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Cheam Sainsbury's and a Mystery Solved! 13 Oct 2011 | 08:29 pm
The recent 'Open Buildings' weekend is always a great oppportunity to go out and have a look at some of those places that you just never seem to get around to in the normal course of life. Mind you, a...
Bits of Brixton 13 Sep 2011 | 12:20 pm
Brixton Market: I spotted this advertising plaque on the window of a store in Brixton market a week or two ago when I was visiting a very impressive Colombian cafe. It has a nice sort of late-50s fee...
Kings Road (2): The Rest 6 Aug 2011 | 11:30 am
Real life has a way of intervening in the best of intentions, so its taken a little longer than I'd of hoped to finish recording the items of interest I spotted on a short walk from Sloane Square tube...
The Mysterious Wimbledon 'Flue' 6 Jun 2011 | 08:24 am
Before I continue with the results of a recent trip down the Kings Road, I thought I'd throw this enigmatic object into the mix. I really don't have much of a clue as to what it might be, but it does ...
The Kings Road (1): The Coalholes 28 May 2011 | 09:31 am
I had to make a quick trip up to town the other day and I managed to remember to take the camera with me. Not that I was out for long, just a short trip from Sloane Square tube along the Kings Road to...
The Ghost Signs of Bath 3 (Faded London on Tour 2010 Last Knockings) 2 May 2011 | 08:11 am
After doing a little spring-cleaning on the image front I found a few more photos from my short trip to Bath last summer and I'm feeling an obligation to finally finish the set off. It's all a bit too...
A Sutton Milestone - Making Up The Set! 14 Apr 2011 | 01:04 pm
I was in Sutton for some of this week, and took the opportunity to have another look at a High Street I must have been up and down a hundred times or so over the last twenty years. I wasn't really exp...
Putney Pavement Plaque 17 Mar 2011 | 12:00 am
There's a bit of a Putney vibe going on at the moment as the Putney Pest House plaque wasn't the only interesting result of my recent stroll around the Common. For a start my eye was caught by this sm...
Faded Books - Intriguing Tomes and Tasteful Titles 4 Mar 2011 | 12:11 am
One of the joys of being a charity shop book-scourer is the thrill of coming across a book that you've never heard of, is long out of print, which only costs a few quid and is right up your (proverbi...
The Southfields Tout 14 Feb 2011 | 08:50 am
As the alighting point for the Wimbledon Tennis tournament Southfields station would be an ideal platform for any advertiser hoping to catch the eye so perhaps it's no suprise to see the remnants of a...
