London 2019
Folder: Great Britain
Two weeks in London in September-October 2019. Side trips to Margate, Bath and Arundel (West Sussex) are in separate albums. Read all about it on my blog: trailerfulloftunes.blogspot.com. For best viewing, click on the first photo and then use the "Next" button or the lightbox view button on the upper right.
IMG 6288-001-Off Ramp to Nowhere
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The original plan for the Westway included off and on ramps on the north side of the roundabout, mirroring the ones on the south side, but they were never completed. goo.gl/maps/1ceo1nobkrd1HbnM9
IMG 6292-001-Grenfell Tower
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There was a major fire here, with significant loss of life, in 2017. The tower block, owned by Kensington and Chelsea Council, is now sheathed in plastic while they figure out what to do with it. Knocking it down will be difficult as it's full of toxic substances.
IMG 6293-001-Grenfell Memorial
IMG 6298-001-Avondale Park Gardens W11
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IMG 6295-001-The St George & Dragon Hall
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Mission Hall, also known as St. Mary’s Church Hall, at nos. 39/41 Mary Place dates from the latter part of the nineteenth century. The hall is constructed from stock brick which has been painted white at a later date. The brickwork is embellished with pilasters and round moulded string courses. The roof is even pitched with a covering of natural slates with red clay ridge tiles. Y-tracery windows to the gable end of the main hall above the principal entrance are prominent architectural features and are in contrast to the simpler and modest vertical sliding sash windows on the adjacent gable at second floor level. The principal entrance door is two leafed with a mullion panelled design with strap hinges and a mullioned transom light above. A timber glazed screen and entrance door to the rounded arch to the east forms a less formal entrance to the residential and studio spaces and secondary entrances to the west comprise a vertically boarded door and decorative iron gate. A recessed panel to the front of the building has a highly detailed painting of St. George and the Dragon on a gold background which references the current name of the property. The building was converted to studio space and living accommodation in the mid 1970s.
IMG 6299-001-Kensington Vestry (KV) Lamp Post
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Avondale Park, Walmer Road. In the heart of the old piggeries and potteries, across the street from this bottle kiln:
IMG 6300-001-Portland Road & Clarendon Cross W11
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Note the pots. This is in the heart of what was known as the piggeries and potteries, an area that Dickens dubbed the worst slum in London in the 19th century.
IMG 6303-001-Portland Road W11
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IMG 6302-001-Clarendon Works
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Former premises for builders and contractors (possibly a factory or warehouse), built sometime between 1871 and 1892. Now a luxury home with five floors of living space, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, an indoor garage, a gym and a home-theater room.
IMG 6304-001-No Justice 4 Grenfell No Peace 4 RBKC
IMG 6305-001-Lion & Dragon
IMG 6310-001-Hammersmith Bridge
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Always being repaired. The banner says, "Restoring Hammersmith Bridge to working order and to Victorian splendour."
IMG 6311-001-Birds on a Dock
IMG 6314-001-Rusty Boat
IMG 6318-001-Saphire Star
IMG 6319-001-Saphire Star 1
IMG 6321-001-Saphire Star 2
IMG 6322-001-Opal and Gold Chandelier
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