IMG 0687-001-Waterloo Bridge
IMG 0691-001-Slackwater 1
IMG 0693-001-Slackwater 2
IMG 0694-001-Slackwater 3
IMG 0696-001-Slackwater 5
IMG 0698-001-Slackwater 6
IMG 0704-001-Gog, Magog & Liz
IMG 0720-001-Four Phone Boxes
IMG 0727-001-Spirit of Place:Simone Brewster
IMG 0732-001-Spirit of Place 2
IMG 0731-001-Spirit of Place 1
IMG 0705-001-Elizabeth I
IMG 0695-001-Slackwater 4
IMG 0700-001-Dundee Courier Building
IMG 0686-001-Sphinx Bench with chewing gum
IMG 0690-001-Holly Hendry: Slackwater
IMG 0674-001-Tail of the Sphinx
IMG 0734-001-Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
IMG 0735-001-Ambedkar Quote
IMG 0739-001-What's on your head?
IMG 0736-001-Anna Laurini Faces
IMG 0740-001-Stained Glass 1
IMG 0743-001-Stained Glass 2
IMG 0676-001-Sphinx
IMG 0678-001-Sphinx & Bus
IMG 0672-001-Fish & Eye
IMG 0670-001-Rabby Burns
IMG 0668-001-Blokes
IMG 0666-001-Welcome to Belsize Park
IMG 2404-001-Christmas Crap 3
IMG 2405-001-Christmas Crap 4
IMG 2407-001-Christmas Crap 5
IMG 2408-001-Christmas Crap 6
IMG 2412-001-Christmas Crap 7
IMG 2421-001-Christmas Crap 8
IMG 2403-001-Christmas Crap 2
IMG 2426-001-Christmas Crap 1
IMG 0660-001-Kitschy Treasures
IMG 0659-001-Thrift Shop Treasure
IMG 0255-001-Benskin's Fine Ales & Stout
IMG 0250-001-Puddingstone
IMG 0246-001-Half Timbered 1
IMG 0258-001-Disused Pub 2
IMG 0245-001-Two Pubs
IMG 0260-001-Half Timbered House 2
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IMG 0681-001-Bomb Damage


World War I bomb damage to the pedestal of the sphinx, Victoria Embankment. Plaque reads:
THE SCARS THAT DISFIGURE THE PEDESTAL
OF THE OBELISK, THE BASES OF THE SPINXES,
AND THE RIGHT HAND SPHINX WERE CAUSED
BY FRAGMENTS OF A BOMB DROPPED IN THE
ROADWAY CLOSE TO THIS SPOT, IN THE FIRST
RAID ON LONDON BY GERMAN AEROPLANES A
FEW MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY
4TH SEPTEMBER 1917
THE SCARS THAT DISFIGURE THE PEDESTAL
OF THE OBELISK, THE BASES OF THE SPINXES,
AND THE RIGHT HAND SPHINX WERE CAUSED
BY FRAGMENTS OF A BOMB DROPPED IN THE
ROADWAY CLOSE TO THIS SPOT, IN THE FIRST
RAID ON LONDON BY GERMAN AEROPLANES A
FEW MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY
4TH SEPTEMBER 1917
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