STUDIA PHOTOS

Window & Doorway, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Spiral Stairway, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Corner of The Jewel Tower & Old Palace Yard Residential Building, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

The Jewel Tower is a 14th-century surviving element of the Palace of Westminster, in London, England. It was built between 1365 and 1366 to house the personal treasure of King Edward III. The original Tower was a three-storey, crenellated stone building which occupied a secluded part of the Palace and was protected by a moat linked to the River Thames. The ground floor featured elaborate sculpted vaulting, described by historian Jeremy Ashbee as “an architectural masterpiece”. The Tower continued to be used for storing the monarch’s treasure and personal possessions until 1512, when a fire in the Palace caused King Henry VIII to relocate his court to the nearby Palace of Whitehall.

Police Presence, Old Palace Yard, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

BREXIT Protest, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

“‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello!”, Police Patrol, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Government Offices, 100 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

St Stephen’s Tavern, 10 Bridge Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Street Performer, Bridge Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Big Ben & Elizabeth Tower Maintenance, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England UK

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. On 21 August 2017, a four-year schedule of renovation works began on the tower, which are to include the addition of a lift. There are also plans to re-glaze and repaint the clock dials. With a few exceptions, such as New Year’s Eve and Remembrance Sunday, the bells are to be silent until the work is completed in 2021.

“Boadicea and Her Daughters”, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England UK

Boadicea and Her Daughters is a bronze sculptural group in London representing Boudica, queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe, who led an uprising in Roman Britain. It is located to the north side of the western end of Westminster Bridge, near Portcullis House and Westminster Pier, facing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster across the road. It is considered the magnum opus of its sculptor, the English artist and engineer Thomas Thornycroft. Thornycroft worked on it from 1856 until shortly before his death in 1885, sometimes assisted by his son William Hamo Thornycroft, but it was not erected in its current position until 1902.

Tube Entrance, Westminster Underground Station, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England UK

Across The Thames, Victoria Embankment to Queen’s Walk, Westminster, London, England UK

Panorama From London Eye to Westminster Bridge, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England UK

Vintage Bridge Lamps, Westminster Bridge, Westminster, London, England UK

Bagpiping Busker, Westminster Bridge, Westminster, London, England UK

“South Bank Lion”, South Bank, London, England UK

The South Bank Lion, also known as the Red Lion, is a Coade stone sculpture of a standing male lion cast in 1837. It has stood at the east end of Westminster Bridge in London, to the north side of the bridge beside County Hall, since 1966. Painted red between 1951 and 1966, the paint was later removed to reveal again the white ceramic surface underneath.

Westminster Bridge, Westminster Bridge Road, Bishop’s, London, England UK

Archway, London Marriott Hotel, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, Bishop’s London, England UK

50 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

84 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Advertising Sign, Papyrus House, Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Stone Carving, The George & Dragon, Cnr Blackheath Hill & Lewisham Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Side Door, The George & Dragon, Cnr Blackheath Hill & Lewisham Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

“Rainbow” Pub, The George & Dragon, Cnr Blackheath Hill & Lewisham Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

“Duver Court”, 12 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

(Duver - not Dover)

Don’t forget, there are nearly 6,000 images of mine to be viewed on my Flickr site.

NEXT STOP – ICELAND!

Skógafoss Waterfall, Skógarfoss, Iceland

Entrance Gwydyr House, 26 Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

A mansion built in 1772 at a cast of £6,000. It is currently used as the Office of Secretary of State for Wales.

This entrance was featured as the fictional Department for Administrative Affairs in the BBC sitcom Yes Minister.

Cnr of Gwydyr House, 26 Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Memorial to The Women of World War II, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Vintage Street Lamp, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

(That’s “MONTY” in the background)

Gates, Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Its origin is in a temporary structure erected for a peace parade following the end of the First World War, and after an outpouring of national sentiment it was replaced in 1920 by a permanent structure and designated the United Kingdom’s official national war memorial.

Close Parking, Police Vehicles, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway to Former Grindlay’s Bank, 54 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, 53 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

The Red Lion, Cnr Parliament Street & Derby Gate, Westminster, London, England UK

Empty Coffee Cup, The Red Lion, Cnr Parliament Street & Derby Gate, Westminster, London, England UK

Triple Arched Bridge Entrance to King Charles Street, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

This enclosed bridge, added in 1908 , links the New Government Offices (Treasury) of 1898 and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of 1875.

Street Sign, Parliament Street – Whitehall SW1, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Window Pillar, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Entrance to Downing Street, Westminster, London, England UK

(Residence of the Prime Minister)

Mounted Police Patrol, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Sign to Cabinet War Rooms, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Ornate Railing, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Gate, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorknob, Government Building, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Doorway, Government Building, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Vintage Street Lamp, King Charles Street, Westminster, London, England UK

“Clive of India”, Clive Steps, King Charles Street, Westminister, London, England UK

Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. He began as a British military officer and East India Company (EIC) official who established the military and political supremacy of the EIC by seizing control of Bengal and eventually the whole of the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar.

The statue was unveiled in 1912 outside Gwydyr House, also in Whitehall, and was moved to its current location in 1916.

Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Street, Sign. Great George Street SW1, Westminster, London, England UK

The Westminster Arms, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, London, England UK

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England UK

Drinking Fountain, Charlton Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Inscribed:

Erected by public subscription 1889
Rev. RW Marshall Chairman of Committee
W. Fox-Barley Hon. Secretary

Barclays Bank, 43A Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, London, England UK

Directions, Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, London, England UK

21 Stratheden Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Prince of Wales Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Slow Ducks, Prince of Wales Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Prince of Wales Pond, Prince of Wales Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

The Princess of Wales, Montpelier Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Old Door, 1c Montpelier Row, Blackheath, London, England UK

Letterbox, 74 Royal Parade, Blackheath, London, England UK

Laneway, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Ghost Signs, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

“VR” (Queen Victoria) Mail Box, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Derelict Building, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Palace of Westminster, Westminster Bridge Road, Westminster, London, England UK

Statue Charles G Gordon, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscribed:
Charles G Gordon CB
Major Gen Royal Engineers
Killed at Khartoum
XXVI January MDCCCLXXXV

Statue Charles Portal, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become first a flight commander and then a squadron commander, flying light bombers on the Western Front.

Fleet Air Arm Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Fleet Air Arm Memorial, sometimes known as Daedalus, is a war memorial in London, commemorating the service of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm from their establishments in 1914 and 1924 respectively, in the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Falklands War and the Gulf War, including over 6,000 killed in all conflicts.

Korean War Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Statue of Hugh Trenchard, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the “Father of the Royal Air Force.”

Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London, England UK

The Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial in London commemorates British citizens, including both military personnel and civilians, who participated in the Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War. In these three conflicts, which took place between 1990 and 2015, 682 British soldiers lost their lives.

Inscribed:
In Memory of Major General Orde Charles Wingate DSO 1903-1944
Commander of the Chindits Killed on Active Service in Burma 24th March 1944

“A man of genius who might well have become a man of destiny” -Winston Churchill

An important influence in the creation of the Israeli Defence Forces and the foundation of the State of Israel.

Chindit Memorial, Ministry of Defence, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Chindit Memorial is a war memorial in London that commemorates the Chindit special forces, which served in Burma under Major General Orde Wingate in the Second World War. The Chindits – officially designated the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade in 1943, and the 3rd Indian Infantry Division in 1944 – were organised by Wingate to serve behind Japanese lines in the Burma Campaign, in 1943 and 1944. The memorial was erected in Victoria Embankment Gardens in 1990, near the Ministry of Defence headquarters, and also commemorates Wingate, who died in 1944.

Inscribed:
The Chindit Badge Portraying a Chinthe, a Mythical Beast, Guardian of Burmese Temples from which was derived the name Chindits, their motto being:
THE BOLDEST MEASURE ARE THE SAFEST
In memory of all who fought on the first and second expeditions into North Burma 1943 and 1944 with the Chindit Special Forces.

Formed trained and commanded by Major General Orde Charles Wingate DSO.

Chindits came from the armed forces of the United Kingdon, Burma, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, West Africa and the United States of America.

Air supply and direct operational support was given by the Royal Air Force and 1st Air Commando Group, United States Army Air Force and 10th United States Army Air Force.

Victory was hastened by the Chindits daring exploits behind enemy lines.

His Majesty King George VI graciously awarded the Victoria Cross to
Major Frank Blaker MC
Highland Light Infantry attached 3BN 9th Gurkha Rifles

Captain Michael Almand
Indian Armoured Corps attached 3BN 9th Gurkha Rifles

Lieutenant George Albert Cairns
Somerset Light Infantry attached 1BN The South Staffordshire Regiment

Rifleman Tulbahadur Pun
3Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles

 

Ministry of Defence Entrance Portal, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

The Latin inscription is Per ardua ad astra meaning “through adversity to the stars” or “through struggle to the stars” that is the official motto of the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the Royal Indian Air Force until 1947.

Ministry of Defence Plaque, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

“Monty”, Ministry of Defence, Raleigh Green, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscribed:
MONTY
Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG GCB DSO
1887 1976

Statue Field Marshall The Viscount Alanbrooke, Ministry of Defence, Raleigh Green, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, during the Second World War, and was promoted to field marshal in 1944. As chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Brooke was the foremost military advisor to Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, and had the role of co-ordinator of the British military efforts in the Allies’ victory in 1945. After retiring from the British Army, he served as Lord High Constable of England during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. His war diaries attracted attention for their criticism of Churchill and for Brooke’s forthright views on other leading figures of the war.

Statue Field Marshall The Viscount Slim, Ministry of Defence, Raleigh Green, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscriptions:

FIELD MARSHAL/ THE VISCOUNT SLIM/ KG. GCB. GCMG. GCVO. GBE. DSO. MC./ 14TH ARMY. BURMA/ 1943–1945/ GOVERNOR GENERAL AND/ COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ AUSTRALIA 1953–1960 (fornt of pedestal)

COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ ALLIED LAND FORCES SOUTH EAST ASIA/ CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF/ GOVERNOR AND CONSTABLE/ WINDSOR CASTLE (back of pedestal)

DEFEAT INTO VICTORY (on both left and right sides of the pedestal)

Statue Field Marshall Earl Haig, Whitehall, Westminster, London, England UK

Inscribed:
Field Marshall Earl Haig
Commander in Chief of the British Armies in France 1915-1918

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Haig has, since the 1960s, become an object of criticism for his leadership during the First World War. He was nicknamed “Butcher Haig” for the two million British casualties endured under his command. The Canadian War Museum comments, “His epic but costly offensives at the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917) have become nearly synonymous with the carnage and futility of First World War battles.”

Tracks & Platforms, London Bridge Railway Station, Tooley Street, London, England UK

The Mordern Arms, Cnr Brand & Circus Streets, Greenwich, London, England UK

St Paul’s Parochial Room 1872, 111 Royal Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Doorway, Blisset House, 91 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Royal George, Blissett Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Graduate, 107 Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

The George & Dragon, 2 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Industrial Look, Blissett Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Hill, Mediterranean Restaurant, Royal Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Picturesque Doorways, 23 & 27 Blissett Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

Gated Entrance, 18 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Old Vicarage, 97 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

A flat in this building sold not too long ago for £720,000. (AUD ~$1.4 mil)

“Belushi’s”, Greenwich High Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

View along Straightsmouth (don’t you love English street names?) from the Greenwich Railway Station platform.

Platform & Tracks, Waterloo East Railway Station, Wootton Streeet, Bishop’s, London, England UK

From Walkway, Waterloo East Railway Station, Wootton Streeet, Bishop’s, London, England UK

Sniffer Dog & Handler, Waterloo Railway Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

Train Passing, Platform 1, Motspur Park Railway Station, Motspur Park, New Malden, London, England UK

Scott House Entrance, Suite 1 The Concourse Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

On the right doorway pillar is a memorial plaque to Herbert Ashcombe Walter, an previous general manager of earlier railway companies.

1914-1918 Roll of Honour, Station Entrance, Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

Ornate Window of London & South Western Railways, Concourse, Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

Vintage Lamp, South Western Railways, Waterloo Station, Waterloo, London, England UK

This part of the memorial to fallen employees in war. There is one of these each side of the station entrance. See Google Image here:-

St James House, 52 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

This is where we rented an apartment for the week in London.