Queen's Park to Kilburn Park - YouTube: Last week I took a walk in the glorious Spring sunshine to discover what had happened to the hitherto-notorious South Kilburn Estate. https://youtu.be/RB8OObbXIHs

Shepherd’s Pool, Heathrow (1927) 📷 Philip Sherwood #london #heathrow

’From the Royal Exchange’ http://kenhoward.co.uk 🎨 Ken Howard (1932–2022) #fineart #cityoflondon

The Rising Sun, Rushey Green, Catford (1909) #london #catford

Spitalfields Life: For people who care about the East End and are concerned about the future of its built environment https://spitalfieldslife.com/

The Boleyn Electric Theatre, Barking Road, E13 (1937) The photo was taken immediatelty prior to the cinema’s demolition and reopening as the East Ham Odeon. 🎨 John Maltby 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=8597 #london #uptonpark

Is it possible that if Trump continues to use public platforms to talk unresearched bollocks that MAGA will notice? If he can’t pronounce drug names, he’s not read anything about the subject. If climate change is a hoax then talking about CO2 levels means he’s not read anything about the subject

Woman selling fish from a barrel, c. 1910 This photograph is of Henrietta Street in Whitby, North Yorkshire, not London #ott #offtopictuesday #notlondon

Britain From Above: Old aerial photos of London https://britainfromabove.org.uk/

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’Late Night, Leverton Street’ (2022) 🎨 Marc Gooderham #fineart #kentishtown

St Marylebone Electricity Generating Station, built in 1905 and then located at the corner of Richmond Street and Fisherton Street 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=100813 #london #stjohnswood

Captured German U-boat near Tower Bridge (1918) This was the German merchant submarine ’Deutschland’ - a blockade-breaking German merchant submarine used during the First World War. #london #towerhill

diamond geezer: an eclectic blog about nearly everything London https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/

1920s map of what became north London As the Northern Line had not yet arrived at Edgware, nor the Bakerloo (Metropolitan) to Stanmore, all points north from the southern edge of this map remain undeveloped. 📷 Ordnance Survey #map #northlondon

Jape’s Cottage, Hither Green Lane, c.1860 #london #lee

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Heathrow – the lost hamlet » The Underground Map: Heathrow was a village for centuries before it was an airport http://theundergroundmap.com/wp/heathrow-the-lost-hamlet/

Middlesex Ploughing Match, Cain’s Lane, Heathrow (1908) The ploughing match was held annually in the Heathrow area until the outbreak of the Second World War. This scene was later buried under the runways for the new London airport. #london #newbedfont

’The Royal Mail Coaches for the North Leaving the Angel, Islington’ (1827) 🎨 James Pollard #fineart

Bostall Woods #london #abbeywood

Hetty Scott at her greengrocer stall outside 159 Queen’s Crescent, Kentish Town (1914) 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=78932 #london #kentishtown

The London Encyclopaedia: The classic one volume guide to London in all its majesty https://theundergroundmap.com/wp/the-london-encyclopaedia/

The 1929 launch of the ’new’ two seater taxi cab for London 📷 Fox Photos #london #willesdengreen

The corner of Dupont Street (1925). The roofs are covered to keep out the rain and the houses have no glass in the windows. 🎨 Evening News 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=93158 #london #bowcommon

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Old and New London: Compiled by Walter Thornbury (1928-76) and Edward Walford (1823-97), this multi-volume popular history of London was published in the late 19th century http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london

Spital Square showing posts at the eastern end and Spitalfields Market in the distance (1912) 📷 CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=29127 #london #spitalfields

Building the District Line and Joseph Bazalgette’s Embankment sewer near Waterloo Bridge (1867) Bazalgette’s Memorial is on the right here today. #london #embankment

Weller’s brewery dray outside the Queen’s Head in Chesham (1899) 📷 Amersham Museum #chesham #bucks

The alleyways and courtyards of London: A revival of Ivor Hoole’s GeoCities site listing the alleys and courtyards in Central London http://theundergroundmap.com/wp/alleys-and-courtyards/

L’Avenir in the Millwall Docks (1908) #london #riverthames

Man with an ice cart. This job involved pushing a cart around the London streets, loaded with a large block of ice, and making deliveries to customers. Scan from the 1926 book ’Wonderful London’ 🎨 Arthur St John Adcock #phewwotascorcher

Not sure this would be considered a good idea nowadays #ott #offtopictuesday

A 1963 drive through west London: George Eyles was Director of Tests at the UK Institute of Advanced Motorists. In 1963, he took a trip through London in a Jaguar MK2 and this little movie resulted https://youtu.be/Oh3X4sIqink

The Statue of Yuri Gagarin in Greenwich This is a zinc statue, near the Observatory, depicting the cosmonaut wearing a spacesuit and standing on top of a globe. 📷 Anatoly Novikov #london

’Public Services: The Water Supply’ (1969) 🎨 John Berry/Ladybird Books #fineart #westend

The Crown was situated at 57 Princedale Road. This pub was established in 1851 and this shot was taken by a photographer from Maxilla Gardens, Notting Hill. 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=7708 #london #nottinghill

Hammersmith (Met) station in 1933 #london #hammersmith

Know Your London: A place to find out about the history of Inner London https://knowyourlondon.wordpress.com/

The Gaumont Finchley (1937) In north Finchley, the Gaumont opened in 1937 and closed in 1980, before being demolished in 1987. 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=22023 #london #northfinchley

The R101 airship over Bedford, 1929 #ott #offtopictuesday #bedford #notlondon

Survey of London: An architectural look at areas of London, street by street from UCL http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london

Maple Road (Penge) Christmas decorations circa 1910. Such elaborate decorations persisted until the end of the First World War. The market took over afterwards. 📷 Old London postcard #london #anerley

’Leadenhall Market, London’ (1865) Andries Scheerboom (1832-1891) was a Dutch 19th Century artist who was also active in the UK. 🎨 Andries Scheerboom/Guildhall Art Gallery #fineart #cityoflondon

Collingwood Street, near Blackfriars Road c1900 The street was renamed Colombo Street in 1937 by the London County Council. The weatherboarded cottages suffered severe bomb damage during the Blitz and were demolished in 1948 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=15393 #london #southwark

Cannon Street Road in the early 1940s #london #shadwell

Golders Green to Hampstead - the long way around: A walk from Golders Green to Hampstead taking in the Hampstead Heath Extension, Hill House Garden and Vale of Health https://youtu.be/PKGL3lheNp0

Disconcerting news UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs www.bbc.com/news/article...