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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
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A Tour of 55 Broadway
Earlier this week I joined a group of London Historians for a tour of the Grade I listed 55 Broadway, currently HQ of Transport For London. Read more
Posted on 25 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Black Cap Yard, Camden
The Black Cap public house in Camden High Street now stands empty awaiting a new future since it closed in April 2015.The pub opened in the mid-18th century as... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Dockers' Mistresses – Something to Come Home to
OK, so you've been at sea and there's been nary a female in sight for months, perhaps even years.So, how nice to come back and hook up with something curvy? Read more
Posted on 19 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Nerd Nite London – It's Hip to Be Square
Rubbish pics, but you get the drift. Bottom left is the MoC shopLast month I went to my first Nerd Nite evening at The Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green. Read more
Posted on 16 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Breast Screening Day – a Cancerous Coincidence
Friday 13th May.This morning I will be at Whittington Hospital having a breast screening.Today is my mother's birthday. She was born on Friday 13th May 1938... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Swain's Lane, Highgate West Hill, Development of Site
I have for many years been keeping my eye on the old garages at the corner of Swain's Lane on Highgate West Hill. It always pleased me that this sinuous low-ris... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Olympian Way, Greenwich, Continued
Ok, so where was I?We'd given up on the foreshore, walked around the O2, seen some dodgy art and attempted to understand the confusing development 'plans' for... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Terry O'Neill Exhibition at Fiat Chrysler Motor Village
Take a detour from your shopping expedition and rather than turn into M S near Marble Arch, instead turn down Orchard Street to the corner of Wigmore Street... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Brymay Safety Matches – Hints of Another Ghostsign Spotted
A few weeks ago I spotted part of an old hand-painted advertisement for Brymay Matches seeping through the paint on the North-facing corner of Archway Road. Read more
Posted on 03 May 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
IWA Canalway Cavalcade, This Bank Holiday Weekend, 30April–02May, Little Venice
Three days of colourful boats, entertainment, food, stalls and music.See the website for more info.Come and find me at my stall at the far end of the row above... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Unrestricted View – a Film Festival at Hen and Chickens Theatre, 25th April – 1s...
The Hen and Chickens Theatre Pub is well-known for being the starting ground for many new productions. It's where small theatre projects have begun and comedian... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The London Marathon – I Can't Be Arsed
Every now and then I open up a little book by Richard Wilson and read one of the 63 things he "can't be arsed" to do before he dies. Read more
Posted on 22 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
More from Greenwich Peninsula
This follows on my last piece Just re-found these pics taken in August 2015 after an afternoon at the beer festival when we thought it would be a good idea to... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
A Mooch Around the Meridian – Greenwich Peninsula and the O2
The plan was, as the tide was so low last weekend, to go and investigate the foreshore around the Greenwich Peninsula. But as we came off slip way we could see... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Vintage Car Boot at Kings Cross This Weekend
Find me selling all sorts of bric-a-brac, tins, accessories and what-not tomorrow and Sunday at Cubitt's Yard, Kings Cross.For more info see the website. Read more
Posted on 15 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
More Doorway Mosaics – Patterns and Motifs
Last month I put together a collection of mosaic floors depicting company names. This time it's a collection of patterns of mainly flora and fauna:The thistle i... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Red Brick Reliefs
High above our heads on old façades there are carved friezes, motifs, date stamps and words from the days when buildings were almost as individual as human bein... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
On the Foreshore at Limehouse
Earlier this month a few friends joined me for a forage on the foreshore at Limehouse.The tide was particularly low that day and the sun was shining on us too.... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
The Shops of Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill
Ooh I do love an old shop front, especially if it still retains its original curved window and tiled entrance. London has lost most of these beautiful old... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS -
Doorway Mosaics – Shops an Pubs
I am always on the look out for signs of original shop or pub names.Often I spot these hints of the past embedded in the masonry near the top of a building or o... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS