Bollards Of London

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• Bollard Hunting (part Two)...

  

  The Cannon/Bollard...I was told about this up turned cannon (bollard) by the London photographer and enthusiast Maggie Jones and had to find it for myself... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 DIARIES

• Bollard Hunting (part One)...

  

  Fibre glass/plastic bollards...Padlocked...One is metal...Yesterday I went bollard hunting in the City of London with the wonderful @AboutLondon @itsyoutlondon... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 DIARIES

• Outer Circle Regent's Park & the Sign...

  

  Outer Circle Regent's Park...Near Perfection...Horseguards Parade...We are at the Outer Circle Regent's Park close to a bend in the road where I came across... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 DIARIES

• Danger 230 Volts...

  

  We are at the Royal Exchange in the heart of the City of London upon the paved area where many city workers will enjoy a tea/coffee and even a cigarette if... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 DIARIES

• Shoreditch E1 Bollard...

  

  Metropolitan Borough Shoreditch...The Bollard...Bollard top...Wheeler Street, London E1 contains a rather wonderful semi popular design of bollard that we can... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 DIARIES

• Peckham/East Dulwich Bollards (bollart)...

  

  I just love the roots...I took a fare in my taxi-cab to Peckham Rye last night and dropped the chap off at the beginning of Forest Hill Road which just happens... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 DIARIES

• Sommers Town 1817...

  

  Welcome to Sommers Town or according to mapping Somers Town either way we have a superb set of bollards which happen to be just off Eversholt Street NW1. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 DIARIES

• Redchurch Street, London E2 Bollard(s)...

  

  Zebra striped classic bollard...Welcome to Redchurch Street London E2 and a series of bollards that happen to be different in design but all zebra striped. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 DIARIES

• The Waltons and Some Bollart...

  

  Kensington Bollard...We are at the junction of Walton Street and Walton Place in the 'Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea'. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2012 DIARIES

• Bollards of York Gate, Regent's Park and Beckenham...

  

  George the 4th Bollard...York Gate Regents Park is a wonderful entrance to one of London's Royal Parks and right at the junction of the gate and the Marylebone... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 DIARIES

• Blandness of the Bollards is It Time for 'Boll-art'..?

  

  From post to bollard...I grew up in Kennington/Walworth the Elephant Castle and part of that process was living on a council estate. At the top of Kennington... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 DIARIES

• London, Paris and the Cyclops 'Boll-art'...

  

  A rare stone/concrete City of London bollard...Self employment allows you to take time off when you're main job isn't that busy and this is exactly what I did... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2012 DIARIES

• The Twisted Bollards of East Dulwich and Vauxhall...

  

  East Dulwich Bollards SE22...London is a diverse city full of places/people that somehow merge into one to form a huge place called Greater London. If its... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 DIARIES

• Clink (Southwark) 1812 and The State Hermitage St Petersburg, Russia...

  

  Keppel Row...Zebra stripe...I have worked a taxi-cab in London for over 14 years and in the last 2/3 had a keen interest in these odd looking objects called... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 DIARIES

• Water Pump Bollards of Bedford Row and the Red Sphere of Atlanta...

  

  Water Pump Bollards...We are at junction of Bedford Row and Sandland Street in the London Borough of Camden where we find this beautiful disused water pump whic... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2012 DIARIES

• The Foundling Estate and French Bollard Art...

  

  I wasn't sure what this animal was at first...Foundling Estate...It's a Lamb on the drain pipe and bollard...We are at the junction of Guilford Street and... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 DIARIES

• St Mary-le-bone Bollards...

  

  Marylebone Bollard...St Mary Le Bone 1757...We are in Ashland Place off Paddington Street in London's rather pleasant trendy area know has Marylebone. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 DIARIES

• Shoreditch to Memphis Tennessee, USA...

  

  Calvert Avenue Bollards and Bin E2...A closer look...Outside the FedEx Forum, Memphis Tennessee, USA...We are on Calvert Avenue E2 not 100 yards from Arnold... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 DIARIES

• Holy Trinity Minories Commission 1854...

  

  A Contemporary Looking Bollard...After reaching the milestone of the 200th I've reached a very odd shaped bollard with a tale to tell that appears to be... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 DIARIES

• The 200th Bollard of London...

  

  A rare City of London bollard...The 200th bollard of London is a short octagonal shaped one which I found on the Minories, London EC3.It's a near zebra style... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 DIARIES