDCCk1Ae00FUXNIQsCe6aqMlwku5Tpu8C-4UzOlZgyKBcObUXnG0VQT8KNvKYH_E/w400-h300/IMG_4402.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>View across the River Thames from Greenwich</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many thanks for reading this post. Hopefully I will continue to post new material on a more frequent basis than recently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<ins class="epn-placement" data-config-id="fffba4cb82db57371bd93d22"></ins>dakotaboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00804592205708387211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136474608384484471.post-83192834985479309632023-07-12T12:13:00.001+00:002024-01-05T18:00:44.591+00:00A short wander around the former factories of Bermondsey<p style="text-align: center;">Being fairly new to wandering around Bermondsey in South London, some of the finds on my wanders which inspired me most were the former factories. Although the area was bombed heavily during the second world war, there are a number of factories still standing, although no longer used for their original purpose but instead converted to mostly high-end, residential dwellings.</p><p style="text-align: center;">First up we have the former Hartley's Jam Factory in Green Walk, London SE1. This was built in 1890 and at the height of its use employed over 2,000 workers. Sugar would be delivered to Hartley's own wharf on the Thames from the sugar factory in Silvertown, and fruit was brought in by train from Kent.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The buildings and chimney are still intact, and much of the original signage exists, although I suspect it may have been treated to a fresh coat of paint.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPcpy6DTNuTsjNZIdbmckx0kNntoa5m1QM5J25Ju28yDQleBnEjAK40gE2sCVQyLY05pSWfFygg00xsmHVToYokrbd5iM-kb_QmH_q_z4V3kMYtfpWWAMosB_EburyFV8d8GXk1CRCaiQKxfFUSdTeucIOfH5InKVo0fe3zyouMs05nqRGE67W0wsjSw/s4032/IMG-3036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPcpy6DTNuTsjNZIdbmckx0kNntoa5m1QM5J25Ju28yDQleBnEjAK40gE2sCVQyLY05pSWfFygg00xsmHVToYokrbd5iM-kb_QmH_q_z4V3kMYtfpWWAMosB_EburyFV8d8GXk1CRCaiQKxfFUSdTeucIOfH5InKVo0fe3zyouMs05nqRGE67W0wsjSw/s320/IMG-3036.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90gRyhd1bmdMUQw43bhhGuSjXZjuPMEKxy40VjtZ7e7vweJtI9oDR__U2yOqXuBNbjK57aTFzHTECop-kfdr2JUfPtPZO-lKnbyz8m2DFq1r7AyC3QwRmJy6uvlgrnxOVi9eBc9E9zCg9is8IGYT-wB4DVOZWhOBn7-nBALpaAQv3xJtRHOt-3_voX2s/s4032/IMG-3035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90gRyhd1bmdMUQw43bhhGuSjXZjuPMEKxy40VjtZ7e7vweJtI9oDR__U2yOqXuBNbjK57aTFzHTECop-kfdr2JUfPtPZO-lKnbyz8m2DFq1r7AyC3QwRmJy6uvlgrnxOVi9eBc9E9zCg9is8IGYT-wB4DVOZWhOBn7-nBALpaAQv3xJtRHOt-3_voX2s/s320/IMG-3035.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27amOrgELJEq370zcNC0tyVYbz3YxoK9Fzy6SJx2wbcu23OTFxIEFX6gBE2EcVZRMFHfXqnBzAMwcPXovKl85uor2kfkUpnNjdZoVweIiDDhZlCL_gdlZc8RNb4rbbDypqhwS1sBFEpz_LsAUsOQ9i2Pa8SJSZbIbMBYw5lMid25pi1V7jzmUpsRIFYk/s4032/IMG-3034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg27amOrgELJEq370zcNC0tyVYbz3YxoK9Fzy6SJx2wbcu23OTFxIEFX6gBE2EcVZRMFHfXqnBzAMwcPXovKl85uor2kfkUpnNjdZoVweIiDDhZlCL_gdlZc8RNb4rbbDypqhwS1sBFEpz_LsAUsOQ9i2Pa8SJSZbIbMBYw5lMid25pi1V7jzmUpsRIFYk/w480-h640/IMG-3034.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55gYuK-LV6KkBypu42XLlT-PWOMOCUeDuDqatBy99N7yOFHoNzJQc2j-6dpRHWhYhqhwWInAih1kdpJ1t6eiWd1yOSG1P7B4z-8MYdhsfxDWVRtm_x6z3VU5aT7LNArPXgxDCaYf1kDB6YsJsFghbZyxlUO_ahVeIi-qNBYF7X--KV52vwgKoP7oKMOI/s4032/IMG-3037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55gYuK-LV6KkBypu42XLlT-PWOMOCUeDuDqatBy99N7yOFHoNzJQc2j-6dpRHWhYhqhwWInAih1kdpJ1t6eiWd1yOSG1P7B4z-8MYdhsfxDWVRtm_x6z3VU5aT7LNArPXgxDCaYf1kDB6YsJsFghbZyxlUO_ahVeIi-qNBYF7X--KV52vwgKoP7oKMOI/s320/IMG-3037.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Being unsure whether I should try and negotiate entry with the security staff, I decided to restrict my picture taking to the outside of the complex, which meant unfortunately I could not get any decent pictures of the chimney. The nearest I managed to get were these two, where the chimney is just about visible through the railings, and the vertical lettering can just about be seen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQSqB23frjdrGDAr33zzEKXncF6-XaIq3Qnt5nlg68H2FUeCtJVIt2msHgVs81tVtys-2UDFtJfRKvveIk4b4X1dX35TlP07Aemm1nPukbXKLknmIlocSlORX8UouGl0zV5RC7MXHrpiYCqp6vuZXMpkH0t1s_J7FkZNhIJ9eeCBr-6VSRtli3nIhCVY/s4032/IMG-3032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQSqB23frjdrGDAr33zzEKXncF6-XaIq3Qnt5nlg68H2FUeCtJVIt2msHgVs81tVtys-2UDFtJfRKvveIk4b4X1dX35TlP07Aemm1nPukbXKLknmIlocSlORX8UouGl0zV5RC7MXHrpiYCqp6vuZXMpkH0t1s_J7FkZNhIJ9eeCBr-6VSRtli3nIhCVY/w480-h640/IMG-3032.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNyBXp4Ry-Moahs0x96VU8CQ4z4janMXrBL5k5-_1nO2A9yPTxnwe87q1M0s9kf1qs6571lvlO1T7vaqkek5iMWZl31Knbldwr0ej80Flfm1mhMWyQRS8X8KB0x2oTfMGSJc6Pf1pdz_osRZhLiRdfldou72rWP_kVryhcQYH0Lu1VxKLqUgjTvj_ArU/s4032/IMG-3033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNyBXp4Ry-Moahs0x96VU8CQ4z4janMXrBL5k5-_1nO2A9yPTxnwe87q1M0s9kf1qs6571lvlO1T7vaqkek5iMWZl31Knbldwr0ej80Flfm1mhMWyQRS8X8KB0x2oTfMGSJc6Pf1pdz_osRZhLiRdfldou72rWP_kVryhcQYH0Lu1VxKLqUgjTvj_ArU/w480-h640/IMG-3033.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Hartley's Jam Factory, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>Next up we have the Pickle Factory, on the site of the former Crosse and Blackwell's factory in Crimscott Street, Bermondsey, SE1, where in its pickling heyday some 2,000 onions were peeled by hand, contributing to both Branston Pickle and Worcestershire Sauce. The factory eventually closed in 1969.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7krHWoh282rjYlvz75fcgV0JqcE7tWStUOFJGt7UmxlKGbVnvtAdXtc4wQKQZZyP_OP8SpgaZYVsED4VOWqai0qzXg0DIiU7kN-_Uvw4PU3yT14GmJDwJ3FTGzAkmbrEnvdx9VBO0W8-G_u2Ymkn4twYLwsJ2E1yCoH-NJ30Mk2iGgZ665dn91QPUpA/s4032/IMG-3038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Pickle Factory, Crimscott Street, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7krHWoh282rjYlvz75fcgV0JqcE7tWStUOFJGt7UmxlKGbVnvtAdXtc4wQKQZZyP_OP8SpgaZYVsED4VOWqai0qzXg0DIiU7kN-_Uvw4PU3yT14GmJDwJ3FTGzAkmbrEnvdx9VBO0W8-G_u2Ymkn4twYLwsJ2E1yCoH-NJ30Mk2iGgZ665dn91QPUpA/w480-h640/IMG-3038.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Pickle Factory, Crimscott Street, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcX5h6gELcwCIE9X4CQqsjE090PIlmmGonxioQKg-Dh_ra2qxptCQRGUbsKynoBiIkRxVv2fIhPjZjsOpKzgW5fXGdKJH83QshPfccabCoV-AjFYvd5tosUbDbAFEPGXGtitgkT49cFUYTUtFdL_Hy9TP63H9-6P-cQMW1eX_QN7S2b4eh_9_7AjwQFk/s4032/IMG-3039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Pickle Factory, Crimscott Street, Bermondsey, South London SE1" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcX5h6gELcwCIE9X4CQqsjE090PIlmmGonxioQKg-Dh_ra2qxptCQRGUbsKynoBiIkRxVv2fIhPjZjsOpKzgW5fXGdKJH83QshPfccabCoV-AjFYvd5tosUbDbAFEPGXGtitgkT49cFUYTUtFdL_Hy9TP63H9-6P-cQMW1eX_QN7S2b4eh_9_7AjwQFk/w480-h640/IMG-3039.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Former Pickle Factory, Crimscott Street, Bermondsey, South London SE1</i></div><div><i style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally in this short post, we have what is probably my favourite of the three, not for the trade it used to deal in, but for the art deco architecture and lettering. The Alaska Factory, on Grange Road, was a fur processing factory that took sealskin deliveries from Canada and Alaska. In world ward two, the factory used sheepskin to make RAF flying suits and linings for flying jackets. The factory was eventually closed in 1960 and converted into apartments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The white art deco tower below was built in the 1930's and was not part of the original 1869 factory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwA74TB7mP-xhuEEwVPpgsfh6BrVAEs_QRLwMMxNBX89mSvwwBonyC6W5hbol9giyoWt3ntI7C7XigaWI6n9MmGRkj40_Sdb-CoqrQCyYjikHqenlFp5h_LM7IAYIDyjw3zSDo2b14Y4yU90Fj_0K0SSk77iB400RRvXkOWEhk_dGG0FQy5cMrB9wnXk/s4032/IMG-3042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Alaska Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwA74TB7mP-xhuEEwVPpgsfh6BrVAEs_QRLwMMxNBX89mSvwwBonyC6W5hbol9giyoWt3ntI7C7XigaWI6n9MmGRkj40_Sdb-CoqrQCyYjikHqenlFp5h_LM7IAYIDyjw3zSDo2b14Y4yU90Fj_0K0SSk77iB400RRvXkOWEhk_dGG0FQy5cMrB9wnXk/w480-h640/IMG-3042.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former Alaska Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, South London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The original arch with the more recent art deco tower in the background.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoSzS_RsGK1MFv5Pc65dFqzAkUBrU-UO9LIJYUkfHC8rW9AolIaODKwhryg5YcWtNXMbSl1FwjHjlko0ogH9zQD6qm4otv_sPrR2ICRtq6DUC101C6h54h2MMd9Zf4c_Yk1w_C7tXI_ogIFhuuxfM73Mktgi4ovCrungloG32PxUTP5_vcL9er4QQiKQ/s4032/IMG-3041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Alaska Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoSzS_RsGK1MFv5Pc65dFqzAkUBrU-UO9LIJYUkfHC8rW9AolIaODKwhryg5YcWtNXMbSl1FwjHjlko0ogH9zQD6qm4otv_sPrR2ICRtq6DUC101C6h54h2MMd9Zf4c_Yk1w_C7tXI_ogIFhuuxfM73Mktgi4ovCrungloG32PxUTP5_vcL9er4QQiKQ/w480-h640/IMG-3041.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Former Alaska Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, South London</i></div><div><i style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">A slightly more close-up picture of the original 1869 arch, where you can just about make out the seal above the year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBRJAgKoRxIZtKB3_VfuzBwKGLG7dcsYtIZnaCc0rmiM5jGF2ZvmygH7qbp62VxiH3nhq9d_laTD6EjFARjRtWRbEv2v7hySPLZ8DdoMdcfrAwbF3vHGPLfVGNXPJhXGrpWTMN-zCE3rn8Bs8ESMTdlAMXhG68OqygiVP7UU8-MJs50VYzV1N0E9arco/s4032/IMG-3043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former Alaska Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBRJAgKoRxIZtKB3_VfuzBwKGLG7dcsYtIZnaCc0rmiM5jGF2ZvmygH7qbp62VxiH3nhq9d_laTD6EjFARjRtWRbEv2v7hySPLZ8DdoMdcfrAwbF3vHGPLfVGNXPJhXGrpWTMN-zCE3rn8Bs8ESMTdlAMXhG68OqygiVP7UU8-MJs50VYzV1N0E9arco/w480-h640/IMG-3043.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Former Alaska Factory, Grange Road, Bermondsey, South London</i></div><div><i style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately I ran out of time to explore the roads around this wonderful piece of architecture as I'm sure they would have revealed even more ... maybe that will have to wait until next time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<ins class="epn-placement" data-config-id="fff678b7ac0a9d345e403582"></ins>dakotaboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00804592205708387211noreply@blogger.com0Bermondsey, London, UK51.492265499999988 -0.065200523.182031663821142 -35.2214505 79.80249933617884 35.0910495tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136474608384484471.post-47020340304864271342023-07-04T12:32:00.002+00:002024-01-05T18:14:14.039+00:00A wander around Kennington, South London SE11<p style="text-align: center;"> Days, weeks, months, and even years pass by and I realise that I've not found time (or more accurately not made time) to write blog posts. I have plenty of material to share, ranging from psychogeographic drifts through London and other villages, towns and cities, to my rediscovered love of vinyl. So, where to (re)start? Perhaps it's best to start with a post work wander through a part of London that, until recently, I wasn't familiar with at all: Kennington.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I guess my work locations, record shopping trips, and previous train spotting haunts as a kid, never took me to Kennington. The closest I would have ventured would have been the Imperial War Museum, I guess, and that would most likely have been by tube, or the short walk from Waterloo.</p><p style="text-align: center;">So, when I started a new contract in early 2023 near the Tate Modern, I couldn't wait to use my lunch breaks and evenings to wander the nearby streets to see what was around.</p><p style="text-align: center;">First up is the rather wonderful clock attached to the London Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance Friendly Society building, at 176 Blackfriars Road. It seems the clock has stooped at ten to six. I didn't realise this at the time, as it must have been around that time of day when I was wandering past, but all the other pictures I've found of it on the internet have the same time. Still, at least it's correct twice a day.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRryZ9AT5_6lNAJSRG40rVwVWnKBg01sIemFgmV7RXaUrT5uSHLctjbJrPrqMKkdx7cEHJ9zN6Cyutrub8LxEHRYzgLVNCzVlHjLho3_vu7O1mI26rl2Nu7KBLkKzm7D6jUOLD272wEs7YySpLBOoTPsmw11LqjroIXGk7BZsPyKrI1a5tEJzMcl0/s4032/IMG_2370.jpg"><img alt="Sons of Temperance Friendly Society, Blackfriars Road, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRryZ9AT5_6lNAJSRG40rVwVWnKBg01sIemFgmV7RXaUrT5uSHLctjbJrPrqMKkdx7cEHJ9zN6Cyutrub8LxEHRYzgLVNCzVlHjLho3_vu7O1mI26rl2Nu7KBLkKzm7D6jUOLD272wEs7YySpLBOoTPsmw11LqjroIXGk7BZsPyKrI1a5tEJzMcl0/w480-h640/IMG_2370.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Sons of Temperance Friendly Society, 176 Blackfriars Road</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">As I continued my drift southwards, I soon entered a bit of a lost world of former shops and pubs, all of which now seem to have been converted into residential premises.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UkimpnhSdTy0NZe1OI_yr9afVj6KAgqRNYFliIgqW9nrNgKiDN9COAFY8BV3D6j2yPsAbksj643A6Yz9V4acs0UAFsNOujZg8JS28nQrMoEyir9yWzdRgCM19rZIHdSGe9A0_bHE0x6F-Bg4dQh75I4p7CIhxPgF8iE_VFLjJUHQeqSie4oEzlqs/s4032/IMG_2376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Two Eagles, Kennington, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UkimpnhSdTy0NZe1OI_yr9afVj6KAgqRNYFliIgqW9nrNgKiDN9COAFY8BV3D6j2yPsAbksj643A6Yz9V4acs0UAFsNOujZg8JS28nQrMoEyir9yWzdRgCM19rZIHdSGe9A0_bHE0x6F-Bg4dQh75I4p7CIhxPgF8iE_VFLjJUHQeqSie4oEzlqs/w480-h640/IMG_2376.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Former pub, The Two Eagles, Austral Street, Kennington, London</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately there don't seem to be any clues as to what this building used to be. It looks like a former shop, but all I could find online was an estate agent advertisement for it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyFuje-RUx4k30ks6meF2dLubD0oj67m7iqN0-dmfFy8CYflvWAzK0bhI0VDGNcLEExQH7s0u0ae8V_DTr1HRh1woACvpbepIfPWGrZhjncgGl4X1MR_ONnfpCRbWqQHVhCWRhIlPtYV5RyquIV9wiOnpXhLGtHWktK6wnW85Q5J2jyQQ5tOHBTGT/s4032/IMG_2377.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shop, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyFuje-RUx4k30ks6meF2dLubD0oj67m7iqN0-dmfFy8CYflvWAzK0bhI0VDGNcLEExQH7s0u0ae8V_DTr1HRh1woACvpbepIfPWGrZhjncgGl4X1MR_ONnfpCRbWqQHVhCWRhIlPtYV5RyquIV9wiOnpXhLGtHWktK6wnW85Q5J2jyQQ5tOHBTGT/w400-h300/IMG_2377.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shop, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">At least this former shop next door bears a name telling everyone of its previous purpose. Quite an impressive size if all of it was a sweet shop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH1rpZlz0-pzulndiQ08i3qltfiPo4rGxRbqjeDyTBPPd-8PCgGAnDWHEtx0Yl49G6dh4GXPXwIUGzRYAwzIcEZklQM9tS__UW6BO6oEuUea_rVshbkFHJ6voaTusmBcNLc2go-tDD4_pP0Smpuk-j30nxxaZghYLSBjYdRgaJmU9mZ8KrRoZ5EwM/s4032/IMG_2378.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former sweet shop, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH1rpZlz0-pzulndiQ08i3qltfiPo4rGxRbqjeDyTBPPd-8PCgGAnDWHEtx0Yl49G6dh4GXPXwIUGzRYAwzIcEZklQM9tS__UW6BO6oEuUea_rVshbkFHJ6voaTusmBcNLc2go-tDD4_pP0Smpuk-j30nxxaZghYLSBjYdRgaJmU9mZ8KrRoZ5EwM/w400-h300/IMG_2378.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former sweet shop, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now back to a few more unidentified buildings, which once again I am assuming were at one time, shops of some sort.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL7K-9x6LJjrtDp056qFuFGUoCDsuwkeEWdh5geldkgeFakPt925n_eGIWXmap63Oz5uz6rWAxypgpCG3ZUywqsayfHCgMDBD8PIgyi2tTVJ7QlN6Vzi_OoDzZvRP_RS3SeKfioCEw846HX2tex8DcrGnYOksxGHz7LdV4Lpo8jfrxJxMqn-LgewV/s4032/IMG_2379.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shop. Walcot Square, Kennington, South London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL7K-9x6LJjrtDp056qFuFGUoCDsuwkeEWdh5geldkgeFakPt925n_eGIWXmap63Oz5uz6rWAxypgpCG3ZUywqsayfHCgMDBD8PIgyi2tTVJ7QlN6Vzi_OoDzZvRP_RS3SeKfioCEw846HX2tex8DcrGnYOksxGHz7LdV4Lpo8jfrxJxMqn-LgewV/w400-h300/IMG_2379.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shop, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London</i></b></div></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlql9wWOP1maYa8E-Q6qs-PI_UBkR71TngIg4sKqN-P7M-mHH8-bv15QyK-omgqnximAzHmFXvomiTJUkev0icqxIjDLh5RwuL4gOYGYyUcMNajLmDpcjr1z4Q2WDlsV80NM86JoBwJJJrp9LouVHFmPkuCJ5E7MuFQscTwKHdLOkVDqopwshvrtt/s4032/IMG_2381.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shop. Walcot Square, Kennington, South London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlql9wWOP1maYa8E-Q6qs-PI_UBkR71TngIg4sKqN-P7M-mHH8-bv15QyK-omgqnximAzHmFXvomiTJUkev0icqxIjDLh5RwuL4gOYGYyUcMNajLmDpcjr1z4Q2WDlsV80NM86JoBwJJJrp9LouVHFmPkuCJ5E7MuFQscTwKHdLOkVDqopwshvrtt/w400-h300/IMG_2381.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shop, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London</i></b></div></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not sure about this one however. It has more of a look of a mews building, with perhaps stables where the garages now are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl5MgWIKzZOrFR2upSU7QXAgfGVQNkFM3cBr87RvvWjd_6v7RIH4tplF3axgS-SacEXg1NLCTjTb5PnFYZIr1yhn1Cpm2xV1OVcMEWjprwcxwQ17hVhpVg9d_nr0g--Ijxb4XdFU1fWUKau0XQQnYaEPIgDcYaI1KDrpUR8vWYqGBZ2UFYbka7fwp/s4032/IMG_2383.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl5MgWIKzZOrFR2upSU7QXAgfGVQNkFM3cBr87RvvWjd_6v7RIH4tplF3axgS-SacEXg1NLCTjTb5PnFYZIr1yhn1Cpm2xV1OVcMEWjprwcxwQ17hVhpVg9d_nr0g--Ijxb4XdFU1fWUKau0XQQnYaEPIgDcYaI1KDrpUR8vWYqGBZ2UFYbka7fwp/w400-h300/IMG_2383.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Again, there's a dearth of information as to what the building below once was. It has the looks of some sort of factory requiring plenty of light, judging by the windows, and reminds me of former print works I have seen in other parts of London. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC05CEg9gYXLqQl7nq53UwUHN3jze0tbYKBMJLms40bSakvH-USoRDSf_UshB1buuzlPwwMOmDfsjI0MVI6dcFJYVFZ_7RfgOvEItqu3I9GiRsIUidA6fPY530Vp3JPiPr6R7IDKwOMNEvhYigUzVGvjxAGhZTUlOEJ9Q-Dg23kXquo2jIU4AcDNei/s4032/IMG_2384.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former factory(?), Walcot Square, Kennington, South London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC05CEg9gYXLqQl7nq53UwUHN3jze0tbYKBMJLms40bSakvH-USoRDSf_UshB1buuzlPwwMOmDfsjI0MVI6dcFJYVFZ_7RfgOvEItqu3I9GiRsIUidA6fPY530Vp3JPiPr6R7IDKwOMNEvhYigUzVGvjxAGhZTUlOEJ9Q-Dg23kXquo2jIU4AcDNei/w400-h300/IMG_2384.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former factory(?), Walcot Square, Kennington, South London</i></b></div></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fortunately both the signage and the internet gives plenty of indication what this used to be. This is the former Walcot Stores, again in Walcot Square. The blank space beneath the wording WALCOT STORES on the sign once read</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for Quality</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">GROCERIES</div><div style="text-align: center;">PROVISIONS</div><div style="text-align: center;">COOKD MEATS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The shop was used as the location for one of the fairly gruesome scenes in the 1990 film, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QULOMJ0XbKg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Krays</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnnndJTjeEb6LF7NdazjMsrfI7Gvr4SP0CAgo5-ygIFOT1tZsXXG22PzNu-zfvD8cgIRUzzr11N_CTifAABrrCsMkq1YJjGBD5aTCPrGl0IRj6v2DSGMR-a72iyX6K6Zx31sBX-898mF1jzsmBMNW3gNFjBAKSId6JWeVZgw_5Jnw-llztAAKHMjV/s4032/IMG_2479.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The former Walcot Stores, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnnndJTjeEb6LF7NdazjMsrfI7Gvr4SP0CAgo5-ygIFOT1tZsXXG22PzNu-zfvD8cgIRUzzr11N_CTifAABrrCsMkq1YJjGBD5aTCPrGl0IRj6v2DSGMR-a72iyX6K6Zx31sBX-898mF1jzsmBMNW3gNFjBAKSId6JWeVZgw_5Jnw-llztAAKHMjV/w480-h640/IMG_2479.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>The former Walcot Stores, Walcot Square, Kennington, South London</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure about this next one. It could have been a former pub, but I cannot find any documented at this location on the <a href="https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/se11_kennington.html" target="_blank">Lost Pubs Project</a> site, so am assuming that perhaps it was a former shop.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QMSW_IjmDHI5941q9aA6WmN06Fcm40rIyUbehhUSXcwz8mZrPlajuoBlTTdjs_quITZwhG6HZdweqoeM3t8loq_HVxdSg3rtrAyp-GZ66yR-5COuqAWdutCfyMhVAwaDbglx77KJNIlJTqj16HHv06ANR6CXs5KUOaRVk7PjueMQra4NJg55XiGm/s4032/IMG_2483.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub or shop(?), Monkton Street, Kennington, South London SE11" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QMSW_IjmDHI5941q9aA6WmN06Fcm40rIyUbehhUSXcwz8mZrPlajuoBlTTdjs_quITZwhG6HZdweqoeM3t8loq_HVxdSg3rtrAyp-GZ66yR-5COuqAWdutCfyMhVAwaDbglx77KJNIlJTqj16HHv06ANR6CXs5KUOaRVk7PjueMQra4NJg55XiGm/w400-h300/IMG_2483.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former pub or shop(?), Monkton Street, Kennington, South London SE11</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the side of the building which cannot be seen in this shot, the wall still bears signage of The Lambeth Tavern</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bHDT5yV-gheFKP2Zv28nW-1fBVAqImZqAgv61I2DM19If4D0lHCxV1PO9FWQ5saRcZoIlz0SROwH63tt5OAqpWvcgpIw1hQLwwp2PoGY0NXtYZNlA5kqbw-6ybEBYYKk-a-JQ07td-jRDumAivdPb7k-pUC6iSCYTal5qGk-6q_0Cf2RiCgBuXWc/s4032/IMG_2486.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former pub, The Lambeth Tavern, on the corner of Walnut Tree Walk and Lambeth Walk, South London" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bHDT5yV-gheFKP2Zv28nW-1fBVAqImZqAgv61I2DM19If4D0lHCxV1PO9FWQ5saRcZoIlz0SROwH63tt5OAqpWvcgpIw1hQLwwp2PoGY0NXtYZNlA5kqbw-6ybEBYYKk-a-JQ07td-jRDumAivdPb7k-pUC6iSCYTal5qGk-6q_0Cf2RiCgBuXWc/w480-h640/IMG_2486.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former pub, The Lambeth Tavern, on the corner of Walnut Tree Walk and Lambeth Walk, South London</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quite the collection of former shops along Lambeth Walk</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2jnuAVdjtWwYXjYAYn3PIgT0GbH90QPanunx79TLf2B4-tZIkZShrypEM9IXiNOdIWSQf4a-Cif59jmKlaWClC8dGEk_QIB58c65GUbCho0fnYSqg8YHbZbHXRZRQeDta1mkg2zC_3D-lzJhmpkyVzlW-pxdiP2hRzPkRxg4nU4OD1owRawei5ng/s4032/IMG_2487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Former shops in Lambeth Walk, South London" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2jnuAVdjtWwYXjYAYn3PIgT0GbH90QPanunx79TLf2B4-tZIkZShrypEM9IXiNOdIWSQf4a-Cif59jmKlaWClC8dGEk_QIB58c65GUbCho0fnYSqg8YHbZbHXRZRQeDta1mkg2zC_3D-lzJhmpkyVzlW-pxdiP2hRzPkRxg4nU4OD1owRawei5ng/w400-h300/IMG_2487.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Former shops in Lambeth Walk, South London</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, that's all for today folks. Hopefully it won't be quite so long until I post again as I've actually quite enjoyed doing this one. I must admit though it has helped by raining today so that I didn't feel guilty sitting at my laptop instead of being outside.</p>
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<b>WIRKSWORTH & DISTRICT CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED</b> </div>
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It wasn't until I blew this picture up on the PC that I noticed it had more to it than initially caught my eye. As well as the lettering starting<b> WIN</b> between the rows of windows, there are also the letters<b> SWORN</b> just in the shadow of where the roof hangs over the wall, and there's a middle line ending in<b> SER</b>. However I am none the wise as to what the complete sign may have read. Any clues?</div>
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I don't seem to have found time to blog over the past few months. My spare time has been taken up with bike rides, and over the wonderful summer it seemed criminal to lock myself away with the laptop instead of being outside enjoying the great outdoors. However, now that we seem to be firmly in the grip of late autumn, with dark evenings and drizzle, I can justify sitting at home over a hot keyboard and catch up with posting some of my psychogeographical outings from the past few months, as I drifted through town and country, sometimes with a plan in mind, other times just happy to wander. But where shall we go first? How about Oxford … and let's begin with a wonderful doorway mosaic.</div>
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I must confess I've never been punting, but it is on the "to do" list. It does however always bring up a slightly sinister image that I remember from either <a href="https://amzn.to/2PTmZj2" target="_blank">Inspector Morse</a> or <a href="https://amzn.to/2zq6DUJ" target="_blank">Lewis</a>.</div>
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Wandering along the <a href="https://amzn.to/2TEZVmi" target="_blank">Cowley Road</a> in Oxford is almost always a pleasure. Whether it's to rummage through the charity shops or crate dig in Truck Records, to have lunch in an independent café or to go to a gig at the O2 academy, there is always something new to catch the eye regardless of how many time I walk along it. This next photo is a perfect example of something I must have walked past tens of times but only noticed it on this visit. This old sign for <b>R.A.NEVILLE, Dispensing Chemist</b> is thankfully still preserved above what is now, I think, a restaurant.</div>
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As with most towns and cities these days, street art is everywhere. Some grabs the eye, others just looks like the scrawling of a madman. This one however did catch my eye, with its elephant on wheels and what looks like a jazz band.</div>
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This next one was a<i> real</i> find. I had definitely noticed this before and really cannot remember why I had never stopped to look at it or photograph it before. It would seem that this cinema has a rich history and is still in use today. It originally opened in 1911 but closed towards the end of World War I, only re-opening in 1976 as the Penultimate Picture Palace after being used as a furniture depository in the intervening period. It closed again in 1994 when squatters moved in, renaming it to the Section 6 Cinema. In 1997 it re-opened as The Ultimate Picture Palace. For more information and pictures, have a look at <a href="https://www.picturepalace.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Ultimate Survivor</a> about the history of the cinema</div>
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I've blogged about <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2013/12/urban-wandering-around-oxford-in-search.html" target="_blank">Oxford signage</a> a few years ago now, but there are always more great finds. This is also a great little street with shops, cafés, bars and restaurants.</div>
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I thought that when I photographed this ghost sign a few years back, it was not quite so weathered as it is today, but on checking my <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2013/12/urban-wandering-around-oxford-in-search.html" target="_blank">previous blog post</a>, it actually seems to be in better condition, with the drain pipe that used to run diagonally across the sign now diverted to run next to it. Good to see it's still there and not painted over or covered with a billboard as so many seem to be these days.</div>
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Having aching feet from wandering the hard streets, we finished our day in a more serene setting, walking along part of the Oxford Canal, which reminded me of the <a href="https://amzn.to/2PT0jzx" target="_blank">Philip Pullman</a> novels and <a href="https://amzn.to/2BwhpdE" target="_blank">Lyra's Oxford</a>.</div>
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A different destination for today's wander. Looking to go somewhere different from home, but not travelling too far, we decided to stop off at Abingdon in Oxfordshire for a few hours. Our wander started with a short and muddy walk along the Thames path, which was pleasant enough, but soon we ended up in the town, with scenery more fitting for my blog.</div>
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Starting off with what I originally thought was a bit over over-officious policing of the waterway, but then realised it had a more humourous tone to it.<br />
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In to the town now and pleasing to find not only an old sign / ghost sign on the Oxfam shop, but also two doorway mosaics there too. The sign reads</div>
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Following the doorway mosaic at the Corn and Coal merchants, I found another just a little further down the road. This shop threshold also had some ornate tile work.</div>
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A short visit to the town, which we rounded off with a quick visit to the museum. These two pictures are from the roof terrace which is open upon request for a small fee.</div>
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Zooming in a little and the horizon is pretty much filled with what remains of Didcot Power Station.</div>
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For my lunchtime wander today, I decided to drift off towards Holland Park and Notting Hill. Again this is somewhere I've been before but not for a while now, and as with many places I visit there are always either new sights to see and photo, or vistas I have previously missed.<br />
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One thing I do particularly like about this area of London is the curved buildings on many of the street corners, mainly I suspect as a result of the roads not being a grid system like some other parts of London.<br />
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This first building has all the hall marks of being a pub at one time in its life. From similar buildings I have seen, I can imagine a sign with the pub name <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">at the very top of the building </span>and a list of various ales on the long grey plastered section. It looks like it may have had an entrance too which has now been covered. Worried that I may be completely wrong, I decided to conduct some internet research and came across this wonderful site called <a href="http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/w11_nottinghill.html" target="_blank">Lost Pubs in London</a> which revealed that this indeed used to be a pub, called <a href="http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/w11_nottinghill_unicorn.html" target="_blank">The Unicorn</a> but has been a residential dwelling for some years now.</div>
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<b><i>The former Unicorn Pub, corner of Princedale Road and Penzance Place, Notting Hill, London</i></b><br />
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I was also curious about what this building, also in Penzance Place, could have been, but was not able to uncover any information.</div>
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<b><i>Unidentified pink building, Penzance Place, Notting Hill, London</i></b></div>
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Again I'm quite sure what is now The Cross was something in a former life but despite doing, admittedly only a little, research I was unable to uncover anything on this one either.</div>
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<b><i>The Cross, Portland Road, Notting Hill, London</i></b></div>
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Fortunately what is now The Cowshed was easier to discover its former function. This was also a former pub, called The Portland Arms.</div>
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<b><i>The former Portland Arms pub, Portland Road, Notting Hill, London</i></b></div>
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The area in and around Clarendon Cross has some wonderful shop fronts or which these are only a couple.</div>
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<b><i>L Maison shopfront, Clarendon Cross, Notting Hill, London</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Summerill and Bishop, shopfront, Clarendon Cross, Notting Hill, London</i></b></div>
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This area also boasts something of a more industrial past, with a pottery and this former brick works, now a residential dwelling. The name of the building is clear to see, but look about half-way down and there are also the words BUILDERS and CONTRACTORS in the brickwork.</div>
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<b><i>The former Clarendon brick works, Notting Hill, London</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Old sign, Portland Road, Notting Hill, London</i></b></div>
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Finally on this wander, I found this wonderful, and very much in use, butchers. </div>
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<b><i>Lidgate butchers, Holland Park Avenue, London</i></b><br />
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Despite the grey skies, and menacing clouds, I braved the elements and ventured out. A round trip to West Brompton is just about possible within a lunch hour, and there are fortunately various routes to get there, so plenty of scope for wandering along new roads. I have previously visited West Brompton but I think only from the opposite direction.<br />
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London has plenty of Peabody housing, courtesy of social visionary George Peabody. As well as being architecturally striking, many have interesting signage. I'd like to have taken a few more pictures here but I felt I was intruding too much into people's personal space.</div>
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<b><i>Signage on the Peabody houses, Lillie Road, London</i></b></div>
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Along the same stretch of road was a former school, with the segregated school entrance signs still visible. Just a few yards away from the Girls & Infants entrance was the Boys entrance.</div>
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<b><i>Girls & Infants entrance to former school, Lillie Road, London</i></b></div>
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When I first saw this ghost sign, I had assumed that I'd seen it before, but then realised that the one I had seen was at the other end of Lillie Road. I can only assume I'd never spotted this massive one before as I had always walked in the opposite direction. Quite pleased with my find though.</div>
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<b><i>Brymay safety matches ghost sign, Lillie Road, West Brompton, London</i></b></div>
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With the Empress State Building to the left, and the London Overground railway approaching West Brompton station to the right, this piece of open land is in the process of being redeveloped. I'm sure next time I visit it will look completely different.</div>
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<b><i>Wasteland between Empress State Building and London Overground line, West Brompton</i></b></div>
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On my return route I spotted this ghost sign on Chesson Road. I am fairly sure I had walked this way before but never noticed it. On closer inspection though, the fact that the main part of the sign is a different colour to the rest of the walls suggests it has, until recently perhaps, been covered by a more modern billboard. Unfortunately I cannot make out what it says. Maybe the last word is Hall?</div>
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<b><i>Ghost sign, Chesson Road, Fulham, London</i></b></div>
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As often seems to happen, when I'm out hunting for ghost signs, almost anything can look like one. I originally took this photo to showcase the boarded-up shop, but also noticed above the shop what could perhaps once have been a ghost sign. Having blown the picture up though, I now think I was imagining it.</div>
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It's all too easy to allow work to overtake my intentions, and once again this has happened in terms of finding time to dedicate to this blog. Admittedly it's only a couple of weeks this time, unlike the months of absence I saw last year, but I had intended to blog at least weekly. Last week was manic at work, but fortunately I did manage to escape the office one lunchtime when I was up in London. I must have walked pretty much everywhere within a lunch time's walking distance from the office, so decided to re-visit somewhere I'd not been for a while ... Brackenbury. Brackenbury is essentially a London village, situated between Hammersmith and Ravenscourt Park. Despite being situated between some fairly major roads, it still has a village-like feel, although some of what I assume used to be village shops are now tastefully converted into residential or business premises, rather than being boarded-up and run down, which would almost certainly be the case in some of the neighbouring areas.</div>
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They are however beautifully preserved, or should that be restored?</div>
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Even the Christmas trees are stacked neatly, on a spotless street, awaiting collection.</div>
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This was the only building that I had any success in determining it's former purpose, which was apparently a bakery. I was hoping that what appears to be two ghost signs on the building would reveal more, but unfortunately any lettering is long gone.</div>
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<b><i>Former bakery, Brackenbury Village, London</i></b><br />
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These lovely Hindustan Ambassadors were a surprise. Beautifully restores and now part of Karma Kabs.<br />
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One of the striking features about Brackenbury Village was the tiling that many of the houses displayed.<br />
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Now a pilates studio, I wonder what this building was previously. The ghost sign above the door is more readable than on the bakery but still not quite readable enough to be able to decipher.<br />
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Having spotted a few books on <a href="http://amzn.to/2rsHLKv" target="_blank">London Villages</a>, I think I'll do some research over the next few remaining weeks of winter, and when the evenings become longer maybe start exploring some new places.<br />
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Here's another collection of pictures from one of our summer breaks. This one features photos taken along the former railway line, the Camel Trail, at Padstow, Cornwall.<br />
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On arrival at our B&B we were greeted with this wonderful view of the Camel Estuary at very low tide, from the bedroom window. The Camel Trail is just the other side of the houses.</div>
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Just outside Padstow is this wonderful iron bridge. Although sadly no longer carrying steam trains full of excited holiday-makers, or hauling trucks full of freshly caught fish, it has been converted into a recreational route for walkers and cyclists.</div>
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A little way outside Padstow beyond the iron bridge, at low tide the views both ways along the estuary open out into wide expanses of sand.</div>
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Happy New Year 2018. I don't really make New year's resolutions any more, but let's just say I have an intention to blog more than I did in 2017.<br />
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Following on from my previous <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-weekend-break-in-bideford-devon.html" target="_blank"><b>Bideford post</b></a> which covered a cycle ride along the Tarka trail, the second part will cover a few other aspects of Bideford, mainly the area to the east of the River Torridge, called East-the-Water. Once the only way to cross the river, this magnificent bridge is still in use today but fortunately the majority of the traffic is now carried by the Torridge Bridge (the A39) further to the north.</div>
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<b><i>Old Bideford Bridge, Bideford, Devon</i></b></div>
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Looking north from the Old Bideford Bridge, the Torridge Bridge can just about be seen in the distance.</div>
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As we crossed the bridge to East-the-Water and wandered along the road, one of the first sights that greeted me was the wonderful ghost sign.</div>
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<b><i>I. Baker & Son ghost sign in Bideford, Devon</i></b></div>
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Just along from the Brunswick Wharf building was the site of another former wharf, Queen's Wharf. Ripe for redevelopment it still displays the Queen's Wharf name on the pillars either side of the gate.</div>
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Originally built as a Collar Factory, and later as a furniture store, the building still bears its name and purpose.</div>
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After a very wet day, the skies cleared in the early evening as we made our way down into the town for dinner, treating us to some lovely cloud formations. This first picture is taken from the west side of the River Torridge.</div>
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<b><i>Looking down towards the River Torridge from Bideford, Devon</i></b></div>
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Once again, not having kept a meticulous record of where I took my photos, and my memory failing me, I am really not sure where these next two pictures were taken. Given the date they were taken, I am very sure they are in and around Bideford, but exactly where I cannot tell. If I had to guess then I'd say they were taken from the Tarka Trail as we cycled along it north from Bideford to Barnstaple and Braunton.</div>
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Thanks for reading. This is the last of the two posts I'll be doing on Bideford. I still have some archive material from last summer to post, so that will probably feature next, but hopefully I'll get an opportunity to explore more this year and post accordingly.<br />
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As mentioned a few posts ago, I have a wealth of material from earlier in the year which I didn't have time (at the time) to process and post, but with a few days on my hands before going back to work, and still trying to fight off the man-flu, it's about time I put that right. The first of these retrospective posts will focus on a weekend break we had in Devon, Bideford to be precise, and the first of the Bideford posts will focus on a cycle ride we did along the magnificent Tarka Trail, a former railway now converted into a quite wonderful cycle path.</div>
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I must however first start with a small apology. We actually did two rides along the Tarka Trail from Bideford. The first was south from Bideford, which is covered by the majority of the photos, but we also cycled north which for some reason only seems to have a few photos where I'm sure I took more. The apology is that I fear I may have mixed some of these up and am not sure of the location of all of them - I think these are all from the ride between Bideford and Meeth. I'm very clear on the first one however, this is the old bridge carrying the former railway into Bideford station.</div>
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This next picture shows one of Bideford's two former railway stations. Although not very far from the main station, the Royal Hotel had its own station allowing guests easy access. Both platforms remain and are in reasonable condition, although the one opposite the hotel is a little overgrown.</div>
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This is Bideford station proper, parts of which have now been restored (see pictures further down in this post).</div>
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Where parts of the railway has been preserved, there is some wonderful railwayana (is that a word). This is a restored but disused signal just south of Bideford. You can also just see some re-laid tracks in the foreground, but these peter-out before long and I think are only there to allow the carriages which house the museum and tea rooms to have somewhere to sit.</div>
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This is where things begin to get a bit blurred. This is definitely on the route south from Bideford to Meeth, but not sure exactly where. Still, it's another fine example of a disused platform.</div>
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Along the side of the former track bed there were some wonderful Gaudi-like sculptures, depicting animals from <a href="http://amzn.to/2BRpR4T" target="_blank"><b>Tarka the Otter</b></a>.</div>
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I'm pretty sure this is just outside Meeth, which was as far as we cycled south along the Tarka Trail.</div>
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Of all the picture I took during our 40 mile round trip, this one is probably my favourite. Ok, so it's a bit staged with the milk churns there for historical purposes only, but I felt it captured the essence of a branch line railway quite well. Nice sky too.</div>
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I managed to take a picture of the restored signal box on the same evening.</div>
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I think these final two pictures must have been taken on a different day as the weather and light are both quite different. They both however show the restored railway carriages sitting on some re-laid track in the former Bideford station. Inside the carriages are a museum and tea-room.</div>
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Just before I finished work for the Christmas break, I was working up in London for a few days. One of those days was the classic, cold-but-crisp December days where it seemed a crime to sit in the office and eat my sandwiches over a hot laptop filling the gaps between the keys with crumbs, so off I went in search of some space ...</div>
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There is something simultaneously ugly and beautiful about the underside of a flyover, almost a little like no-man's land. It also reminded me a little of J.G.Ballard's <a href="http://amzn.to/2kQClmX" target="_blank">Concrete Island</a>.<br />
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Despite this building being quite unique, it took more than a little research to reveal its purpose, although I probably could have guessed. Allowing a clear view along the Thames, it's used a starting box for rowing races.</div>
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As anyone who has read this blog for a while will know, I have been through various phases of things I'm interested in. More recently it's been doorway mosaics and ghost signs, but several years ago it was London mews, or mews-style dwellings. I can't remember the last time I shared any picture of London mews, but here's one I am very sure I have walked past before but never previously photographed.</div>
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I've seen these structures many times before, but never really stopped to consider what thy might be. It is in fact a stinkpipe, or stenchpole, built in Victorian times to allow gas to escape from underground sewers. Many are quite elaborate in design as well as functional.</div>
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Now I know what these intriguing structures are, stinkpipes are something I may return to at a later stage when I have more to share. In the meantime, and much to my surprise, there seems to be plenty of reading material available on these, firstly in this wonderful <a href="https://londonist.com/2016/08/the-victorian-structures-hidden-in-plain-sight" target="_blank">Londonist blog</a> post, and also of course in physical format ...</div>
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Finally we arrive at the last instalment of my recent weekend in Kent. Today it's the turn of Canterbury, Chatham and Rochester to feature. The day trip to Canterbury was on a very wet and grey day, so there are no <i>classic</i> cathedral pictures, not only because of the weather but also as some of it was being repaired. I did find a few wonderful doorway mosaics though.</div>
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On the way back home from Kent we stopped off at Chatham. We had a vague notion of visiting the dockyard but were put off by the price, so instead had a quick wander along the river and to Rochester. These two pictures of the Medway were taken from a lovely little Café-cum-Gallery called Sun Pier House.</div>
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Thanks once again for reading. This is the last blog post I'll be doing of Kent, at least for a while anyway. I have a few archived trips that I've not yet written up so will post on one of those next time, not sure which one yet though.<br />
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Having finished my last post on <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-weekend-wandering-around-kent-part-5.html" target="_blank"><b>Margate</b></a> in my previous post, we now move on to Whitstable. This was a remarkable day out in that we had done no research whatsoever so had absolutely no expectations of what it would be like, nor what we would do there. Firstly the weather was wonderful, which always helps, and secondly the town and its surroundings were beautiful. Our wander on this glorious day started at the harbour and took us west along the coast for a couple of hours, and then back into to the town.</div>
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Although the skies were clear, it was fairly cold so not that many people walking along the beach and sea front once we'd left the town. The beach huts looked wonderful in the winter sun, but none were being used today.</div>
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We must have walked along the beach and shore line for a good few miles before turning back. We had hoped to find a cozy little café to stop at for tea and cake but weren't in luck as the only one for miles was closed for the season. On the return leg we were treated to a most spectacular sunset. In this picture it's only just getting going.</div>
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The sunset also made for some lovely, enhanced colouring on the already beautiful beach huts.</div>
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These houses reminded me a little of the Painted Ladies in San Francisco. What a wonderful view they must have.</div>
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As we arrived back at the outskirts of Whitstable, the sunset became more and more spectacular. There was a well situated pub, The Old Neptune I think, where we sat down for a mulled wine and mince pie to watch the sunset. Pretty sure it was the one featured on the cover of <a href="http://amzn.to/2ythYAf" target="_blank">Whitstable and Herne Bay Pubs</a>.</div>
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Suitably refreshed we headed into the actual town for the first time in our visit where we found a pleasing selection of ghost signs, doorway mosaics and street art.<br />
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What struck me most about this piece of street art was the Crass logo in the middle of the girl's white dress. Took me right back to my rebellious teenage years.</div>
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This selection of ghost signs was a bit strange in that they almost looked as though they were recent additions made to look old, but I'm sure that's not the case and just looks that way because the wall behind has been recently painted.</div>
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To end my Whitstable post, here's another piece of street art which caught my eye, the Queen being pulled along by her corgies. The thing about this that amused me most was the fact that she is wearing trainers.</div>
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And so we come to the final Margate post, which covers a walk along the coast from Margate to Broadstairs. Once again there is a mixture of different vistas, ranging from the sunny view from the Turner Gallery, through some of the run down seaside attractions, ending up with a sunset and some doorway mosaics in Broadstairs.</div>
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After a wonderful breakfast at The Curious Cupcake, we headed to the Turner Gallery for an hour. My wife is the arty one in the family, but as it was free I found it ok, and quite nice to get out of the bracing wind.</div>
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For those of you with eagle-eyes, you can just make out the big wheel at Dreamland in the background.</div>
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Not far from the shelter was Club Caprice. Although it's now boarded up, it does seems to have had a bit of a hey day from what I've managed to find on the internet, and a sad day when it closed for some I suspect.</div>
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Unfortunately many of the ghost signs facing the actual sea front have been battered by the weather and some are almost all gone. This one is a bit more legible that the one further below. The words I can decipher say</div>
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The Little Oasis Crazy Golf course at Cliftonville, Margate, has seen better days.</div>
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Again another abandoned building where I cannot determine the purpose. Possibly a shelter of some sort?</div>
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This lift takes people between the esplanade and the beach. I'm not sure if it's still in use, or maybe perhaps it's just closed for the off season.</div>
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Once we'd left the built up area of Margate, much of the walk was a bit barren if I'm honest, and it was blowing a gale so I didn't stop to take many pictures. By the time we'd arrived in Broadstairs however, the sun was out again and just in time to treat us to a wonderful sunset.</div>
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Unfortunately this meant that by the time we'd arrived in the town it was getting dark. I did manage to take a couple of doorway mosaic photos, but will have to return another day to do a proper visit of the town.</div>
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Hello everyone, thanks for returning. Today I'm back with the next instalment of my weekend wandering around Kent. I'm still working through the many pictures I have of Margate, so once again this post will cover Margate, specifically the area in and around the railway station. These pictures were taken on two different days as we made our way from Margate station to venture out to Whitstable on the sunny day, and Canterbury on the dreary day. Blog posts on those two day trips will follow.<br />
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First up we have a couple of wonderful ghost signs just outside the station car park. Both are for<br />
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with the one in the shade being in better condition as until relatively recently it would seem to have been protected from the weather as it was covered by a more modern advertising board.<br />
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The Shell sign on the front of the building was only partially complete. I now wished I had ventured up the alley to take a closer look and perhaps a clearer photo of it, but was worried about missing the train.</div>
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In compiling this latest blog post I now realise that I don't actually have any photos of the front of the station, which is a shame as it's quite a grand, grade II listed building. However what I do have are some pictures showing other aspects of the station's architecture.</div>
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The first couple of pictures show the former water tower at the east end of the station.</div>
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<b><i>Water Tower, Margate Station, Kent</i></b></div>
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The square looking building to the left of the picture is the main entrance to the station, and once again apologies for not having any pictures of the front or the interior to share.</div>
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<b><i>The Big Wheel at Dreamland from Margate Station, Kent</i></b></div>
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And so on to the second visit to the station, marred only by the dismal weather. When I first spotted this ghost sign I had not realised that the Albert Garage was in fact still an active operation just around the corner.</div>
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During the previous day's trip out of Margate on the train, I noticed some abandoned looking platforms to the side of the station. With a bit more time to spare before the train left I ventured beyond the confines of the station to see what these were. A bit of internet research revealed these to be a former parcels depot and sidings, of which some parts were more derelict than others.</div>
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As hinted at in my previous post, a <b><a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-weekend-wandering-around-kent-part-2.html" target="_blank">Weekend Wandering Around Kent (part 2, Margate)</a></b>, I had far too much material for a single blog post, so here's the 2nd instalment of the Margate section of my recent visit to Kent. Again this post covers all sorts of aspects of Margate, from abandonment to dreamland.</div>
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The pictures in today's blog post were all taken as we walked to Margate station, which will have it's own blog post later, on a day trip to Whitstable, which will also have its own blog post.<br />
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First up we have what seemed to be half a street of abandoned and boarded up buildings, I think along Bath Road. The one on the left looks as though it may have been a factory or warehouse of some description, whereas the one on the right looks like it may have been a shop. Hopefully the attractive brick buildings on the left will be restored and escape the bulldozer.<br />
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The boarded up buildings continued for quite a way.</div>
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This one was a little more curious. It may have been a shop but also reminded me, in a strange way, of electricity substations I have seen in London.</div>
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As we left the abandonment behind us, we headed towards the station via the sea front, taking in Dreamland. Originally opened in 1880 but not using the Dreamland name until 1920. It's had a somewhat chequered history but I'm pleased to say that it now seems to be enjoying a new lease of life, with some attractions open even in the off-peak season. It's rise and fall and rise again is well documented in various publications, like <b><a href="http://amzn.to/2BF4yUF" target="_blank">Dreamland Revived: The Story of Margate's Famous Amusement Park</a></b>.</div>
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I've now realised that the Margate post within the Kent post is likely to run to 4, if not 5 posts. My next Margate post will look at <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-weekend-wandering-around-kent-part-4.html" target="_blank">Margate station and the area around it</a>, taken on two days, one beautifully sunny, the other unfortunately a bit grim. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">So stay tuned for more folks.</span></div>
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Hot(ish) on the heals of <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-weekend-of-wandering-in-kent-part-1.html" target="_blank"><b>part one of my Weekend Wandering in Kent</b></a> blog post, is part two. Whereas part one covered Deal and Sandwich, albeit in small measures, part two covers Margate which was our base for the weekend. I ended up taking several pictures each day, sometimes as we were navigating our way out of Margate to visit other places, sometimes as we explored Margate. I definitely have too many pictures for a single Margate post so will split this into at least two parts.</div>
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Before I begin however, I have a bit of conundrum in terms of how I<i> present</i> Margate. Each day showed us different aspects to it. If I base my post simply on my experiences of the first day, then it would have been a rather sorry tale of a run down seaside resort, whereas if I include only what I saw on other days it would paint a much rosier picture. Therefore, I will share all my experiences, covering all aspects of the visit, so you will see me flipping between subject matter and different days, but hopefully still maintaining some cohesion. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Still with me? Then let's begin ...</span><br />
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Unfortunately by the time we arrived in Margate it was quite a dreary day. After checking in, we wrapped up warm and headed down to the seafront. If I'm honest, our first impression was a bit of a sorry one, and we were wondering if we should have based ourselves elsewhere for the weekend. The weather definitely did not help as we navigated our way through litter strewn streets and dog's mess.<br />
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As regular readers will know, I'm a bit of a sucker for ghost signs, and this building fitted the bill perfectly, still sporting most of the lettering from its previous use as a depository.</div>
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You only need to do a quick internet search to see what the Margate Lido looked like in its heyday. Sadly today it's less than a shadow of its past.</div>
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As promised, this post will move around in content quite a bit, so from the run down lido we now move on to something a bit more uplifting ... ghost signs and doorway mosaics in the old town ... and some sunshine.</div>
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And above the this mosaic, a wonderfully preserved sign showing the shop's former use.</div>
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And if you missed my earlier post in this series, here's the link to the one I wrote about <b><a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-weekend-of-wandering-in-kent-part-1.html" target="_blank">Deal and Sandwich</a></b>.<br />
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Very pleased to have found some time to get away for a long weekend break. Originally we thought of searching out some winter sun, but in the end decided to stay in the UK, and to spend the weekend in Kent. I used to visit Kent as a child as that's where my gran used to live and where my parents came from, but I hadn't really been back there properly for probably over 30 years.</div>
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Arriving way too early to check into our accommodation, we stopped off in Deal and Sandwich en route. The weather in Deal was fantastic and the abundant subject matter of interest to me, and hopefully you dear reader, made for some great photo opportunities. By the time we got to Sandwich however the rain had started so less photos from there I'm afraid.</div>
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We arrived at Deal just before 9am. It wasn't as dark as this photo makes it out to be but the sun was still fairly low in the sky over deal pier.<br />
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Almost before we'd taken our first steps into the streets of Deal I had a feeling that there would be doorway mosaics amongst the traditional shop frontages, and I was not disappointed.</div>
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Having seen and photographed many doorway mosaics in the past, this was the first time I had seen one containing house (or shop) numbers as opposed to the name of the shop.</div>
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This b<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">eautiful old building is the former </span>Regent Cinema in Deal. It's been recently restored, well at least on the outside from what I've read, but its re-opening as a full or partial cinema still seems to be in the balance.</div>
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Before we left Deal there was just time for another couple of pictures of the pier. Unfortunately this was the last of the good weather for the day.</div>
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By the time we'd arrived in Sandwich it was raining quite heavily, and I felt a little miserable and melancholy. Even coffee and cake failed to raise my spirits as we trudged around in the cold, damp afternoon. There was however some recompense in a couple of damp, doorway mosaics I found.</div>
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So, my apologies to Sandwich as I know I have not done it justice. It's definitely worthy of a return visit but in better weather.</div>
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Further instalments of my weekend wandering in Kent will follow, hopefully soon, and will include <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-weekend-wandering-around-kent-part-2.html" target="_blank">Margate</a>, <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-weekend-wandering-around-kent-part-5.html" target="_blank">Broadstairs</a>, <a href="http://dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-weekend-wandering-in-kent-part-6.html" target="_blank">Whitstable</a>, Canterbury, Chatham and Rochester.<br />
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