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• Holloway Road, The Oxford Street of The North*

  

  I moved to Holloway over three decades ago. Back then there was a good selection of shops – well-known high street names mixed in with a healthy range of... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Finchley High Road – the Longest Road in London...?

  

  Watching the world go by from the top deck of a No.263 to High Barnet, I happened to notice that the street numbers along the High Road, A1000, are in the high... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Portal to Iceland Through a Record Shop in Soho – 28–30th October – FREE!

  

  For three days only, experience Iceland in Soho. Icelandair have created a below ground experience, bringing you the land of ice and fire, accessed via a door a... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• How to Lift a Coal Hole Cover Plate – a Dilemma

  

  I have often pulled together collections of coal hole cover plates showing how diverse the range of designs can be. Most of them sport a pattern on them, often... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Colourful Islington Shops

  

  Walking along Camden Passage, Angel, Islington, on Sunday, I stopped between two colourful shops that face each other and mused how the zeitgeist at the moment... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Sekforde Street Doorways and Fanlights

  

  Walking down Sekforde Street again recently, I stopped to admire the lovely coloured glass fanlights above the doors at numbers 31 and 32. Ooh. Nice. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• How Do You Pronounce Canonbury?

  

  If you ever pass through Canonbury Square on a TfL 271 bus you will hear the automated announcement for the next stop. This bemuses me every time because the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More Coal Hole Cover Plates – This Time in Marylebone

  

  Last week I was looking up at demons and here I am looking down again, but it's far from gloomy... I was recently on a mission to check up on some 'Art Deco'... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Devils, Demons and Dragons

  

  Oh how my eyes roll when I hear that daft story about why these delightful demons leer down over Cornhill in the City of London. If you don't know what I talkin... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Coal Hole Covers in Canonbury Square, N1

  

  Last week I delivered a talk about coal hole cover plates at London Historian's History in the Pub night. This meant I had to wade through my photos to choose... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Criminal Damage at Gilray House, 146-150 City Road

  

  Earlier this year I wrote about the vile plans for Willen House in Bath Street, Moorfields, and how a horrible coating of dull grey paint will soon be covering ... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A New Architectural Style in Spitalfields, E1 - Revivialist Pasticheism

  

  Walking from Aldgate to Old Street last weekend via Spitalfields market, I cut across Wentworth Street and into Toynbee Street. Ahead of me, on the right, I... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Following a Bloody Trail of Footprints Between N19 and N4

  

  Early this morning I made the effort to get out for a walk and back home again before it got too hot out there. I was doing well, having been up to Hornsey... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Mudlarking with Thames21 at Broomhouse Dock

  

  In my last post I mentioned I recently visited the foreshore at Broomhouse Dock, right (Google Streeview pic). This event was an initiative created by Thames21... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Parson's Green Ghostsign – Let's Go to the Palace!

  

  Way back in the dim distant past, in November 2008 (wow and ouch, that's almost 15 years ago!) I took some photos of a huge hand-painted sign on the side of... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Gillespie Park Nature Reserve – If the Flowers Start to Grow, Do You Pick Them?...

  

  I went for a wander around Gillespie Park earlier this week. I often do when I am close by. It's lovely there. It's like entering into an old woodland or part o... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Old Operating Theatre – a Delight

  

  Last month, after years of walking past The Old Operating Theatre and thinking, 'I must go in there some day soon' I walked past and thought to myself, 'I must... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Marvellous Manicule in NW5

  

  The Way To Church LandsWalking along Gordon House Road a few months ago I spotted a directional panel at low level here just to the right of the protuding block. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Homepride Wallpapers Ghostsign, Walworth Road, SE17

  

  Every time I pass this Homepride Wallpapers ghostsign at 214 Walworth Road it brings a smile to my face because it takes me back in time to the 1970s when many... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Old Shops Ain St Pauls, Road, Highbury and Islington

  

  I am often to be seen walking from Holloway to Canonbury and back, and this means I use the stretch of St Paul's Rd between the two terraces of shops at the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS