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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 7h

Walworth Road (1930)

This view looks north along the Walworth Road towards the ornate Elephant and Castle public house.

Most of the buildings here were demolished as part of the London County Council redevelopment between 1958 and 1965.

#london #walworth

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 1d

Rare photo of a mother wrench feeding her young. Breathtaking!

#ott #offtopictuesday

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 2d

Hidden London: historically-inclined look at the capital’s obscure attractions

https://hidden-london.com/

hidden-london.com

historically-inclined look at the capital’s obscure attractions

hidden-london.com

The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 3d

’Low Tide, River Thames, London’

🎨 Peter Kelly (1931-2019)

#fineart #riverthames

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 4d

Book to Ruislip

📷 London Transport Museum

#london #ruislip

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 5d

Speaker’s Corner, April 1987

Speakers here at this corner of Hyde Park nearest of Marble Arch may talk on any subject, as long as the police consider their speeches lawful.

📷 Wiki Commons/Michael E. Cumpston

📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=2644

#london #marblearch

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 6d

London Gardens Trust : The history of London’s parks and gardens

https://londongardenstrust.org/

Welcome - London Parks & Gardens

London Parks & Gardens charts the history of London's green spaces through our Inventory, detailing the people and events which shaped the capital's landscape. Our planning team defends threatened green space and works to enable future growth respecting our shared past.

londongardenstrust.org

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 6d

Map of Notting Hill c.1840

A rare map of Notting Hill in that it shows the extremely short-lived Hippodrome racecourse. This would now be situated on the west side of Ladbroke Grove, with the summit shown on the old map at the later site of St John’s Church

#map #nottinghill

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 7d

Graffiti, Raasay Street, Chelsea (1969)

🎨 Roger Perry

📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=91723

#london #chelsea

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 8d

Before zebra crossings were invented, other mammal-based crossing ideas were trialled. The inflatable giraffe crossing certainly aided visibility but never really caught on

#ott #offtopictuesday

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 9d

A London Miscellany: Random musings concerning London its streets, buildings, people and history

https://alondonmiscellany.wordpress.com/blog/

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 9d

Underground - the swiftest way to leisure

📷 London Transport Museum

#london #edgware

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 11d

Lancing Terrace, Lower Richmond Road, Mortlake (1906)

Looking west from brewery entrance; the cottages on the right were Bellevue Terrace; Houses with the bays were Lancing Terrace.

The expansion of the Stag Brewery caused the demolished of both.

📷 Old London postcard

#london #mortlake

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 13d

Cabbie Blog: Taxi Talk Without Tipping

https://cabbieblog.com/

CabbieBlog

Taxi Talk Without Tipping

cabbieblog.com

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 13d

Plaque to the eponymous Mr Beasley in the Uxbridge yard named for him.

I hope his afterlife wish came true...

📷 The Underground Map

📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=94080

#london #uxbridge

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 14d

The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo.

A noted venue for many a traveller awaiting their train or ending their evening.

🎨 Virtual Tourist

📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=2521

#london #waterloo

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 15d

Do You Want To Play The Banjo?

#ott #offtopictuesday

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 16d

When I said “Last week”, that was the original caption. It being September and all that now

The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 16d

Queen's Park to Kilburn Park - YouTube: Last week I took a walk in the glorious Spring sunshine to discover what had happened to the hitherto-notorious South Kilburn Estate.

https://youtu.be/RB8OObbXIHs

Queen's Park to Kilburn Park (Bakerloo line)

The one where I tell the tale of the 1879 Royal Agricultural Society Show - an annual event which caused two London suburbs to get their name,This Bakerloo l...

youtu.be

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 16d

Shepherd’s Pool, Heathrow (1927)

📷 Philip Sherwood

#london #heathrow

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 17d

’From the Royal Exchange’

http://kenhoward.co.uk

🎨 Ken Howard (1932–2022)

#fineart #cityoflondon

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 18d

The Rising Sun, Rushey Green, Catford (1909)

#london #catford

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 20d

Spitalfields Life: For people who care about the East End and are concerned about the future of its built environment

https://spitalfieldslife.com/

Spitalfields Life | In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London

For people who care about the East End and are concerned about the future of its built environment

spitalfieldslife.com

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 21d

The Boleyn Electric Theatre, Barking Road, E13 (1937)

The photo was taken immediatelty prior to the cinema’s demolition and reopening as the East Ham Odeon.

🎨 John Maltby

📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=8597

#london #uptonpark

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 21d

I always have (most likely misplaced) hope

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