{"id":4965,"date":"2011-08-30T11:15:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T10:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=4965"},"modified":"2011-08-30T11:49:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T10:49:48","slug":"southbank-london-beach-huts-boats-and-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/southbank-london-beach-huts-boats-and-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Southbank London – beach huts, boats and ice cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

London’s South Bank has been rolling with a strong British seaside theme since April (until Sept 4th), with 48 tonnes of sand and a series of beach huts adding some ‘kiss me quick’ ambience to the centre of London.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

As part of the installation, there’s a row of fourteen artist-designed themed beach huts situated by the Thames.<\/p>\n

This one is decorated with the names of places in Essex directly adjacent to either the River Thames or the North sea, and was (ahem) ‘imagined’ by Phill Jupitus.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

The ‘Under the Pier’ hut contained a collection of home-made coin operated machines and low-tech simulator rides made by Tim Hunkin.<\/p>\n

They’re a load of fun and the original\u00a0machines\u00a0can be seen on Southwold Pier – see my 2007 feature for more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Taking a photo inside a hut.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Looking inside the ‘Shell Grotto’ hut.<\/p>\n

Shell grottos started life as pagan shrines dedicated to water nymphs in ancient Greece, but became popular as ‘cavern-like’ retreats in 19th century England and were seen as melancholy places associated with creativity (as least that’s what the South Bank website says).<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Inside the grotto shed.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Traditional ice cream van by the Thames.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

A man inside a large plastic gull.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Blue, yellow and red.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Bunting on the austere lines of the Royal Festival hall.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Seaside scene.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Fairground\u00a0ride with the distinctive Shell Centre<\/a>\u00a0building\u00a0behind. Constructed in 1961 to a design by Sir Howard Robertson, the tower stands at 107 metres (351\u00a0ft) with 27 storeys.<\/p>\n

Notably, the tower was the first skyscraper to exceed the height of the Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

The enduring appeal of these ‘human statues’ continues to\u00a0elude\u00a0me, but they must make some money because the South Bank is ruddy well festooned with them.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

Art installation by the Festival Hall.<\/p>\n

\"Southbank<\/p>\n

[\u00a0South Bank\u00a0website<\/a>] – [Camera used: Nikon D5100<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London’s South Bank has been rolling with a strong British seaside theme since April (until Sept 4th), with 48 tonnes of sand and a series of beach huts adding some … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17],"tags":[10,32,139,48],"class_list":["post-4965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","tag-london","tag-seaside","tag-southbank","tag-thames"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/southbank-london-aug-2011-20.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-1i5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4965"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4979,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4965\/revisions\/4979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}