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Post by chrish on Nov 9, 2009 17:56:18 GMT
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Post by Dave on Nov 9, 2009 20:05:30 GMT
Great photos Chris and so surprising to look at, we Devon boys think London is all concrete ;D I looked up on google the Roehampton's Le Corbusier towers, seems they were built in the 50's but were isolated from a decent transport infrastructure, and suffered problems with vandalism in the 1970s. I loved the deer shots, I wish I knew around here where I could get such shots. What I would love to see on this thread are those old London shots in street market type locations and ones that would show more of a community type setting. Heres hoping  Dave |
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Post by merse on Nov 9, 2009 20:21:26 GMT
Great photos Chris and so surprising to look at, we Devon boys think London is all concrete ;D I looked up on google the Roehampton's Le Corbusier towers, seems they were built in the 50's but were isolated from a decent transport infrastructure, and suffered problems with vandalism in the 1970s. I loved the deer shots, I wish I knew around here where I could get such shots. What I would love to see on this thread are those old London shots in street market type locations and ones that would show more of a community type setting. Heres hoping Dave  There's some good urban shots on my blog Dave! You're welcome to lift them off there if you want some on this site ~ confess I don't know how to do it myself  Roehampton DID have a good transport link when the number thirty bus used to terminate there from it's journey from Hackney Wick accross Central London and over Putney Bridge...............I should know, I used to drive it. It's also the estate that the young Chris Roberts grew up on. Believe it or not there are urban deer (Muntjacks) living within a quarter of a mile from my home in Holloway in the linear wood that has been developed along the track bed of the disused (since 1954) railway line from Finsbury Park to Highgate Woods. It's a wonderful place to go mountain biking or just walking or jogging and a couple of the "ghost stations" are still there; one of them (Hornsey Rise) is now an adventure playground complete with skateboards ramps, tarzan ropes and a "Skyway" that runs between the trees around eight feet off the ground and great fun for the kids. But my favourite is the pulley ride where I can make a complete arse of myself in front of my kids and come home plastered in mud whenever I fall off! ;D |
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Post by Dave on Nov 9, 2009 20:30:08 GMT
Thanks for that Merse, I will have a look, in the PM I sent you when you asked about how to put pictures on the forum,was it those you wanted to put up? Its not that hard to do on here merse and I'm always happy to give you a call when you are free and talk you through it all
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2009 20:51:40 GMT
I looked up on google the Roehampton's Le Corbusier towers, seems they were built in the 50's but were isolated from a decent transport infrastructure, and suffered problems with vandalism in the 1970s. And, apparently, there's a fair amount of Scandinavian-influence on the Alton Estate at Roehampton. Le Corbusier was an interesting one - witness Chandigarh in India - but to what extent was his vision bastardised as we ploughed down the tower block path in the late 1950s and 1960s? Heading off at a tangent - it's loosely associated with Le Corbusier but not of his making - does anybody know what and where this is?  |
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Post by chrish on May 30, 2010 7:44:04 GMT
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Post by merse on May 30, 2010 8:06:23 GMT
a sight from yesterday that you don't see that often these days. I wonder how long it survived there before some trendy from West London came along and nicked eh....................don't they know this manor is "protected" by the local Gangster Dave Courtney and the ghost of Lennie Maclean?Broadway Market is my old neighbourhood and when I was there that market was down to just one fruit & veg stall, the proprietor of which (Micky) is still there reaping the benfits of the vagaries of the London "chic" scene and hopefully making enough dosh before they all decide where next they're going to create as a modern day Camelot. As long as they leave The Dove as the excellent boozer it is I won't mind. More images to be seen by clicking on the Jelly's Diary in the link below |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2010 8:07:18 GMT
Another thought on the Fulham/Chelsea area brings me to one of my father's favourite sayings: "Well, I'll go to Putney!" used as the same expression of surprise or amazement as "I'll go to the foot of our stairs". Chris's pictures have just reminded me that my father may have learnt the expression when he worked on North End Road market in the 1930s... |
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Post by chrish on May 30, 2010 8:19:52 GMT
I can't really judge the market on the strength of two visits in a year but the market seemed a lot busier than it did a year or so ago. There seems to be more stores but as you say if they sell out the market to the "Farmers Market" types then you'll see more of the Guardian Reader types. But I quite like it. It's not packed with tourists and it isn't a rip off.
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Post by Dave on May 30, 2010 8:35:42 GMT
Thanks for the excellent pictures Chris, I love these sorts of shots of London and on the subject of London I do feel its time I spend a day there with Carol. Having just checked out the National Express website I see we can both do a day return for only £54 for the both of us.
I will have a word with her later when she comes home from work and if she is up for it then I’ll see what day we will be able to come up. Might need someone to meet us by the London Eye to go on with her as I know she would love to go on it, it’s not something I know I could go on
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Post by capitalgull on May 30, 2010 8:52:51 GMT
When I first moved to London, working for SIS, I worked not too far from Beck Road and actually went to look at a flatshare in that very road one Sunday. Sadly the place inside was a bit of a dive, certainly not the quality I am now used to Chez Stepho, but I'll never forget my first view of the road with the railway bridge dissecting it and the steaming piles of rubbish bags by the entrance - I seem to remember it was at the time of the last 'binman strike' or if not, maybe they were just being lazy that week. Worst thing was the temperatures being in the 90s - it's a stench I will never ever forget! Since then, I think it's become fairly obvious I am more of a Home Counties man than a Londoner, and I know Merse will take the pee out of me for that |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2010 8:53:25 GMT
Thanks for the excellent pictures Chris, I love these sorts of shots of London and on the subject of London I do feel its time I spend a day there with Carol. Having just checked out the National Express website I see we can both do a day return for only £54 for the both of us. I know it's a drive to get the day started but Berry's Coaches from Wellington and Taunton are worth considering. They do cheap day tickets, allow you a reasonably-long day in London and use a Hammersmith terminus (good for the tube) which avoids the hassle of Victoria. Also they don't call in at Heathrow on the way. www.berryscoaches.co.uk/content/superfast_timetable1.html (make sure you don't take the longer Superfact 2 via Yeovil). |
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Post by merse on May 30, 2010 10:36:50 GMT
............... if they sell out the market to the "Farmers Market" types then you'll see more of the Guardian Reader types.[/quote] At least it's an appropriate location for a "Farmers' Market", at the bottom of Broadway you have Cat & Mutton Bridge over The Regents Canal and at the top The Cat & Mutton pub; whilst at the back is Sheep Lane which all give a clue as to the heritage of the area. Adjacent London Fields was the pasture where the drovers grazed their sheep, pigs and cattle who had been walked in from the Essex Weald. Here they would "fatten" them up again ready for the last leg into London (Hackney was a village then) and the livestock markets of Smithfield and the Caledonian Metropolitan Livestock Market (Market Road N7)where my son now plays football on a Friday night. Again, refer to my website for a history and photographic record of the "Cally" and a nice picture too of present day Smithfield. The term "Hackney Carriage" that is applied to the licence required to drive and operate a taxi that can be hailed in the street derives from the old workhorses that were known as "Hackney Cobs" and later shortened to "Hacks" as they were the means of power in the days before the combustion engine and they were originally to be found for sale in London Fields and Broadway Market. There is a school of thought that the term Hackney Carriage came about because they first operated between the affluent area of what is now Victoria Park and The City, but this is a myth. Thousands of those Hacks were traded on the Cally Market, and if you traipse around nearby Camden Lock you will find The Horses Hospital (just by The Roundhouse) which is where they were given vetinary care whenever they needed it. Dave, if you and Carol ever do decide to visit London , you could have a far more interesting "alternative" tour of the real place instead of "Tourist" London; but then if you've yet to do "Tourist" London it would be a brave man indeed to forego all that glamour for the real place people like us live in.
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Post by aussie on May 30, 2010 10:56:02 GMT
It`s the things you don`t see that worry me most, apparently your never more than six feet away from a rat or a few minutes away from being either mugged, knifed or murdered! Christ some areas are so no go the police won`t even set foot there but I suppose someone will come to the rescue of lovely old London town and state how wonderfull the place is and how absolutely no stabbings take place and gang warfare doesn`t exist and muggings are a thing of the past!  |
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Post by aussie on May 30, 2010 10:57:29 GMT
Hey it`s over-reaction time Cockneys, lets `ave it!
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