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Many thanks to affendaddy www.flickr.com/photos/khiltscher/3601454180/ for the excellent top photo... Eros cinema opened in 1934,it was around this time in 1976 it started showing soft porn films `Clockwork Nympho`was directed by Max Pecas who also directed such classics as` I am frigid...why?`.and` Let me love you`...`Sextet`was a British film,sadly The X certificate was replaced in 1982 by the 18 certificate...the cinema closed down in 1985 showing Bo Dereks `Bolero`,then a H Samuel and now a Gap...the 19 bus is no longer a routemaster,that went in 2005.. and here it is in the classic `American Werewolf In London` www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/3608661427/
Back To The Over 100 Year Differences!!..On The Left ye Olde Connaught Cinema Opened In 1909 And Was The First Cinema To Be Operated By Montagu Pyke...It Was Later Renamed Recreations Cinema Then In The Late Thirties It Was Connaught Cinema Before Closing For Good In 1964...It Was Once Part Woolworths Which I Remember WellThat Went In 2008 My Photo Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/2621492209 ...It Is Now Part Of Waitrose....
Many thanks to the excellent steve white2008 www.flickr.com/photos/25347284@N04/4525104439/ for the top photo and my last knockings for 2010...Quite a few changes here in the last 22 years,King’s Cross has suffered from years of neglect,but now St Pancras Chambers is being restored. Since 2007 Eurostar Trains has provided a link with Europe and in 2012 there will be a shuttle link with the Olympic site at Stratford. Meanwhile there is massive development of 67 acres of land around the corner.....it was once full of cafes,agencies,offices and industrial units now all gone and cleaned up,and St Pancras International sticking out like a sore thumb,photo looking the other way here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4689581920/
Many Thanks To Peter Stephens For The Classic Photo On The Left www.flickr.com/photos/117241298@N08/18403826670/ ...The Dolphin Square Complex On The Left Was Completed In 1937 And Has Been Home To Many Politicians, Peers,And Civil Servants Over The Years...The Now Demolished Claverton Street Chapel Stood Straight On...This Area Featured Predominantly In The 1952 Film Hunted Heres A View www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/13342072315/in/photolis... Pimlico Academy Now Stands On The Right....It Opened As Pimlico School In 1970....And Replaces The Vanished Streets...Colchester ,Cornwall And Nearest To Camera Worcester...52 On the Right Is Part Of St Georges Square....
For Chris Staples Heres Another From The Regent`s Park Estate...Named After A Glacial Valley In The Lake District...Demolished Due To The Controversial HS2....Earlier One Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/48982906212
My Last Photo For A While.......Once A Fire Station And Built In 1873...It Closed In 1915...Holly Hill Was Once Holly Bush Hill....The Clock Tower Was Originally A Look Out And Had A Steeple...Also Seen Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/49835135848/in/photolis...
One of the closest dates i have done in all my old n news.....Both photos taken by me Cundys/Railway Tavern Pub on the corner has now been demolished`find a photo of ot on my stream`...And of course The old Silvertown Station what closed in 2006 has now been wiped away, the old line is being prepared for Crossrail.....The old Albert Road footbridge seen here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4747703420/ has also now gone.........Tate & Lyles sugar refinery looms over on the right........See outside the Cafe by the Pillar Box strangers in the same position...
Portman Buildings `Rear Right Were Built In 1887 By The Artisans Workers And General Dwellings Company Sadly They Were Demolished In 1987 I Know They Were In A Bad State They Are Replaced By Luxury Apartments Called Portman Gate...Image On The Left From `The Sorcerers`......Also Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4295962147/
Many Thanks Yet Again To ed www.flickr.com/photos/edsijmons/8213586834/ For The Splendid Milky Photo On The Left...Rochester Row Carpark Was Demolished In 2008 Heres A Photo I Took www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/2516005347/in/photolist... Of Course It Is Now Expensive Flats.....
Shocking!!..One of my most recent old n news....Sad to see The Hog In The Pound demolished a couple of years back for this monstrosity on the right,the shop is Bosideng a Chinese retailer...The facade is composed of bespoke profiled glazed terracotta tiles, a material chosen to complement the red brick and terracotta buildings of Mayfair.....Another photo here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/6090416057/
Classic top photo thanks to dsj672 www.flickr.com/photos/23700069@N03/6047022482 for providing it...Victoria Bus Garage opened in 1940, closed in 1993 and was demolished in 1999 see here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4267919458/ the Route 26 stopped serving Victoria the following month in 1978 before finally being withdrawn in 1986......The Elusive Camel Pub on the far right still stands......
Top Frame from The classic British Hammer Horror `Straight on Till Morning`starring Rita Tushingham...Earls Court Road and on the far left what was once a Aerated Bread Company `ABC` is now a Greggs Bakery,although there are many branches about now it opened its first branch in Newcastle in 1951...Post Office also seen in both photos but for how much longer??....Next corner The Courtfield Pub still standing, it was built in 1876....Sadly the stripey traffic lights hace vanished, Earls Court Station seen on the right and this entrance opened in 1906 and is Grade 2 Listed althoughThe District line passed thru some 35 years earlier.... Opposite view from the Twenties here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/6145334644/
Another 100 year difference here and Fulham Broadway just yards from Stamford Bridge home of Chelsea FC...The foundation stone on the pub states 1680 but it was rebuilt in the 1880s and the stone has moved....it opened as The King`s Head renamed The Slug And Lettuce in recent years then renamed The King`s Head again when it was a lively antipodean pub....only to close and is now The Broadway Bar And Grill `opened Oct 2010` but opened to midnight 7 days a week.......To the far right in the original you can see the old original Walham Green Tube Station where fares are reduced to the City and Charing Cross,the station was demolished shortly after the photo was taken and was replaced in 1905 with a new station designed by Harry W Ford to accommodate crowds for the newly built Stamford Bridge stadium. It is now a Grade II listed building,the name changed to Fulham Broadway in 1952,and closed in 2003...to move further up the road old photo here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4441351911/ ....the site is now home to Union Market which describes itself as a farmers market which goes well with the Broadway Grill!...
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On The Corner With Gloucester Crescent...Yes Once A Big Pub Now Just A Big Gap...Shocking...More Of That Next.........Westbourne Bridge In The Rear...View Here From 2015 (www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/16424769244/in/photolis...)
Flats Here Recently Been Refurbished...Broadley Street Once Earl Street...And Plympton Street Was Once Little Grove Street..All Changed In The Thirties....Also A 1906 View Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/14698654346/in/photolis... ...
Classic top photo from 1945...Ghost sign gone but by 1977 a different ghost sign was apparent www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/8718089533/in/photostream Cavendish Mansions 1882 still stand............oh down with this new flickr..........
I Have Also Covered This Here From The Servant Film www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4094296238/in/photolist... ..Top Photo In 1966 Taked Just Before Closure ` It Is Popularly Thought That Mr. Crapper Invented The W.C., And That The Vulgar Word For Faeces Is A Derivative Of His Name, But Neither Belief Is True`..The Shop Has Changed Hands Quite A Bit Recently It Was Vestry And More Recently A Laura Ashley Branch That Failed To Last 4 Years...
Another reworking of one of my earlier shots `first done in 2007!!now deleted..i wasnt happy with the size.............Ladykillers is a classic British black comedy and was made by Ealing Studios....Here we are on the Islington/Camden border,not far from Kings Cross....The Royal Scot Travelodge is on the extreme left,all the buildings at the back still stand,including the Pub The Northumberland Arms on the extrem right...And that Foxtons to let sign has now been up over 4 years....part one is my previous photo and heres part 3 from 4 years ago... www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/1955399843/
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The Francis Street Fire Station Led By Horses Opened In 1876 And Closed 1906...Then The Greycoat Place One Opened See Here (www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/7012694725/in/photolist...) Since Closed...The Original Post Office Building To The Right Dates From 1894....Army And Navy Stores In The Rear Recently Demolished....One Station Officer And 12 Firemen...
Former Victorian Mens Lavatories Now A Tourism Island..Grade 2 Listed Lamp Also Seen On The Left...Also See Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/34752671712/in/photolis...
Top photo from the excellent steve white2008 www.flickr.com/photos/25347284@N04/4525105007/ here we are looking down Pancras Road at the junction with Wellers Court,whose existence just about survives but there are no street signs to say that it does..all of the left has been demolished exept for the great northern hotel whose refurbishment is well under way and expected to be complete by 2012,it originally opened in 1854!..St Pancras station to the right and it used to have all junk shops,cafes etc down the side..to the left just out of sight is the German Gymnasium whose old entrance has been wiped away for the new St Pancras International,and a new entrance is now in place leading straight into the hall,it was awarded Grade 2 in 1976...i should be 5 or 6 steps back,but due to the new layout this is the closest i can get...heres a view from around the corner www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4664590843/
Classic but sad top photo and Thomas Wallis`Drapers was destroyed by incendiary bombs at 2.30am on 17 April 1941, the night that became known as 'The Wednesday' of the Blitz. Over 1,000 civilians were killed in the attack, which targeted mainly central and south London....The Mirror group then occupied the site and it is now Sainsbury's Headquarters.....Prince Albert statue seen in both photos has stood there since 1874!....and since 1972 has been Grade 2 Listed....heres a similar view i done www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/4026933301/ this is also the Boundary for Cmaden and The City Of London.............
Many thanks to john a king www.flickr.com/photos/50780708@N02/5104892202/in/faves-ro... for the excellent top photo with 2 Routemasters!....On the now photo at the back we have `Eland House`completed 1998....to the right is the 19-metre high, brightly coloured ‘wind-baffle’ or environmental screen by painter Patrick Heron erected in 1998.....The tall block on the right the only surviving building is the brutalist `Portland House`331 feet tall and was completed in 1963,in 2008, the 170 route was extended from Clapham Junction to Victoria
Classic top photo from 1961 `The London Hippodrome`opened in 1900 as a combined music hall and circus,it also hosted `talk of the town`for many years....and next year it will be reopening as `The Hippodrome Casino`and will house a restaurant on the first floor balcony, as well as a luxurious bar and a dedicated cabaret area seating 180 in front of the new beautiful stage which will once again see first class cabaret and famous names back at the Hippodrome,it is grade 2 listed....The RT bus route `24`transferred to a Routemaster in 1963 only to be converted to a one bus in 1988.. also seen in the top photo is the now gone old exit/entrance to Leicester Square station on the corner of Little Newport Street, i have a similar photo here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/3711774140/
Many thanks to Robbie www.flickr.com/photos/ropo/4192207694/in/faves-rollthedice/ for the excellent top photo who has it down as 1958..but i`m sure it was later....The Express cafe and overtons restaurant have gone,but look on the now picture `overtons`still has the same sign up`above prezzo `..The Duke Of York pub with the watneys sign still stands but now display`Purveyors of celebrated beers,wines & spirits`..next door we have the `Victoria Palace Theatre`which has stood for 99 years!!and showing in the top photo is `The Black And White Minstrel Show`which ran here from 1962 to 1972,at the moment we have Billy Elliot`running since 2005...The tall block in the rear is the brutalist `Portland House`331 feet tall and was completed in 1963,to the right of that is `Building One`and is part of the Cardinal Place complex,and to the far right is the `new` The Peak ....top photo shows the `Fx4`as well as a `Fx3`but in the bottom photo we see a `Tx1`introduced by London Taxis in 1997 and designed to replace the aging Austin FX4...also the miniature `Little Ben`can be seen in both pictures it was moved to its current location in 1964...routemaster buses nor rts no longer pass here,and we also do not see ladies with long gloves on like the one in blue...Thank you.........
The junction of Frith Street and Old Compton Street, looking north. Image from an episode of "The Saint", starring Roger Moore, first broadcast in November 1963. The illuminated clock is outside Bar Italia - it was in the attic at this address that John Logie Baird first demonstrated television in 1926.
Roll the Dice has an excellent comparison shot of how this corner looked in 1972 and 2012, which you can see here:
Excellent retro top photo from a m o www.flickr.com/photos/54674102@N03/5396568902/in/faves-ro... and here is a photo of his mother on a school trip to London in 1979!....Queensway tube station on the central line opened in 1900 as Queens Road and was renamed in 1946,the exit on the left remained to nineties,Dayvilles Ice Cream faded into obscurity to be replaced by the bland Eurochange,surprisingly
Red Telephone Booths have sprung up instead of dissappearing,the Pillar Box also still remains...The Coburg Court Hotel opened in 1907 and it was where Hitchcock's Frenzy `1972`
was partly filmed,it is now known as the Hyde Park Hilton....The Traffic Box has grown slightly,and you dont see the Police like that any more!!...
Natural Wins The Day!...Back In 2014!....Also Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/14301978474/in/photolis...
Many Thanks To Tim Brown For The Photo On The Left www.flickr.com/photos/25347284@N04/4794280117/
I Also Did This `1927-2009 (www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/3755613087) Brill Place Was Once Phoenix Road...Behind Me Now...The Old Goods Yard Now Replaced By The Francis Crick Institute A Biomedical Research Centre...`No Motor Vehicles` Sign Has Got Higher...
Classic top photo from 1966...Harrow Road at the junction with the now vanished Sovereign Street once called Victoria Street and the next turning was Church Place later Unwin Place now also gone...as is the Police Station and the Old Town Hall `1853`and The Vestry Hall all demolished for the building of the flyover also great view here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/5292152434/ ....Yes that was Paddington Police Station featured in The Blue Lamp Film,the flyover was actually opened in 1967 but the rest of the Westway opened in 1970....To the left was Sarah Siddons Girls School`1962` later Northwestminster School which i attended!!...it is up for develpopment now and soon to be demolished....Sarah Siddons 1755-1831 was a Welsh Actress and is buried across the road at St Marys Church were there is also a statue of her.....it was unveiled in 1897!..and has been Grade 2 Listed since 1951....good on her
First Done Back In 2010! {www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/5186065804/in/photolist...} The Edwardian Era And The Year South Kentish Town Station Opened On The Charing Cross Euston And Hampstead Line Later The Northern line And Closed Down In 1924 The Reason.. There Was A Strike At The Power Station And It Just Never Reopened...Castle Place To The Left Is Now Gated And Next Door The Pub Has Closed Down Once The Castle And More Recently The Flowerpot........
Many thanks to John H Hutchinson www.flickr.com/photos/are_me/6344905769/in/set-7215762812... who has an excellent set of 1972 london photos...This is the Fifth he gave his permission to do `more classics to come.........Extreme left in the top photo you can just see The Regent Palace Hotel in opened in 1915 and sadly closed down on New Years Eve 2006 it is now going to be Quadrant Regent street a mix of office, retail, residential and restaurant space around a central atrium however some good news More than half of the hotel’s original façade were retained and repaired and significant sections of its exquisite Art Deco interiors restored and reinstated....Some of Denman Street has been demolished in recent time.... St James`s Tavern, a public house has stood on this site since at least 1733. Until the 1890's it was known as the Catherine Wheel,but after the present building was erected in 1896–7, to the designs of W. M. Brutton,the name was changed to the St. James's Tavern...Next door we had The Moulin Cinema which opened in 1910 and closed in 1990 the place is now Grace which is an `multi-experience venue`..This is Great Windmill Street ...It takes its name from a Windmill which stood here many moons ago...similar shot from 1976 here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/5991591477/
Left Image From The Classic Minder.Fourth Series Episode 3.`High Drains Pilferer`....New Glass,New Buttons...This Location Has Featured Before On My Old And News As Coleherne Court Is Where Diana Spencer Lived From 1979-1981 www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/7416398458/in/photolist...
top photo from 1985, featuring the old kensington town hall which was constructed in 1880 to the designs of Robert Walker and was demolished in controversial circumstances in 1982/85,i have another view here when it was open www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/3999125305/ and bottom photo november 2009 with st mary abbots spire visible..
Many thanks to allhails for the excellent top photo www.flickr.com/photos/allhails/2784236234/in/faves-rollth... and see my previous shot for the other angle....Taken from Kingsway looking up Southampton Row,The corner block includes Kingsgate House now a Cheltenham and Gloucester bank,note past the second window you can see a Blue Plaque for Thomas Earnshaw who was a noted Watch and Chronometer Maker,and was placed here in 1948...thats funny because the clock to the left has not worked for years!......Costa coffee replaces the old J Lyons Corner House ` Corner Houses first appeared in London in 1909 `..Holborn Underground Station also stands on this corner having opened in 1906
Both Snaps Taken By Me...On The Left The Old Magistrates'Court Built In 1974 Now Sadly Demolished....And In Its Place The Courthouse..Yes Private Flats Where A Penthouse Is On Sale For £5,500,000 ..Yes Nearly 6 Million Pounds!!!...Bollards On The Far Right Still Stand But We Have Lost A Tree..And A Street Sign....Another Photo Here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/6186645903/in/photolist...
Many thanks to john a king www.flickr.com/photos/50780708@N02/4902477718/in/faves-ro... for the excellent top photo and here we have RT573 the following year this would be a routemaster route,but only for 8 years.. Route 176 on its way to Willesden Garage it stopped going that far in 1987,the `Mortimer Arms`pub still stands now with seats outside for the smokers to go,more street furniture again!!how did we ever cope?..check my stream for many more old n new photos
Many thanks yet again to doveson2008 www.flickr.com/photos/recoveringscot/4336787841/ for the classic top photo...Also known as Hyde Park Corner but that is the top part...Wellington Arch was erected in 1828 and was closer to Apsley House facing North,it was moved to its current location in 1883 at the beginning of Constitution Hill,however a lot of people think it was moved again in the Sixties but it was not...Its just that the roundabout claimed land from Green Park/Palace Gardens as well as The Hyde Park Underpass which opened in 1962 see here www.flickr.com/photos/rollthedice/3371160235/ ....The London Hilton Hotel `Londons tallest hotel`opened in 1963....The InterContinental London Park Lane was built in 1975 and replaced the old Victorain buildings...The 16 Bus still comes around here but sadly stopped being a Routemaster in 1987....And yes The Arch once housed a tiny Police Station and the 'Peace Descending on the Quadriga of War' statue on top is the largest bronze sculpture in the country.........
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Note: I updated the location of this sculpture
on 17 December 2018. Thanks to roll the dice.
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A family stop for drinks and a snack at Caffè Nero.
I'd wrongly assumed that, since it was among the cafe tables, the sculpture was a copy. In fact Elisabeth Frink's "Horse and Rider" was the original and commissioned for this site at the corner of Piccadilly and Dover Street.
In one way, it's pleasant for individuals or families to sit and view a public sculpture while having something to eat or drink.
With another plus that children can experience places where someone's artwork is seen close-up and as a normal part of the street.
Children learn on the move. Cassie - on her dad's knee in the photo - wanted to walk round the plinth. I held her hand as she went round. We talked about the horse and rider and I held her up to touch the sculpture.
The bronze base says ‘Frink, 1975'. Googling the name. We told her that a woman called Elisabeth had made this metal horse and man.
On the other hand the Caffè Nero signs, in effect, informally privatise the space around the sculpture. No sitting unless you buy something.
There is a half-way solution for this. Places where cafes and nearby public art happily co-exist. For example the sculpture of Isaac Newton by Eduardo Paolozzi at the British Library. (Photo on Flickr by Simon Gibson).
This sculpture Listed Grade II
Part of the information from Historic England website.
Here's more information from their website.
"The sculpture of the Horse and Rider by Dame Elisabeth Frink, of 1975, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Artistic interest: a sculpture of high artistic and aesthetic quality, cast in bronze from plaster, subtly detailed and well-composed; * Historic Interest: as a piece commissioned by a commercial developer from the internationally renowned artist Dame Elisabeth Frink and representative of a recurrent theme in her oeuvre."
"The Horse and Rider sculpture of 1975 by Dame Elisabeth Frink, commissioned by Trafalgar House."
"MATERIALS: bronze on a granite-faced plinth."
"EXTERIOR: at approximately 244cm high, the sculpture is on a rough bronze base signed ‘Frink, 1975’ at the top-left corner. The base tops a granite-faced plinth. Both the horse and rider are roughly finished, their faces fixed to the south-east in common purpose. The horse is in a walking pose; it has a lightly-stylized mane, a shortened tail and expressionless gaze. It has no saddlery.
The rider, a man, has no clothing and is barefoot. Sitting slightly askew astride the horse, his left shoulder is pushed back a little, allowing his arm to drop and his hand to rest casually against the horse’s left flank. His right arm is positioned against his torso, bent forward at the elbow with his hand placed on the horse’s mane. The muscles of both horse and rider are lightly but clearly defined."
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§ Viewing the location with Google Street View showed how the sculpture has become a feature of this branch of Caffè Nero.
§ Read more in Wikipedia about this Elisabeth Frink sculpture.