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London 2014

Folder: Great Britain
Another great 10 days in London. Highlights included: Red House (William Morris's home in Bexleyheath), a fabulous tour of the Charterhouse, West Norwood Cemetery (the 6th of the Magnificent Seven that I've been to), Crystal Palace Park, a ghostsigns walking tour in Stoke Newington with Sam Roberts, and a ramble around Poplar to find the real "Nonnatus House." My camera died at the base of Balfron…  (read more)
Fount Pens

Fount Pens

04 Sep 2014 394
Ghostsign, Stoke Newington Church Street.
Anna Laetitia Barbauld Plaque

Anna Laetitia Barbauld Plaque

04 Sep 2014 509
Stoke Newington Church Street. Here's some info about her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Laetitia_Barbauld
Crane House Decorator

Crane House Decorator

04 Sep 2014 489
Ghostsign, Marton Road at Stoke Newington Church Street.
Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

04 Sep 2014 319
Graffiti, Marton Road, Stoke Newington.
Dscreet Owl

Dscreet Owl

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Marton Road at Stoke Newington Church Street.
Royal Family

Royal Family

04 Sep 2014 2 1 430
By Banksy. The council started to paint over this in the misguided clean-up before the 2012 Olympics, but the community put a halt to it. I think it may be protected by Stoke Newington now.
Joe Orton

Joe Orton

04 Sep 2014 1 3 508
Stencil by Stewy, seen from the Number 73 bus. Essex Road, Islington.
Limehouse DLR Station

Limehouse DLR Station

05 Sep 2014 305
My long walk through Limehouse and Poplar to Trinity Buoy Wharf began here.
Limehouse Basin

Limehouse Basin

05 Sep 2014 370
DLR train passing overhead.
Limehouse Basin Lock

Limehouse Basin Lock

05 Sep 2014 1 1 407
Taken from Commercial Road.
Me in Mill Place on Street View

Me in Mill Place on Street View

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This was the point where my camera was really acting up and beginning to die. I was so intent on pushing buttons in an attempt to revive it that I didn't even notice that the Google Street View van was driving past me. Mill Place, Limehouse.
Face

Face

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Mill Place, Limehouse.
High Pressure

High Pressure

05 Sep 2014 369
The accumulator tower (next photo) has something to do with hydraulic pressure to work the cranes, lock gates, etc., at Limehouse Basin.
Accumulator Tower

Accumulator Tower

05 Sep 2014 363
Hydraulic pressure to work the cranes, lock gates, etc., at Limehouse Basin.
Our Lady Immaculate

Our Lady Immaculate

05 Sep 2014 1 3 440
This statue of Jesus pops up almost at eye level when you're on the DLR train. It's very strange.
Ladies Loo

Ladies Loo

05 Sep 2014 2 509
Disused public toilet, Hale Street.
Lodore Street E14

Lodore Street E14

05 Sep 2014 341
Poplar, Tower Hamlets. "Nonnatus House" is here.
St Frideswide's Mission House 1

St Frideswide's Mission House 1

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I was on a mission to find the real "Nonnatus House," where the nuns and midwives in "Call the Midwife" really lived. I'd done tons of research to track it down. When I arrived here with my broken camera, I was so desperate to have a few snaps to show for it that I turned the camera on for a try -- the camera came back to life for these few photos.
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