Central London photos - parks, buildings, street scenes and London life

[editor]

Great pics editor. I used to spend so much time around those places due to work and play. Not been on a train for almost a year. I think I'm going to have to get on my bike for some lockdown lookaround.

After I've done my taxes.

I only set out for a quick bike ride to see if the bike was still working OK but kept pedalling! Next time, I'll bring my proper camera (these were taken on my phone).

It's really lovely cycling through the city at night when it's pretty much deserted.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I only set out for a quick bike ride to see if the bike was still working OK but kept pedalling! Next time, I'll bring my proper camera (these were taken on my phone).

It's really lovely cycling through the city at night when it's pretty much deserted.

I used to cycle to and from Croydon to London every day for work, so it will be interesting to see what the difference is.
Have not been far on a bike for a long time either though. I think I am done exploring every inch of Croydon on runabouts and it's about time I went further afield .

 

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I used to cycle to and from Croydon to London every day for work, so it will be interesting to see what the difference is.
Have not been far on a bike for a long time either though. I think I am done exploring every inch of Croydon on runabouts and it's about time I went further afield .

I don't suppose you know anything about the Croydon branch of LCC and if it is still going or not?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I don't suppose you know anything about the Croydon branch of LCC and if it is still going or not?

I'm sorry I don't know what LCC even stands for.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

I only set out for a quick bike ride to see if the bike was still working OK but kept pedalling! Next time, I'll bring my proper camera (these were taken on my phone).

It's really lovely cycling through the city at night when it's pretty much deserted.

Great idea, I haven't been in the centre since October and previously ?April. It's so odd but there's been no reason to cross town. Might head out tonight for some exercise.

 

[editor]

Loads to look at in this 1960 pic

 

[Dr. Furface]

I took these nearly 10 yrs ago on Brick Lane - not great pics but the two older gents in shot are Gilbert and George

 

[Puddy_Tat]

The London Inheritance blog has done a piece on Minories (Aldgate) including the Ibex Building

 

[blossie33]

That's interesting, there is also a Minories in my home city of Birmingham, first recorded in 1750 so not nearly as old as the London one.
Apparently that comes from the Order of the Friars Minor founded by St Francis of Assisi and there was once an old Priory there.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Between 1932-34

 

[editor]

Look at this beautiful image by René Groebli taken in 1949. Anyone recognise the location?



More on the photographer:

Dancing, working, loving: the magic eye of ReneÌ Groebli - in pictures

From spinning dancers to scandalous honeymoon images, the Swiss-born photographerâs work has been experimental, innovative and poetic for over six decades ⢠ReneÌ Groebli: The Magic Eye is at Bildhalle, Zürich, until 21 March. The book is published by Edition Bildhalle

www.theguardian.com

 

[blossie33]

Hmmm, not sure - the city somewhere?
Someone might recognise from the towers.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Look at this beautiful image by René Groebli taken in 1949. Anyone recognise the location?

bit of searching came up with this one with a second view taken from a bit further back with another building on the right

think it's here

Newmans Row, Lincoln's Inn Fields

 

[blossie33]

Well spotted!

 

[davesgcr]

bit of searching came up with this one with a second view taken from a bit further back with another building on the right

think it's here

Newmans Row, Lincoln's Inn Fields

Still a good number of working gas lights around there of course. A joy to walk around on an atmospheric winter evening.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Well spotted!

thanks - not somewhere i've been more than once or twice, so not quite sure how I got there. First thought was it was the Middlesex County Hall side of Parliament Square but the buildings with the spires didn't match...

 

[editor]

This scene from Bishopsgate in 1909 is full of detail.

There's a windowful of postcards for sale 3 for 1d - and the intriguing Norton Folgate Toilet Club on the right.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

This scene from Bishopsgate in 1909 is full of detail.

west side of the road, about where the dashed line (city / shoreditch boundary) is on 1896 OS map

site vacant in 1914, a garage / filling station in 1952. now.

not sure quite what point 'toilet' came to mean karsey...

 

[blossie33]

Norton Folgate has an interesting history..

Liberty of Norton Folgate

From the Wikipedia page [1] Norton Folgate was a liberty within the metropolitan area of London, England, located between the Bishopsgate ward of the City of London to the south, the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch to the north and the parish of Spitalfields to the east. It was grouped into the...

london.wikia.org

 

[blossie33]

west side of the road, about where the dashed line (city / shoreditch boundary) is on 1896 OS map

site vacant in 1914, a garage / filling station in 1952. now.

not sure quite what point 'toilet' came to mean karsey...

I could spend hours looking over those National Library of Scotland maps

 

[editor]

Buy your own island!

Buy your very own iconic island in London – no boat required -

If any of our well heeled readers have been looking to buy their very own island, here's your chance to buy an 'iconic' one, smack in the centre of London. Located on Charing Cross Road, conveniently close to the National Portrait Gallery, the domed building sits on a traffic island - so you can put

www.urban75.org

 

[editor]

Some new pics from my recent travels

London street photography – 25 photos from central London, April 2021 -

Here's a collection of 25 photos taken around central London this month, taking in Vauxhall, the River Thames, Albert Embankment and the South Bank. The mess of luxury flats by Vauxhall. Kayakers on the Thames. Old and new, Vauxhall. North side of the Thames. Old and new: The Shard and St...

www.urban75.org

 

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Must be my favourite bridge, shame about the location.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[editor]

Some park pics

In photos: an early summer time walk through Hyde Park and Green Park, London -

Central London is blessed with some wonderful parks, and as they burst into summer, they've never looked more verdant. Here's 28 photos from a recent walk through Green Park and Hyde Park: Deck chairs, Green Park. Green Park is definitely living up to its name right now. Hyde Park is a short...

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[editor]

Some abstract pics

Oxford Street Reflections – abstract human shapes on a mirrored awning -

Standing outside the John Lewis store in Oxford Street, central London, I became fascinated by the abstract human shapes that were being reflected in the store's awning as people walked by. Here's a series of 16 photos showing the sometimes bizarre images and patterns that were created by people...

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[editor]

Some stunners from 1967 here

London's West End in 1967 - Harrison Forman's Kodachrome Photographs - Flashbak

In 1967, Harrison Forman (1904-1978) was in London. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Forman was a photographer and journalist. He wrote for The New York Times and National Geographic, reporting from China during World War II, where he interviewed the leading communist Mao Zedong. A graduate of...

flashbak.com

 

[Puddy_Tat]

one of a set posted by 'a london inheritance'

 

[extra dry]

who or what is this?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

View attachment 278470 who or what is this?

detail from photo that editor posted a few months back

This scene from Bishopsgate in 1909 is full of detail.

There's a windowful of postcards for sale 3 for 1d - and the intriguing Norton Folgate Toilet Club on the right.

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building went some time before 1914, can't read any of it other than 'city of london'