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Cirencester Town disused railway station – Victorian Gothic stuck in a car park

Mon 26th September, 2011Tue 27th September, 2011 - by editor - 14 Comments.

Now stranded in the middle of a car park in the centre of town is the remains of Cirencester Town railway station, a rather fine two-storey building designed by Isambard Kingdon …

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / photos / Places

Hard-Fi headline the Electric Brixton reopening party, 20th Sept 2011

Wed 21st September, 2011Wed 21st September, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

It’s great to see the old Brixton Fridge (now the Electric Brixton) back in business, and last night a charity performance by indie popsters Hard Fi had the place packed out.

cardiff / photos / Places / railways / Wales

Cardiff Bay railway station in old Tiger Bay quietly rots away…

Wed 14th September, 2011Fri 16th September, 2016 - by editor - 13 Comments.

Located in what was once the bustling area of Tiger Bay in Cardiff docks, Cardiff Bay railway station (Bae Caerdydd) is the southern terminus of the short Butetown Branch Line, …

London / photos / Places

Lesser known London viewpoints: the dramatic view from One New Change, St Pauls

Thu 1st September, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

There’s some fabulous new views across London to be seen on top of the dramatic One New Change development by St Pauls. Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, the eight-storey shopping …

London / photos / Places

Kew Gardens Treetop walkway – a wobbly load of fun in west London

Wed 31st August, 2011Wed 31st August, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Designed by the same folks who created the London Eye, the treetop walkway in Kew Gardens provides a fabulous birds eye view of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west …

London / photos / Places

Camera Cafe, Bloomsbury – a camera shop and cafe combined!

Tue 30th August, 2011Thu 29th October, 2020 - by editor - Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for somewhere interesting to grab a bite to eat after visiting the nearby British Museum in Bloomsbury, I recommend checking out the Camera Cafe. As its name …

photos / Places

Question of the day: exactly when does Autumn start in the UK?

Wed 24th August, 2011Thu 12th September, 2024 - by editor - 12 Comments.

Autumn has long been my favourite season – I just love it when the leaves turn golden brown, the sun goes low in the sky and the nights start drawing …

photos / Wales / wales

Cardiff’s Oybike street bike hire scheme continues to grow

Fri 12th August, 2011Fri 12th August, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

It’s not a patch on the sophisticated ‘Boris Bikes’ scheme that covers a large chunk of central London, but it’s great to see Cardiff’s more modest OyBike bike rental system …

Brixton / photos / Places

Brixton remains closed after overnight riots and looting – photos

Mon 8th August, 2011Mon 8th August, 2011 - by editor - 6 Comments.

Violence and looting broke out around Brixton’s town centre yesterday, with several local businesses hit and several reports of assaults taking place. Most of the town centre remains cordoned off, …

Places / stuff

Forty years ago: man drives a car across the Moon’s surface

Sun 31st July, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It seems remarkable that the first drive across the surface of the Moon happened 40 years ago, when the Lunar Roving Vehicle, or LRV, was taken for a spin across the …

London / Places

London’s Boris Bikes speed past their first birthday, TfL celebrate with a feast o’facts

Sat 30th July, 2011Fri 29th July, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Today sees the first birthday of the ‘Boris Bike’ scheme in London, with Transport for London celebrating the occasion by announcing a westward expansion while scooping up another £25 million in sponsorship …

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / photos / Places

A look inside the Electric Brixton, formerly the Brixton Fridge

Wed 13th July, 2011Wed 13th July, 2011 - by editor - 15 Comments.

A much loved south London venue is set to reopen this autumn, with the old Brixton Fridge being relaunched as the Electric Brixton. With work underway to restore the fine Edwardian interior – and add …

London / photos / Places

Kings Cross Lighthouse continues to rot away

Mon 6th June, 2011Sun 5th June, 2011 - by editor - 7 Comments.

Still empty, derelict and slowly rotting away is this remarkable building adjacent to Kings Cross railway station, known locally as the King’s Cross Lighthouse

Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife / London / photos / Places

Dulwich Ukulele Club May Ball – Japanese rock, go-go and ukuleles

Mon 9th May, 2011Mon 9th May, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

With Japanese rock, Morris dancers, Actionettes and our good friends the Dulwich Ukulele Club playing live, the May Ball at the St. Thomas More hall in East Dulwich was well worth …

London / Places

Newman Passage, Fitrovia – a walk into London’s past

Tue 3rd May, 2011Mon 2nd May, 2011 - by editor - 6 Comments.

Veritably dripping with Victorian atmosphere is Newman Passage, a narrow alleyway in Fitzrovia linking Newman and Rathbone Streets.

Brixton / Places

The Crown (Mucky Duck), 201 Coldharbour Lane SW9 awaits its fate

Thu 24th March, 2011Thu 24th March, 2011 - by editor - 4 Comments.

Loughborough Junction may be in motion, but one place that has been stationary for years is the old Crown pub at 201, Coldharbour Lane SW9/corner of Padfield Road, SE5.

Brixton / London / Places

Unfinished London and the Ring Roads that never were

Mon 14th March, 2011Mon 14th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Written and presented by the ever-entertaining Jay Foreman, I’ve rather enjoyed this video about the 1970s motorway-crazed London ‘Ringways’ project that – thankfully – never fully came to life.

cardiff / Places / Wales

Message from Merthyr – how the ConDem cuts will kill the community

Tue 8th March, 2011Tue 8th March, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

If you’ve ever been to Merthyr, you’ll know what a thoroughly depressing place this once proud working town has become, and the government’s proposed benefit cuts are going to hurt …

Brixton / Places

Brixton Nuclear Dawn mural turns 30, a party follows

Mon 21st February, 2011Mon 21st February, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

A large crowd of around 60 folks turned up to celebrate the 30th birthday of one of Brixton’s most iconic murals, “Nuclear dawn,” a slowly fading 50ft high mural featuring a …

Brixton / photos / Places

Lost streets of Brixton: Geneva Road, SW9

Tue 8th February, 2011Thu 18th February, 2021 - by editor - 152 Comments.

Now lost beneath the Moorlands Estate development of the 1970s, Geneva Road once ran south from Coldharbour Lane, and consisted of an unbroken terrace of solid three-storey Victorian buildings with basements.

New York / photos / Places

Abandoned diner, 357 West Street, Greenwich Village, NYC

Tue 1st February, 2011Tue 1st February, 2011 - by Jim_NYC - 6 Comments.

This sad little diner located at 357 West Street in NYC has been closed since 2006. It was originally built sometime in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s by the …

London / photos

The Bromley Arms, Cleveland St NW1 and the case of the bad shilling

Sun 23rd January, 2011Sun 23rd January, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Rather cruelly dismissed as a “late building of no interest,” in the Survey of London: volume 21 (1949), the Bromley Arms used to be at 84 Cleveland Street (corner of …

New York / photos / Places

Concorde at the Intrepid Museum, NYC

Wed 5th January, 2011Wed 5th January, 2011 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Standing rather forlornly on a barge at the end of a Manhattan jetty on New York’s west side is retired British Airways Concorde aircraft, number G-BOAD.

Brixton / photos / Places / snow

Brixton freeze continues – town centre photos

Mon 20th December, 2010Mon 20th December, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

After Saturday’s blizzard, Brixton remains covered in snow, and there’s loads more more expected to fall in the next day or so. I braved the chilly conditions last night to …

London / Places

London’s Shoreditch turns into Williamsburg (circa 2005)

Wed 15th December, 2010Sat 8th January, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Currently swarming with hipsters, estate agents, career-seeking graffiti artists, wannabe musicians, website-promoting entrepreneurs, record-bag clutching DJs and – thankfully – a fair few normal people, is the area of Shoreditch in east London.

New York / photos / Places

New York photos: subways, buskers, transvestites and fallout shelters

Mon 13th December, 2010Mon 13th December, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

Here’s another selection of photos from our December 2010 NYC trip, starting with these buskers on Bedford Avenue subway station, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

London / Places

A trip to the Museum of London

Wed 1st December, 2010Wed 1st December, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

One of the world’s biggest urban history museums, the Museum of London has over two million objects in its collection and holds the largest archaeological archive in Europe.

Clubs & Nightlife / Places

Actionettes at the Fox and Firkin, Lewisham, London

Sun 21st November, 2010Sun 21st November, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Last night I ventured deep into the uncharted waters of Lewisham to check out The Actionettes and The Instants playing the Fox and Firkin, betwixt Lewisham and Ladywell.