STUDIA PHOTOS

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.

Continuing the endless miles of walking….

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“Witch” Shop?, 112 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

John Penn and Widow Smith Almshouses, Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

Built in 1866 and designed to house local people over the age of 60. The complex contains 10 flats, cottages of 1 bedroom.

73 Greenwich South Street, Greenwich, London, England UK

Public Library,146 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Front Door, The Shipwrights Arms, Cnr Tooley Street & Shipwright Yard, London, England UK

Built in 1884 and is a Grade II Listed Building

Tower Bridge Looking Down More London Riverside, London, England UK

Tower Bridge, More London Riverside, London, England UK

Tower of London, St Katharine’s & Wapping, London, England UK

Tower Bridge, River Thames, London, England UK

Old Bridge Operating Machinery, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Construction of the bridge was from 1886 until its opening in June 1894. The bridge raising relied on steam up until the change to electricity in 1976.

Stairs Inside a Tower,Tower Bridge, London, England UK

On the Bridge, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

The Upper Walkways, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

The Shard and River Thames from Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Doors in the Tower, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Bridge Traffic, Tower Bridge Road, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

The Gherkin and Tower of London from Tower Bridge, London, England UK

HMS Belfast, River Thames, London, England UK

HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser commissioned in 1939 for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.

Dedication Plaque, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Commemorative Plaques, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Centenary Plaque, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

Hanging Pub Sign, The Raven, Tower Bridge Road, London, England UK

The Shard from Queen Elizabeth Street, London, England UK

Samuel Bourne Bevington Statue, Queen Elizabeth Street, London, England UK

Samuel Bourne Bevington VD, JP. Son of James Bevington. A member of the Bermondsey leather manufacturing dynasty and a philanthropist. Colonel commanding 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 1884 – 1899. First Mayor of Bermondsey 1900 – 1902.

The LaLit London, 181 Tooley Street, London, England UK

One of London’s best 5 Star luxury hotels.

Doorway, Devon Mansions, Tooley Street, London, England UK

London Bridge Railway Station, Tooley Street, London, England UK

 

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Vintage “GR” Mailbox (King George V), Cnr Lee Terrace & Lee Park, Blackheath, London, England UK

Blackheath Halls, Lee Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

Built in 1895 it is the oldest surviving purpose built cultural complex in London. It is still hosting shows today.

Blackheath Private Hospital, Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London, England UK

Street Sign, Quentin Road SE13, Blackheath, London, England UK

Green Door, 28 Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London, England UK

St Margaret’s Church, Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London, England UK

Sundial, St Margaret’s Church, Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London, England UK

Memorial, St Margaret’s Church, Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London, England UK

Inscription:

In affectionate remembrance of the Rev George Lock ??? for 61 years Rector of this parish. (George was the vicar in the early 1800s)

Old Churchyard, St Margaret, Lee, Lee Terrace, Blackheath, London, England UK

The ruins of the tower are all that remain of an 800 year old church. It is a Listed Building.

Residence, 66 Belmont Hill, Lewisham, London, England UK

Lourdes Close Private Estate, Cedars Close, Lewisham, London, England UK

Weather Vane on Cupola, Cnr Belmont Hill & Boyne Road, Lewisham, London, England UK

The Lewisham Tavern, Cnr Belmont Hill & Lee High Road, Lewisham, London, England UK

St Stephen’s Church, St Stephen’s Grove, Lewisham, London, England UK

The Anchor, Lewisham Road, Lewisham, London, England UK

Blackheath, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Lewisham Road, Lewisham, London, England UK

The border between Blackheath & Lewisham

The Sydney Arms, Cnr Lewisham Road & Morden Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Greenwich Magistrates’ Court, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London, England UK

Magistrates’ Court & Police Station, formerly Greenwich Police Court was built in 1909 and is a Grade II Listed Building.

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, England UK

Formerly the Bethlem Royal Hospital built in 1812, the building became home to the Imperial War Museum in 1936. The 15″ naval guns in the front are from HMS Ramillies and HMS Resolution and were installed and unveiled to the public in 1968.

Gatehouse, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, England UK

Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls’ School, Cnr St George’s Road & Gladstone Street, London, England UK

Tiled Mural, St James Tavern, 45 Great Windmill Street, Soho, London, England UK

Quotation:
Falstaff
For me, I am here a. Windsor stag; and the fattest, I think, i’ the. forest.

::The Merry Wives of Windsor

First post to the site at the new host.

On our recent trip to Europe we used London as a base flying in and out of there to other destinations.

Tower Bridge, River Thames, London, England UK

Royal Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Street Sign, Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Sundown from Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

Street Sign, Albion Quay, Thames Path, Battersea, London, England UK

The Shipwrights Arms, Tooley Street, London, England UK

Built in 1884 – Grade I listed building

Cemetery Gates, Magravine Cemetery, Magravine Road, Hammersmith, London, England UK

Margravine Cemetery was opened in 1868 on a site previously occupied by market gardens and orchards, known as Fulham Fields. The first burial took place on 3 November 1869. Margravine closed for new burials in 1951, when the 16.5 acres of cemetery land were restored by the council and designated a ‘Garden of Rest’. The cemetery is now a part of the Barons Court Conservation Area, designated in April 1989.

War Memorial, Margravine Cemetery, Margravine Road, Hammersmith, London, England UK

A screen wall memorial erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (who list it as Hammersmith Old Cemetery) in Section 31 lists all 191 Commonwealth service personnel buried in registered war graves in the cemetery – 186 from World War I and 5 from World War II.

Yellow Dahlia, Belmont Hill, Blackheath, London, England UK

War Memorial, Putney High Street, Putney, London, England UK

Unveiled: Date: 16 June 1921

“IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM PUTNEY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT & VICTORIOUS WAR”

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Erected by the Borough of Wandsworth to Putney residents killed in the First World War – no names were inscribed. Subsequently additional inscription for Second World War added.

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Vintage Lamp, Bridge Pylon, Tower Bridge, River Thames, London, England UK

Vintage Advertising, Myron Place, Lewisham, London, England UK

The Wellington, Waterloo Road, Lambeth, London, England UK

The Royal Standard, Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, London, England UK

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

The Pear Tree, Margravine Road, Hammersmith, London, England UK

The Gipsy Moth, 60 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich, London, England UK

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

The Connaught, Lynx Way, London, England UK

Thames Tunnel Entrance, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich, London, England UK

The Greenwich Foot Tunnel…. a 370 metre walk under the Thames River. Opened in 1902.

Street Musicians, Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich, London, England UK

Street Lamp, Chelsea Embankment, River Thames, Chelsea, London, England UK

Steam Engines, Tower Bridge, London, England UK

The bridge raising relied on steam up until the change to electricity in 1976. Construction of the bridge was from 1886 until its opening in June 1894.

Samuel Smith, The Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London, England UK

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is a Grade II listed public house at 145 Fleet Street, on Wine Office Court, City of London. Rebuilt shortly after the Great Fire of 1666, the pub is known for its literary associations, with its regular patrons having included Charles Dickens, G.K. Chesterton and Mark Twain

Rik Mayall Memorial Bench, Hammersmith Bridge Road, Hammersmith, London, England UK

Plaque:-

In Memory Of The Man. The Myth, The Legend.
Dr The Rik Mayall
Pan Global Phenomenon
Equality, Opportunity, Wisdom, Freedom & Love.
“Barbara: Love Is The Answer”

Newspaper Article

Residential Building, Barbican Centre, Barbican London, England UK

Private Lane, Lincoln’s Inn, Chancery Lane, London, England UK

Preparing for Brexit Protestors, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London, England UK

Mounted Police, Hare & Billet Road, Blackheath, London, England UK

New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England UK

O’Neill’s Blackheath, 52 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, England UK

Name Plate, Tower Bridge, River Thames, London, England UK

James McNeill Whistler Statue, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, England UK

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903, was an American artist active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. His most famous painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler’s Mother, is a revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood.

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, England UK

These 15 inch guns are from HMS Ramillies and HMS Resolution and were installed and unveiled to the public in 1968.

Harrods Furniture Depository, South Bank River Thames, Hammersmith, London, England UK

This was built on the site of an old soap factory in 1894 as a storage centre for the larger items that could not be taken into Knightsbridge to the world-famous Harrods department store. The present salmon-pink terracotta clad buildings date from 1914.

Greenwich Magistrates’ Court, Blackheath Road, Greenwich, London UK

Built in 1909 as a courthouse and police station, this Grade II Listed building is about to be party demolished for development as a hotel.

From Tower Bridge West Walkway, Tower Bridge, River Thames, London, England UK

Walk across the viewing platforms making up Tower Bridge. The walkway is 42 metres above the River Thames.

Ely Place, Holborn, London, England UK

Ely Place is an exclusive gated community of multi-story terraces in Holborn, London .It stands on land that had been the site of Ely Palace or Ely House, the London townhouse of the Bishops of Ely from 1290 to 1772.

Draft House, Tower Bridge Road, London, England UK

Door to Seafarers Hospital Society, 29 King William Walk, Greenwich, London, England UK

Beer Taps, St James Tavern, Great Windmill Street, Soho, London, England UK

453 to Marylebone, Deptford Bridge, Deptford, London, England UK

“Driver Under Instruction”, Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London, England UK

“Move Over”, St George’s Road, Lambeth, London, England UK

“Move Over”, Lewisham Road, Lewisham, London, England UK

“Books Galore”, Blackheath Bookshop, 34 Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, England UK

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