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I take my Brompton to Phoenix Cycles in Battersea in London to be serviced. This is my sixth Brompton - a T6 - bought from Phoenix Cycles (59a Battersea Bridge Road SW11 3AU 0207 738 2766) on the 12th February 2004. People who know Bromptons might recognise it as being among the first batch to have the 'new hinge' . It bought it for just under £700 with a variety of extras. After its annual maintenance (new brake blocks, new rear wheel unit, new tyres, new saddle and everything tightened up) it feels almost new. It gives me as much pleasure as some get from their car. I find it a most pleasurable way to get around, especially as it can be so easily folded to go on buses, in cars, and on trains.
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This bike used to have a Brooks saddle.
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But I have a saddle stem extension to get the height I need for my 6'3", which makes it too easily stolen. I've gone instead for a much cheaper standard Brompton saddle costing less than £20. By and large Brompton's aren't easy to steal because instead of having to park the bike in the street, an owner can fold it (if necessary put it in a bag) and keep the treasured object of desire close to hand on trains, in offices, pubs and the rest...You are still forbidden though to take a Brompton into the Houses of Parliament.
Dowdy JB house, just opposite the excellent Eagle Ale House. It has since closed and been demolished as of mid-2011.
Address: 119 Chatham Road.
Former Name(s): The Gardeners' Arms Tavern.
Owner: Enterprise Inns (former); CC Taverns [Jack Beard's] (former).
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A former temperance billiards hall, now very much a pub (formerly a brewpub). (More recent photo from the side and older photo of it.)
Address: 66a Battersea Rise.
Former Name(s): O'Neill's; The Faraday and Firkin.
Owner: Mitchells and Butlers [Castle]; Mitchells and Butlers [O'Neill's] (former); Firkin Pub Co. (former).
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Formerly Middleton Road and renamed in 1937 after J C Buckmaster who was a local resident. Buckmaster vigorously protested against builders and railway companies taking over local park land in the 1860's.
Battersea, Wandsworth.
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A rather nice, stripped-down bar in the back of an odd arts complex just off Parkgate Rd. One can 'doodle' in chalk on the walls around half the bar, hence the name. Since moved to a location on Druid Street, SE1.
Address: 33 Parkgate Road.
Late C17 3-storey building with Dutch gables to Westbridge Road and to Battersea Church Road. For most of its life this was the Raven Inn public house, but now trades as Melanzana Italian restaurant. Grade II listed. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Arches Lane, Nine Elms, Battersea, London SW11.
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Architects: Howes, Jackman & Partners, for Wandsworth Borough Council, 1969. 128 flats in 9 storeys, part of the York Road Estate. This block is likely to be demolished in the early 2020s as part of the council's redevelopment plans. Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.
A decent, if slightly chilly, pub on Battersea Bridge Rd, with a reasonable looking menu and serving good ales. It's closed now because the area needs a new Tesco. (Close-up on building showing original name.)
Address: 186 Battersea Bridge Road.
Former Name(s): The Settle Inn; The Rising Sun.
Owner: Enterprise Inns/Faucet Inn Pub Co (former); Food and Fuel (former); Courage (former).
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Beer in the Evening (Settle Inn)
Eighteen bus passengers were hurt today when a double decker was sent crashing over on its side by a lorry carrying 30ft steel girders.
The impact hurled girders through the windows of the C3 in Battersea which was carrying commuters and children on their way to school. Several passengers were trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut free. Some were able to crawl out of the bus to safety. Others sat on the pavement in a state of shock.
Four passengers and the bus driver were seriously injured in the rush-hour crash. Three of the most badly hurt were taken to hospital with suspected spine injuries. One witness said part of the top of the bus was torn off, adding: “My first thought was a bomb had gone off.” Another said: “Everyone was crying out and shouting.”
The crash happened as the low-loader turned out of a building yard into the side of the bus in Plough Road. Police said the driver of the lorry was arrested and was being questioned in custody in connection with dangerous driving.
Recruitment consultant Chris Bray, who came across the scene just before the emergency services arrived, said he saw some passengers still trapped on the upper deck. Mr Bray, 28, added: “There were children and other passengers sitting on the street. They all looked really shocked and shaken up by it.
“It looked so bad my first thought was a bomb had gone off. Part of the top of the bus had been ripped off.”
Eutan Jones, who manages a cafe nearby, said: “Everyone was crying out and shouting. They were cutting people out from the top of the bus, they cut the front of the bus off.
“I saw six or seven people taken away by ambulances. There was a lady who wasn't moving. I heard paramedics say she had hurt her spine. She looked smashed up a bit.
“The driver looked dead because he was just lying there not moving.”
A block of flats is believed to be being developed on the site which the lorry had been leaving. Locals said HGVs have been coming and going to the site for several months.
A motorcycle courier who saw the collision said: “The lorry driver was okay. He was standing outside and talking to the police.”
The incident, with about 25 passengers on the bus, happened at the junction of Plough Road and St John's Hill at about 8.30.
London Ambulance Service said a 27-year-old woman and 30-year-old man were taken “as a priority” to St George's Hospital in Tooting while another priority case, a 30-year-old man, was taken to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Thirteen passengers were taken to hospital suffering minor injuries. Some were taken to Chelsea and Westminster and to St Thomas' and Charing Cross hospitals. The C3, run by the Abellio company, operates between Earl's Court and Clapham Junction.
Transport for London said there would be a full investigation.
As seen by day from Lindsay Court on the Battersea High Street Estate.
The same view at night: www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/1315774906/
Another imposing piece of modern architecture adorning/besmirching the London landscape. The Albion Riverside development in SW11, reflected in the Royal College of Art's Dyson Building.
A traditional locals' pub in an area otherwise lacking in them. (More recent photo from 2014.)
Address: 102 Lavender Hill.
Former Name(s): The Crown Hotel.
Owner: Enterprise Inns/Best Place Inns (former); CC Taverns [Jack Beard's] (former); Truman Hanbury Buxton (former).
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Yet another bar for this busy stretch of road, on the Wandsworth/Battersea borders, since renamed as the Stencil Bar (itself now closed). Demolished in 2015, without permission it seems.
Address: 225 St Johns Hill.
Former Name(s): The Common Rooms; Mess; The Fishmonger's Arms.
Owner: Punch Taverns (former).
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Beer in the Evening (Common Rooms)
Dead Pubs (history)
Architects: Burland TM, c.2006. Apartments and hotel on south bank of the river Thames at Battersea. London Borough of Wandsworth.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex.)
A very good pub/bar with good ales, wines, cocktails and food. I'd recommend it. (It was in the Good Beer Guide as the Prince of Wales.) Now called Lost & Co. and subsequently The Lost Society. (Older photo of it as Dusk from 2008.)
Address: 339 Battersea Park Road.
Former Name(s): Dusk; The George II; The Legless Ladder; The Prince of Wales.
Owner: Lost Group; Enterprise Inns (former); GD Leisure (former).
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