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Jane's London
http://www.janeslondon.com/
The things I like, love and dislike about London featuring my photo montages of the little details that often go unnoticed – boot scrapers, coal holes, doorway mosics, architectural oddities, weathervanes and more
LATEST ARTICLES ( 640 )
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Classic Car Boot Sale, Kings Cross 1-2 October 2016
Another colourful weekend coming up at Kings Cross – bric-a-brac, clothes, household, crafts, cards, and more. Plus cars, food, music, drink and dancing.This... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Shopicide – Memories of an Old Fishmonger's Shop
What is the word for destroying and 'modernising' something and replacing all that was historical, handmade and interesting with nothing of any style or class? Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company, Noel Park, Wood Green
The Artizans, Labourers General Dwellings Company was a not-for-profit company that built social housing in areas of London with good rail links to the city,... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Holloway Road Old and New – Nos.171-185
The changing face of the Holloway Road*.Today I am looking at the section that ends at the junction of Palmer Place and Drayton Park.As you can see from these... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Great Fire Of London – Started 350 Years Ago Today
On September 2nd 1666 a fire started at a bakery in Pudding Lane and spread rapidly, blazing away through the neighbouring streets and eliminating away a great... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2016
Last Monday, prior to the RA Summer Show, I spent a lovely birthday day in glorious sunshine Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park and got to see Bjarke Ingels'... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
M F Tarling/C&S Electrical, 48 Blackstock Road – Old Shop Sign Reveal
These photos taken earlier this month (5th August) show the burnt old shop header panels for "M F Tarling" and, underneath on the windows, the gold lettering fo... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Royal Academy Summer Show 2016
On Monday I went with a friend to this year's Summer Show at The Royal Academy. It's an annual tradition; every year we I try hard to choose our favourite piece... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Holloway Road; Then and Now – No's 108 and 140
Please compare the black and white photos on the top with the colour ones on the bottom taken in 2013.Such a change, yet in my opinion, not for the better; in... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Ideals in Industry – a Book About Burton's
Delivering my cards to Oxfam bookshops is a dangerous process – shelves of delicious old antiquarian titles are always beckoning me. Keep away from the books... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
J Davies, Builders' Merchant, 82 Holloway Road (Then and Now Series)
Oh dear I have fallen behind with these Holloway Road comparison photos; it appears the last one I posted was three years ago.OK... I am back on the... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Somewhere Over The Rainbow...
One early evening last September I was walking across the western Golden Jubilee Bridge and it started to rain.A short sharp heavy downfall was followed by a... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Whitecross Street Party This Saturday 16th July
AKA The Rise of the Non-Conformists – this is a colourful, vibrant, musical event is well worth a visit.I will have a stall there and, in addition to a selectio... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Old Street Observations
Opposite St Luke's on Old Street I noticed many of the terraces have accesses to the rear once used by carts and lorries.That's it. Just an observation. Read more
Posted on 05 July 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
FOUND at the Foundling Museum – Curated by Cornelia Parker
Here's interesting... in amongst the lovely historical artefacts and artworks at this small but evocative museum there are exhibits by sixty modern artists... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Halo Tower, Stratford
Wandering along Stratford High Street the other week I stopped to photograph this mosaic depicting a street seller.A Georgian flower sellerI was then... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Markfield Beam Engine – Steaming into Action This Weekend
For many years I have been noticing the brown tourist information signs off the Tottenham one way system that point to Markfield Beam Engine, making a mental... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Coal Hole Covers of North Audley Street
I have for many years been photographing coal hole cover plates on London streets and have amassed quite a collection of different designs made by or depicting... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Winifred Knights at Dulwich Picture Gallery
This lovely exhibition in a lovely location displays of the work of the marvelously talented Winifred Knights; an artist, until, last week I had never known... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Crouch End Festival 2016
It's local festival time.North London is awash with them lately, in Caledonian Road, Barnsbury, Highgate, Stroud Green and more. (Go Google... I am feeling... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS