Tate London in the 30's...and now.

[Ponyutd]

Saw the picture from the 1930's yesterday so took a couple of snaps today. I think I'd like to drive in the cabs from back then rather than now.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not a very clear post

 

[maldwyn]

Tate Modern or Tate Britain ?

perhaps, Sharon?


eta: if I squint I can see it's Tate Britain

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Tate Modern or Tate Britain ?

perhaps, Sharon?

It's looking like it could possibly be view from the steps of Tate Britain but the pictures aren't very clear at all

 

[maldwyn]

Would that chimney be St Thomas' crematorium or some factory/potteries?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Don't know anything about a crematorium, but there were certainly potteries along that side of the river as I have members of my family working in them decades ago

 

[Ponyutd]

I was disappointed with the scale. How do I enlarge them?

 

[Ponyutd]

Tate Britain by the way

 

[editor]

Bigger pictures please!

 

[Ponyutd]

 

[Ponyutd]

I can't win tonight.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I can't win tonight.

What do you mean? You made the pictures bigger

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wonder if that chimney's from Imperial Potteries?

A lot of that area was knocked down to make way for Albert Embankment (although that was much earlier, but maybe the chimney remained?)

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=430

 

[Ponyutd]

A full pot of Lambeth ware came up in the mud a while back.
It sold...are you ready for this...£40,000.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

A full pot of Lambeth ware came up in the mud a while back.
It sold...are you ready for this...£40,000.

One of my ancestors could have made that. It should be mine

 

[maldwyn]

It looks like it could be Imperial's, it's certainly not St Thomas' crematorium which looks like this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemarycs/6172837053/sizes/l/in/photostream/

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Could be one of my relatives

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=81

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It looks like it could be Imperial's, it's certainly not St Thomas' crematorium which looks like this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosemarycs/6172837053/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Could be Doulton though

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=10717

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

or even a candle factory

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=9029

 

[Ponyutd]

http://twitpic.com/8b7t1c

 

[maldwyn]

Looks like it is the Doulton factory, part of the admin building still stands.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

http://twitpic.com/8b7t1c

Great pic

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Looks like it is the Doulton factory, part of the admin building still stands.

hah!

Next

 

[boohoo]

I vote for the Doulton factory too!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I vote for the Doulton factory too!

I'm not convinced it's the Doulton one now

Looks like the one in the OP doesn't have smooth lines (whereas the Doulton one does, ie. it's straight with no erm ridgey thingymajiggy near the top)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Although it could be this particular chimney from the Doulton factory

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=8292

rather than this one

http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=landmark&id=8302

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ooooh





From Wiki

EDITORS NOTE: I am informed by Lambeth Archives that it is "the chimney of the Doulton pottery works . . . It stood on the Albert Embankment between Vauxhall and Lambeth bridges. The company relocated to Stoke on Trent in the 1950s and the building was then demolished.

 

[Riklet]

Last time I went in, it was just to use the toilets before going back out to watched Tory HQ getting broken into and smashed up. The museum suddenly seemed a whole lot less interesting... but would like to go back some time!

Cool pictures though, wow! Not the most attractive of pottery works is it, but quite striking...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Cool pictures though, wow! Not the most attractive of pottery works is it, but quite striking...

Are any factories attractive?

 

[Riklet]

Yeah, sure, some? There's an old monastery/ceramic factory down the road from where i'm living (not LDN) which is now an art museum, but it's a wicked place to explore, all these different bits where you can go n imagine all the many things it's been used for. Can't think of any factories in Cardiff where I used to live that were aesthetically pleasing as such though, this might be a one off!