this is the pub that is right next door to the brewery ... the spreadeagle is across the road

 

old york road in wandsworth

while i was taking this picture at about quarter past four this morning, i was approached by a man wearing an orange railway worker's jacket who had a lifetime's stink of drink about him ... in fact it preceeded his arrival at my side

he asked first if i had a car jack, which was odd because i was riding a bicycle, and then if i could lend him the bus fare to vauxhall

i lied, uncharitably

cyclists eye-view of west hill in wandsworth

 

to the spreadeagle at wandsworth ...

 

... for a little light refreshment

 

the louis vuitton searchlight ... through a glass darkly

 

the art of hot desking demonstrated with considerable style by victor ( the godfather ) andrews

 

posh luggage out of reach in sloane street

 

louis vuitton's searchlight

 

joe at the cheese man's ... that umbrella is about to go into that skip

 

the general lying-in hospital by waterloo station

1828 to 1971 ...

"under the patronage of her majesty and her royal highness the princess of wales"

a distant view of arundel from the south

 

the pumpkin house at slindon

 

slindon church, polished and pampered ...

 

an engraved window at slindon

 

a wooden knight at slindon

 

madehurst church, she must have been ...

 

... my kind of gel !

 

north stoke church, ancient and ramshackle ...

 

... mysterious but much-loved ...

 

... isn't that the virgin of guadalupe on the side altar ?

 

a distant view of arundel from north stoke

 

houghton

 

the playground railings at cross hayes infants school

a hundred screaming kids would rush to the railings at the beginning of morning break, just in time to see the only train of the day crossing the narrow meadow on it's way to malmesbury station ... and if we screamed loud enough, the driver and the fireman would wave back to us

 

i learned to tell the time by this clock as i made my late runs to the matinees at the athelstan cinema