Strolling round Stepney, wandering through Wapping East London I’ve just signed up to The London Mural Preservation Society, recently set up by some lovely friends to record, protect, preserve and celebrate murals in the Capital. Having undertaken to research the Cable Street Mural, and as the sun was shining, it seemed a good idea to [...]
Archive for April, 2010
‘They Shall Not Pass!’
Posted in london, walks, tagged cable street, docklands, london, mural, wapping on April 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
History repeating itself.
Posted in stuff, tagged frank pick, london underground, metropolitan railway, posters, southern railway on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While internet-researching the (old, pre-nationalisation) Southern Railway for information on Bishopstone Beach station, I came across a site demonstrating that what I’m doing here is entirely unoriginal. Once I’d got over the mock indignation and Captain Scott-like disappointment of knowing that, not surprisingly, someone got there first (although I didn’t eat any ponies on the [...]
Abandonment-on-Sea
Posted in sussex, walks, tagged chailey, newhaven, seaford, sussex, tide mills on April 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A fascinating slice of Sussex social history Seaford to Newhaven, Sussex Just a quick post this one, because this wasn’t really a planned walk, just an afternoon wander at the seaside that led me to a really interesting site, ideal for those (like me) fascinated by dereliction. Start: Seaford Station TV481991 Finish: Newhaven Harbour Station [...]
A wander in the Weald
Posted in kent, sussex, walks, tagged coppice, hop growing, kent, oast house, pillboxes, sussex, weald on April 11, 2010 | 9 Comments »
A lesson in landscape history Ashurst to Eridge, Kent/Sussex border I love the Weald, this being the area of sandstone hills between the chalk of the North Downs and the South Downs exposed by erosion of the overlying chalk and greensand layers. Here’s a quick geology lesson, pay attention at the back: Got that? Good. [...]
