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The Lamb and Flag pub in Rose Street, near Covent Garden, photographed by my father in 1948, from my post on the history of the pub at

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The Grenadier has been a pub since 1818 but was originally the Officers Mess of the First Royal Regiment of Foot Guards and was built in 1720, from my post on some of the Ghosts stories of London at

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In 1980 I photographed the Champion Pub at the junction of Eastcastle Street and Wells Street, with the Post Office Tower in the background, photo from my post on the pub, and local area at

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The gatehouse of the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, photographed by my father in 1948, from my post exploring the history of the church at

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The Angel Rotherhithe, photographed by my father in 1951. The pub has a fascinating history which I explore in this post

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The Isle of Dogs following the closure of the docks, but before redevelopment, from my post on Flying Over London in the early 1980s at

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I photographed the George Inn, Borough High Street, Southwark in 1977, and in this post traced the history of the Inn and the coaching routes from the Inn across southern England -

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The history, design, construction and function of the Post Office Tower and the pub named after the tower in today’s new post at

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Another pub Tweet - The Tiger Tavern on Tower Hill, photographed by my father in 1948. The history of the pub in my post at

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The pub “Ye Grapes” in Shepherd Market, photographed by my father in the late 1940s, from my post Shepherd Market – A Village in Piccadilly at

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Paddle Steamer Waverley passing through Tower Bridge this morning

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The Lamb and Flag pub in Rose Street, near Covent Garden, photographed by my father in 1948, from my post exploring the history of the pub at

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I may have found a large secondhand bookshop

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St Mary at Hill is a historic church reached via Lovat Lane, a street that gives a good impression of what the narrow city streets would have looked like - explored here:

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The Hanging Gardens of London, Selfridges Water Gardens. The roof of the Oxford Street store had gardens and cafes during the 1920s and 30s, a popular location after shopping. Damaged during the last war and never reopened, from

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The original "Archway" on Archway Road leading up to Highgate around 1896

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Remarkable how this area has changed. Then (1947) and now photos of the southern approach to Tower Bridge from my post on the Lost Warehouses of Pickle Herring Street at

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Today's new post - St John’s Gate: A brief introduction to a historic priory in the heart of Clerkenwell at

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My 1977 photo of the Globe pub at Borough Market, from my post on the history of the area at

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Amos Jones, Chemist, on the corner of Drury Lane and Long Acre, photographed by my father in 1985, from my post on Drury Lane, Amos Jones and S. Krantz at

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The Isle of Dogs in the early 1980s before redevelopment started. Photo from my blog post

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Close to the M25 and Heathrow is the Ankerwycke Yew, an ancient tree, possibly a couple of thousand years old. I visit in my post at

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In 1977, I photographed the Globe pub at Borough Market. Then still a working market, very different now, from my post

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74 Miles from London - searching for the stones that have measured the distance to London for centuries at

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Fantastic artwork on the side of a house in Wolsey Road in Islington, from my post on Murals and Street Art from 1980s London at

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Town of Ramsgate and Wapping Old Stairs

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Doctors Commons to the Daily Courant – The history of the City explored through London's Plaques at

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Exploring Down Street Station, which closed to passengers on the 21st May 1932 at

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The Hand and Shears at 1 Middle Street at the junction with Cloth Fair, photographed by my father in 1952. The pub was the site of the Pye Powder Court which dated from medieval times. The story of the pub at

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Walking Brunel’s First Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping at

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Exploring the construction and history of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, including the section in the photo which shows repairs following wartime bomb damage, from my post on the tunnel at

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The Isle of Dogs in the early 1980s from my post on the View from Greenwich Park and the Isle of Dogs at

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My father took the following photo of the Angel, Rotherhithe from the foreshore of the river in 1951. This view looks broadly the same today, as I discover during a visit for my post

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Remarkably, this is the same view, although 64 years separate the two photos. From my blog post Bankside West From Southwark Bridge at

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Walcot Square And Lost Prefabs, with this 1986 photo by my father of Walcot Stores explored in my post at

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I think this may well be one of the best street signs in London. On the corner of the London School Of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which I explore here:

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Prospect of Whitby. May have to stop here. On a Wapping walk

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The 29th of December 1940, the story of the Second Great Fire Of London which devastated much of the area around St Paul's Cathedral from my blog post on the night at

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My account of the St. Paul’s Watch, who defended St Paul's Cathedral on the night of the 29th December 1940 from the shower of incendiary bombs that would cause so much damage in the City that night:

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Photographed in 1951, numbers 41 and 42 Cloth Fair, the oldest residential buildings within the then boundaries of the City of London, from my post exploring the alleys and history of Cloth Fair at

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Exploring Bedford Square, one of the best preserved squares in London in today’s new post at

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Newsagent on the Isle of Dogs, from my post on London Streets In The 1980s at

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On a Sunday morning in 1947, my father is taking photos along the south bank of the River Thames, in the region of Tower Bridge, and found this artist painting next to Horselydown Old Stairs, from my post on the stairs at

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The Narrow Boat Pub, Ladbroke Grove, photographed in 1986, from my post looking at the history of the pub and the area at

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The original Jack Straw’s Castle, a lost pub originally in Hampstead, from my post looking at Early 20th Century London in Photos at

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My father's post war photo of the bridge over the entrance to Shadwell Basin from the Thames, with the Prospect of Whitby pub in the background, from my post exploring the history and development of the area at

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Exploring the Post Office Railway, with a walk through the workshop, platform and tunnels at Mount Pleasant at

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A bit of Abram Games and the Festival of Britain in Oxford Street

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Exploring the disused Down Street Station in my blog post at:

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The Prospect of Whitby from the first of my posts following the River Thames from the City to the Sea at

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Warren Street and J.Evans, Dairy Farmer, here photographed in 1986, from my post on the street and dairy at

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Broad Street Station – A Lost London Station. Today's new post at

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The Angel, Rotherhithe, photographed in 1951 from my post on the history of the pub at

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The Old Rose on the Highway, Wapping is available to let. I suspect it will need some work doing.

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Blake Hall Central Line Station, which I photographed in August 1981, just before the line closed, from my post on the line at

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Park Row – Knightsbridge, photographed by my father in 1948. Searching for the story of the scene in the photo described in my post at

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The Lamb and Flag, Rose Street photographed in 1948, from my post on the pub at

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Lovat Lane is a narrow lane that heads down to Lower Thames Street and retains the width of many of the City lanes prior to the war. From my post

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Cheyne Row – Chelsea, photographed by my father in 1949, from my blog post exploring the area at

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On the corner of Cheapside and Wood Street, photographed in 1986, from my post on this historic location in the City at

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Cardinal Cap Alley And No. 49 Bankside, photographed by my father in 1947, from my post exploring the history of the house and the alley at

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Puddle Dock and a City Laystall. This 1947 view is completely different today. A part of the railway bridge across the river into Blackfriars Station can just be seen on the right, from my post on discovering the site of the photo at

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Exploring the glorious Fitzrovia Chapel, once part of the now demolished Middlesex Hospital at

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“Early morning in the Covent Garden”, photographed in the 1920s, from today's new post - London in the 1920s at

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Today's new post - crossing the river between Wapping and Rothehithe. Exploring Wapping Dock Stairs and the railway tunnel at

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Exploring Rosebery Avenue, St John Street and Amwell Street, where in 1985 was "The Pleasant Gent's Hairdresser" in my post at

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One of my 1986 photos from my blog on the Cutty Sark Pub and Greenwich Peninsula. It was a very different area almost 40 years ago. More in my post at

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My father's 1951 photo of numbers 41 and 42 Cloth Fair, the oldest residential buildings within the current boundaries of the City of London, from my post on The Lost Alleys Of Cloth Fair at

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Broad Street Station – A Lost London Station. I photographed the station just before demolition started in 1986. The story of the station in my post at

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London Wall

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Then and now photos of the gatehouse entrance to the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great. My father's post-war photo on the left. This historic church explored at

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Faulkner’s Alley, Cowcross Street, photographed by my father in 1947, from my post exploring the history of the alley at

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The Thames from Cherry Garden Stairs. Photo by my father, taken in 1946 and from my post exploring the view and the stairs at

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My Tea Shop – Duke Street Hill, near London Bridge Station, photographed in 1986. A lost London café from my post

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A very different Lower Thames Street in 1947. Billingsgate Market on the right, on the left with the colonnades is the Coal Exchange and the building straight ahead with the sign on the wall is the Yarmouth Arms from my post at

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The Pleasant Gent’s Hairdresser, Rosebery Avenue, photographed in 1985 from my post exploring the street at

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Covent Garden Underground Station where the ghost of the actor William Terriss who was murdered outside the Adelphi Theatre in 1897 can apparently be seen, from my post on some London Ghosts at

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A trip out to Kent, on the Thames Estuary, to explore the Medieval Church at Reculver, site of an early Roman fort then a Saxon church was built around the year 669, from

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New Gauge House, where the New River meets the River Lee, from my post on the first part of a walk along the river from Ware to New River Head at

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One of my first photos of London, taken in 1973, from Cheapside, looking towards the church of Christchurch Greyfriars using my very first camera, a simple Kodak Instamatic, from my post at

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Today's new post - exploring Wapping Dock Stairs and the tunnel from the adjacent Wapping station at

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Today's new post - a walk along Essex Road, Islington, finding the old Carlton Cinema which opened on the 1st September, 1930 at

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Whitecross Street runs between Old Street and Beech / Chiswell Streets, just north of the Barbican, and this photo of the street was taken by my father on Sunday 31st May, 1953, from my post on the history of the street at

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Exploring Seven Dials and Monmouth Street, based on this photo from 1984, when the area looked very different, 40 years ago, in my post at

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Exploring one of the best preserved Thames Stairs, in my post Life and Death at Alderman Stairs at

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F. W. Collins & Son, 14 Earlham Street from my post "A Walk Through 1980s London" at

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The Tiles At Bethnal Green Underground Station, include London Underground’s head office at 55 Broadway. A walk along the platforms at

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My father's 1953 photo from Greenwich Park, looking out across the Queen’s House and the old Royal Naval College across to the Isle of Dogs. From my post at

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Today's new post - exploring the historic Winchester Palace and the Great Hall, Clink Street, Southwark. The London residence of the Bishops of Winchester at

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Poplar Swimming Baths in 1937 showing how the same building could support very different uses from the LCC book London In Pictures at

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Today's new post - Exploring the Prudential Building and Furnival’s Inn. Two institutions which have occupied one site in Holborn for almost 700 years at

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Bankside and Horseshoe Alley, here photographed in 1953, from my post exploring the history ot the area and how it has developed at

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Today's new post - The George Inn, Borough High Street, Southwark and coach services across southern England at

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George Inn, Borough High Street, Southwark, my photo of the inn in 1977, from my post where I explore the history of the inn and the many coach routes that commenced here, at

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At the Cutty Sark, Greenwich

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Next to the River Thames and not far from Heathrow and the M25 is a very ancient tree, the Ankerwycke Yew. The story of the tree at

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Today's new post - Jays for Jeans, photographed in 1986, and a walk along Lower Road, Rotherhithe at

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Eighty one years ago tonight, the Second Great Fire Of London – 29th December 1940, which destroyed so much of the City, explored in my post at

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The Death of the London Telephone Box. Once an essential part of the city's streets, now increasingly redundant and disappearing. A survey in my post at

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The Flask, Highgate, photographed by my father in 1948, from my post on the Pubs, History and Architecture of Highgate at

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