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• Whitby's of Acton – a Ghostsign for the Garage

  

  Aha! As I had suspected... the ghost sign facing East along The Vale in Acton, W3, that I alluded to a few weeks ago in my post about Christmas Day, is indeed... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2023 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Parliament Square – Coal Holes and Thieves

  

  Have you ever spotted the coal hole cover plates around the edge of Parliament Square?Dark pics taken on a January evening. We take for granted that this open... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2023 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• M. Walker & Sons, Tanners, Vinegar Yard, Bermondsey

  

  For years – actually at least two decades now – I have been revisiting a ghosted hand-painted sign that overlooks Vinegar Yard in Bermondsey, here, to see if I... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2023 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Charles Herbert Tidman, Optician in Stockwell

  

  I just pulled together a montage of some of the nice things I spotted in the Wandsworth and Vauxhall area last week, and added it to that post see here. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2023 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Overground to Willesden Junction and Harlesden in the Rain

  

  I had an appointment in Kentish Town on Wednesday 28th December at 10am. I took the 29 bus from Holloway and got off at Camden Town Station. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2023 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Boxing Day 2022 – Holloway to Highgate, Clapham to Vauxhall

  

  Happy new year people. Where did 2022 go?!I am here catching up with my travels this past week. On Boxing Day, 26 Dec 2022, after a day spent admiring Art Deco... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2023 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Christmas Day 2022 Looking at Art Deco Architecture and Ghosts of the Past

  

  I hope you spent Christmas Day doing something that makes you happy, because I surely did.A friend picked me up in his car and we headed to NW London where we a... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More Wood Blocks Street Paving in London and Further Afield (part 3)

  

  In April 2021 I wrote piece about areas of wood block paving still visible in London. These I'd found mostly in the Clerkenwell, Islington, old Finsbury and... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Save Kings Cross Coach Station from Demolition!!

  

  Earlier this week I was walking towards Kings Cross Station along Euston after attending a talk at the British Library. I was horrified to look across the road... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• 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