Friday, November 17, 2006

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

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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

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cyclists eye-view of west hill in wandsworth

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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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