PaulOfHorsham's photos
Old Swan
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The building dates from the 1860s. A look at CAMRA's pub heritage page indicates that there's more to the interior than I managed to spot - a return visit is required!
Smoke Room
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The pub was busy on my lunchtime visit, but the Smoke Room was empty, so I took a couple of photos.
That's my pint of Olde Swan Original in the foreground
Swan and Flags
Ma Pardoes
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The pub is commonly known as Ma Pardoes, after Doris Clare Pardoe (born 1899) who owned it until her death in 1984 at 85 years old.
Open all day, as you can see.
Concourse Birmingham Moor Street station
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Moor Street has been classily restored over the last 10 years or so and offers a pleasant introduction to Birmingham
Buffer stops Moor Street platform 4
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Chiltern provide a fast, comfortable and good value run to Birmingham from London Marylebone
In Lambeth Palace Garden
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We were particularly taken by the cloud-effect bush behind these "red-hot poker" plants
Lambeth Palace
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Lambeth Palace Gardens are open on the first Wednesday of summer months at a cost of £4. Obviously, the sun didn't emerge till we were back at work.
Green Leaves
The TV tower against a pure blue sky
Up the tower
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The dome
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I didn't go up (too many other things to do). If you want to stick around, there's a restaurant up there, apparently.
Window of Remembrance
Guard post
Border fortifications
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From the Documentation Centre, there is a view into a barriered-off section which gives an indication of what the wall used to look like on the East side
Wall Bricks
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The course of the wall is marked throughout by a double line of bricks set into the road or pavement.
Along Bernauer Strasse
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A view of the so-called "History Mile" looking east. Information boards tell the stories of some of those who attempted to escape to the west
Bergstrasse
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Bergstrasse was severed by the construction of the wall in 1961 and has been left much as it was.
