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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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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 -
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