The River Thames - photos and stories
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Every time I come across references about the Crossness pumping station on online articles or TV documentaries, I keep saying to myself that I should really go and book tickets to see it. Today I finally got my finger out and bought tickets for Sunday 20 August, which is a ‘steaming day’ as well when the fire up some of the machines.
Looks amazing and I can’t wait
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An amazing place to visit. Enjoy.Every time I come across references about the Crossness pumping station on online articles or TV documentaries, I keep saying to myself that I should really go and book tickets to see it. Today I finally got my finger out and bought tickets for Sunday 20 August, which is a ‘steaming day’ as well when the fire up some of the machines.
Looks amazing and I can’t wait
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Today was the day we visited (the Crossness Pumping House). Absolutely ace. The genius and beauty of the Victorian architecture, engineering, and ornamental design employed is just mind blowing.
And to top it off, there were several unexpected extra perks that made it extra enjoyable, such as the lovely heritage narrow gauge train ferrying you to the site for all of a a quarter of a mile. And the displays and explainers leading to the main room were just as enjoyable as the incredible Victorian machinery and engineering next door.
The volunteers were all bloody magnificent and ultra friendly as well as knowledgeable. Whereas I think it’s disgraceful that so many historically significant sites, aircraft, structures & museums were only saved from the wrecker ball, and continue to survive thanks to volunteer efforts rather than the government, I absolutely love volunteer-run sites due to the inevitable addition of cheesy yet charming props, toys and dolls about the place, and mini flea markets selling anything from second hand books to plants. A very British thing, and I love it, more so as a non-Brit.
Anyways, as anyone reading might have concluded by now, a great day out AFAIAC and highly recommended
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Volunteers are fab and highly desirable. Managing a lot of them requires a different approach and is a strain imoToday was the day we visited (the Crossness Pumping House). Absolutely ace. The genius and beauty of the Victorian architecture, engineering, and ornamental design employed is just mind blowing.
And to top it off, there were several unexpected extra perks that made it extra enjoyable, such as the lovely heritage narrow gauge train ferrying you to the site for all of a a quarter of a mile. And the displays and explainers leading to the main room were just as enjoyable as the incredible Victorian machinery and engineering next door.
The volunteers were all bloody magnificent and ultra friendly as well as knowledgeable. Whereas I think it’s disgraceful that so many historically significant sites, aircraft, structures & museums were only saved from the wrecker ball, and continue to survive thanks to volunteer efforts rather than the government, I absolutely love volunteer-run sites due to the inevitable addition of cheesy yet charming props, toys and dolls about the place, and mini flea markets selling anything from second hand books to plants. A very British thing, and I love it, more so as a non-Brit.
Anyways, as anyone reading might have concluded by now, a great day out AFAIAC and highly recommended
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Did a stretch of the river that we'd never walked before; Battersea park round to Putney. Enjoyed the walk and all that, but we were genuinely shocked at the soul-less concrete canyon of Battersea reach with god-awful property developer flats projects on either side. It was something of a relief to reach the reality of the Smugglers' Way waste disposal plant and then on into Wandsworth. Always love seeing the Wandle end its course as it meets the Thames and the signs telling us it was 'only' 7 miles back up to Carshalton; reader, they got the bus.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
on teh tweeter today, from tower bridge account.
photo from 1959.
1950-ish OS map showing British + Foreign Wharf, photo looks like it was taken from top of Matilda House.
photo from 1959.
1950-ish OS map showing British + Foreign Wharf, photo looks like it was taken from top of Matilda House.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Love the unfinished London guys!
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Crossness is the pinnacle, there are many other places like it; Abbey Pumping station, Kempton Steam Museum, The London Museum of Steam and Water and further afield Papplewick pumping station and Abbey Pumping Station near Leicester.Today was the day we visited (the Crossness Pumping House). Absolutely ace. The genius and beauty of the Victorian architecture, engineering, and ornamental design employed is just mind blowing.
And to top it off, there were several unexpected extra perks that made it extra enjoyable, such as the lovely heritage narrow gauge train ferrying you to the site for all of a a quarter of a mile. And the displays and explainers leading to the main room were just as enjoyable as the incredible Victorian machinery and engineering next door.
The volunteers were all bloody magnificent and ultra friendly as well as knowledgeable. Whereas I think it’s disgraceful that so many historically significant sites, aircraft, structures & museums were only saved from the wrecker ball, and continue to survive thanks to volunteer efforts rather than the government, I absolutely love volunteer-run sites due to the inevitable addition of cheesy yet charming props, toys and dolls about the place, and mini flea markets selling anything from second hand books to plants. A very British thing, and I love it, more so as a non-Brit.
Anyways, as anyone reading might have concluded by now, a great day out AFAIAC and highly recommended
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i missed it yesterday, but yesterday was 34th anniversary of the marchioness disaster, 20 august 1989
one outcome of the (much delayed) public inquiry was the RNLI setting up in london - tower is now the busiest of their lifeboat stations.
one outcome of the (much delayed) public inquiry was the RNLI setting up in london - tower is now the busiest of their lifeboat stations.
skyscraper101
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Taken the other day at Kings Stairs Gardens at my favourite time of day - low tide.
I walk every day past here along the southbank Thames Path from Canada Water to Bank. I love how the low tide opens up so much space and always looks more calm and less scary than high tide. When the sun is out is glorious.
platinumsage
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from @robnitm on teh tweeter
View of southeast London from The Monument, 1967 - photo Philip Kozloff
I cropped a recent view to match from a panorama:
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ska invita
back on the other side
Good point this
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
seriously, what are they doing about the next level of flood defence? there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm for building more and more beside the river and predictions that sea levels (and if i understand it right, that would also mean the tidal thames) are going to get higher...
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Its London, they'll piss money on it and laugh at anyone trying to stop them.
blossie33
trailer trash
Wow - what a job!
Just checked it out, Mr Evans was the last river postman, retired in 1952...
the duty to his son, and assistant, Herbert who became the last River Postman.
It’s a position Herbert would go on to hold for a staggering 38 years. Herbert also received an Imperial Service Medal for his services and his time as a River Postman
From here...
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Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
the blog 'a london inheritance' (main material is posting and re-visiting locations of photos the blogger's father took in the post-war years / 1950s) has a post today on stepney power station - one of the many power stations on the thames
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Some pics from Sunday's stroll:
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In photos: a winter’s walk along the River Thames in Central London, Feb 2024 -
There's very few finer places to be on a winter's Sunday afternoon than taking a bracing stroll by the Thames, and here's 20 photos from a walk from Vauxhall to the Southbank. Leaving Vauxhall tube station. Looking east from Vauxhall Bridge. St George's Wharf development. Amen. Headquarters of...
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I posted up some B&W pics from my walk yesterday:
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A wintertime walk along the River Thames in gritty black and white -
Yesterday I went on a short walk, heading east from Vauxhall along the River Thames as far as the South Bank. I took along my beautifully retro Olympus Pen-F camera, using the Mono Preset 2 setting, Here's how the images came out: Join the forum chat The River Thames – photos and stories (over...
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