Monday, November 13, 2006

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"


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Saturday, November 11, 2006

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

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

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half of the apostles in the porch of malmesbury abbey

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robert and felicity hitchings ... you'd like them !

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james watt ... beautifully modelled in majolica ... maker unknown

an eureka moment !

he's holding a spoon against the spout of a kettle ... note those undone buttons on his weskit ... the face is angelic & the hands so gracefully articulate ... a very fine piece of work

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