Here’s a selection of London scenes photographed over a decade ago. Above, you can see the much-missed Astoria Theatre which was cruelly flattened to make way for CrossRail.
Read more here: Ten Years Ago: London’s Astoria Theatre closes for good, Jan 2009 – in photos.
Charing Cross Road, early evening.
Stationary-hungry mouse.
Stage Door.
Craft Fair.
Denmark Street (aka Tin Pan Alley), which has been a magnet for musicians for decades.
Closed in early January 2015, it’s rumoured that the wonderful 12 Bar will be returning although we’ll believe it when we see it.
I wonder if the ‘biggest heavy metal band of all time#’ever got their shit together…?
Inside the 12 Bar.
A human billboard at work.
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The original Foyles building.
Man with dog.
Street art.
Paddington basin.
Kings Cross station.
Gasometer, Kings Cross.
The modernist lines of the Brunswick Centre.
South Bank photo exhibition.
Undercroft skate park at the south Bank.
Monochrome Set reunite at Dingwalls.
I got to see the Human League play a corporate gig for Palm in east London. I didn’t expect much, but they were terrific.
The wonderful Beigel Bake in Brick Lane.
East London scenes.
Rough Trade record store, east London.
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