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- A look around an empty office block in Victoria
- Steam trains to run along part of the Central Line in June
- How to get tickets to the 2013 Last Night of the Proms
- A few Crossrail construction site photos
- Public Tours of HMS Illustrious Next Weekend
- Tom Daley’s swimming trunks become a Museum artefact
- Cyclists wanted to test “Dutch Roundabouts”
- Thoughts about the Acid on the Jubilee Line
- 20 years ago – Queen announces public tours of Buckingham Palace
- A look around St Mary-at-Finchley Church
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A look around an empty office block in Victoria
Even by the standards of the era it was built in, Selborne House — that sat opposite the Army and Navy store on Victoria Street — was a masterpiece of bland office design — a brown monolithic slab of drab.
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Steam trains to run along part of the Central Line in June
Tickets for another of the London Underground’s 150th anniversary events have just gone on sale, and include some pretty decent prices for trips in a luxuriously restored Victorian steam carriage.
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How to get tickets to the 2013 Last Night of the Proms
Prom season is starting soon and it’s already time to dust off an envelope and postage stamp in order to apply for tickets to attend the Last Night of the Proms.
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A few Crossrail construction site photos
Posted on May 4, 2013 | 3 CommentsJust a few photos taken the other day when out rambling last week. -
Public Tours of HMS Illustrious Next Weekend
Posted on May 3, 2013 | 17 CommentsNext week marks a significant military anniversary, and lots of military things will be happening along the Thames as a result. And details have finally been confirmed -- including public tours of HMS Illustrious. -
Tom Daley’s swimming trunks become a Museum artefact
Posted on April 30, 2013 | No CommentsCurators at the Museum of London are used to handling objects that may have been dug up out of damp ground and carefully dried to preserve them for display. -
Cyclists wanted to test “Dutch Roundabouts”
Posted on April 30, 2013 | 1 CommentJust a quick note for those who like doing different things -- but TfL is conducting trials of new roundabout designs that may, possibly, be safer for cyclists and pedestrians. -
Thoughts about the Acid on the Jubilee Line
Posted on April 29, 2013 | 1 CommentPart of the Jubilee Line is to be closed between Finchley Road and Waterloo for repairs over the next two years due to acid eating into the tunnel linings. -
20 years ago – Queen announces public tours of Buckingham Palace
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsToday marks the 20th anniversary of the announcement that Buckingham Palace would open to the public during the summers. -
A look around St Mary-at-Finchley Church
Posted on April 28, 2013 | 4 CommentsA short walk from Finchley Central tube station can be found the area's oldest church - a site of Christian worship that can be reliably dated back at least 800 years. -
Tower Bridge Opens a New Exhibition
Posted on April 28, 2013 | No CommentsAlthough Tower Bridge is a permanent fixture on the list of things to visit eventually, it does also run a series of rotating displays to try and lure you in this year instead of some unknown date in the future. -
Westminster Council is selling off its street signs
Posted on April 26, 2013 | 5 CommentsAn unusual auction is coming up next month with a change to acquire some rather unique -- and based on the estimate prices -- curiously cheap bits of London memorabilia. -
A look around St Pancras Old Church
Posted on April 21, 2013 | 1 CommentBehind St Pancras station sits an old church. It only became an old church when a new church was built nearby, and while considered to be very old, it is actually fairly new, but on the site that is quite old, but probably not as old as some people claim.