Photo of the day: raised manhood covers
Spotted in Thornhill, north Cardiff, February 2004.
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Abandoned Victorian mansions, Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill SE5
Left empty and criminally deteriorating are these fine early Victorian mansions on Windsor Walk, right next to Denmark Hill railway station, London SE5.
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Celeb-compacted launch for The Shed Cafe, Walham Grove SW6
I’ve been along to some cafe launches before, but there’s no doubting that the launch for The Shed in Fulham last night was the liveliest of the lot.
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Happy Birthday to the Brixton Ritzy – 100 years old today
Today is the 100th birthday of The Ritzy, and if you get down there quick they’re marking the occasion with a special screening celebrating the birth of cinema and the …
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The Crown (Mucky Duck), 201 Coldharbour Lane SW9 awaits its fate
Loughborough Junction may be in motion, but one place that has been stationary for years is the old Crown pub at 201, Coldharbour Lane SW9/corner of Padfield Road, SE5.
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Brixton and the unexpected Coutts Bank connection
With its peeling paint, neo-brutalist lines and Cold War looks, 336 Brixton Road sports all the charisma of a soon-to-be-condemned failed council project, but this stark concrete oddity from the late 1960s has a rather …
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March for the Alternative demo, Sat 26th March 2011 – info, legal help, chat and after-party
The Government is introducing spending cuts that will damage public services, put hundreds of thousands out of work, have a terrible impact on the vulnerable, damage communities and undermine much …
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A walk through ‘in motion’ Loughborough Junction, south London
Laughably labelled as “in motion” by some Frappuccino-fuelled over privileged rich-kid overheard in a cafe, Loughborough Junction remains a pale shadow of its former self.
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Fantastic London transport map is a rail buff’s delight
If you’re as cartographically obsessed as me, you’ll quite happily spend long hours poring over Ordnance Survey maps, archive maps, route diagrams and rail maps, and if you’ve any interest …
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Brixton Station Road/Pope’s Road car park – flattened!
Now almost totally obliterated from the Brixton landscape is the concrete multi-story car park that loomed on the corner of Brixton Station Road and Pope’s Road.
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This video footage of the 1994-5 protests against the No M11 Link road campaign in Leyton and Leytonstone in East London brought a nostalgic tear to my eye. Claremont Road …
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Ruskin Park in the spring, south London
One of south London’s lesser known parks, Ruskin Park is situated between Camberwell, Brixton and Herne Hill (and right next to Denmark Hill station), and I took a lovely stroll through it …
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Millwall 3 Cardiff City 3, 19th March 2011
This game had everything – except a win for Cardiff. We had Millwall fans fighting amongst themselves, dodgy refereeing, sending offs, a penalty revoked, fightbacks, a fantastic atmosphere and, sadly, …
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London’s 288m Pinnacle Tower gets back on track
After reaching just six floors high, work stalled on the Pinnacle Tower (formerly known as the Bishopsgate Tower) last year after a half-billion pound shortfall in funding looked set to consign the …
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A trip to the South London Gallery and No 67 cafe, London SE5
One of London’s lesser known art galleries, the South London Gallery lurks in deepest Camberwell – right next to Camberwell School of Art – and is well worth a visit.
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St Patrick’s night in Brixton – ceilidhs, Sambucas, ales and a massive hangover
Man oh man this turned out to be a hell of a night. The first stop was a well-packed Prince Albert on Coldharbour Lane before walking up towards Stockwell for …
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Pic of the day: Lambeth Salt, Brixton
Seen on Gresham Road, Brixton SW9 is this knackered old lid to a salt storage unit.
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St Patrick was a Welshman!
First off, let me wish a happy St Patrick’s Day to my Celtic compatriots and hope you all have a great night tonight – I’ll be out celebrating with my pals at …
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Time to big up MC, singer and song writer local boy, Ricky Ranking who celebrates his sarf London roots in this 2005 video set against a backdrop of Brixton streets. Lovin’ …
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Brixton riot 30 years on: Windrush Square event, Sun 10th April 2011
It’s been thirty long years since the streets of Brixton responded to increasingly heavy handed policing with a full blown riot, involving up to 5,000 people. Described as “Bloody Saturday” …
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Brixton missionaries #4: the market preacher
Brixton’s got no shortage of megaphone-toting, God-bothering street preachers, and here’s one of the more well known faces, usually to be found bellowing out platitudes around the market. (Photo: Brixton Village, May 2004)
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Homelook/Sanders 460 Brixton Road – set to be a Costa Coffee
It’s been empty for years on end, but it you fancy bagging yourself a bright red shop in the heart of Brixton, then 458-460 Brixton Road can be yours for …
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Morton Valance and Kontakte at Brixton Offline, 11th March 2011
Offline favourites Morton Valance played another fantastic set at the Brixton Albert on Friday as part of an Offline night that included the première of some fantastic short films and a set …
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Unfinished London and the Ring Roads that never were
Written and presented by the ever-entertaining Jay Foreman, I’ve rather enjoyed this video about the 1970s motorway-crazed London ‘Ringways’ project that – thankfully – never fully came to life.
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Prince of Wales, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton calls last orders?
Word is that the Prince of Wales pub has most definitely closed and all the fittings are now being taken out, so it’s unlikely to be a pub again for …
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Crystal Palace 1 Cardiff City 0, 8th March 2011 – match report
A midweek trip to Selhurst Park promised reasonably great things for the star studded players of the mighty Cardiff City, but, sadly, it turned out to be one of those …
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The bronze passengers on Brixton Station
Following on from my original feature of the three bronze passenger statues on Brixton railway station, I’ve grabbed a few more photos and some contemporary views of the rather more …
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March 26th: March Against The Cuts, Kennington Park, 11am
The 26th March, 2011 will see Trade Unions, Pensioners’ groups, Unemployed organisations, students and local residents, march against the cuts and in defence of public services.
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Brady’s six-sided clock tower, Brixton and Annie Allen
It’s long been one of my most loved Brixton landmarks, and it’s a tragedy to see the distinctive six sided clock tower of the old Railway Hotel (Brady’s), 20 Atlantic …
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Cover your ears! The Brixton tube station evangelist is back!
Last seen – or rather heard – bellowing out Godsquad platitudes outside Brixton tube station over a decade ago, I’d rather hoped that my ears had rung to the last …
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