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• Everybody Reads the Daily Express

  

  Last month I was in the Willesden area and so went to check on one of my favourite ghostsigns.I was glad to see that apart from a bit of graffiti at the bottom... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Archway Market – a Colourful Gem on Holloway Road Every Saturday

  

  Archway Market comes alive every Saturday on the wide pavement at the corner of St John's Grove and Holloway Road, two minutes' walk from Upper Holloway Station... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Bernard Morgan House, Golden Lane Estate, Barbican

  

  After delivering some of my cards to Exhibit on Goswell Road last month, I went for a walk around the Barbican complex and then to the Golden Lane Estate. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Signs of the Times

  

  Today I bring you some lovely old shop signs, most of which have since been removed. Row by row: Soho, Holloway, Barnsbury, Clapton, Smithfield, Deptford,... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Alexandra Palace Theatre

  

  On Tuesday 27th September I went up to Ally Pally for a tour of the old theatre that has lain unused and dilapidated for decades. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Two Closed Pubs in Smithfield

  

  Walking around Smithfield last month I was saddened to see that two of the characterful pubs I used to sometimes drink in are closed and awaiting development. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• 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