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King's Road shoppers on a rainy day in September 1983. This shot was taken on the north side of the road looking sort-of east towards Sloane Square. Opposite you can just see the edge of the famous Chelsea Drugstore, which was still very much in business when I took this photo. Today the iconic building houses a McDonald's. How times change.
Location: Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, SW3 5AZ
Description: This house originally stood in Bishopsgate, where it was the Great Hall of the 15th century Crosby Place.
Shakespeare was familiar with this former city mansion, and wrote it into 'Richard III' as the scene of Gloucester's plotting. The building was occupied by Richard while he was Duke of Gloucester. Later it was owned by Sir Thomas More.
The Hall was moved stone by stone from Bishopsgate to Chelsea in 1910 in order to rescue it from proposed demolition. It was then incorporated into the buildings of the British Federation of University Women and used as a dining hall. It is now a private residence.
A modern banking house stands on the original Bishopsgate site, and it bears a plaque to mark the hall's existence.
Antonio Malta Campos
Figures in Red #2
2004
Oil on canvas
230 x 360 cm
Saatchi Gallery, London
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Haidi and Medic Sascha hand out life jackets to people in a wooden boat in distress. In the back, the Sea Watch 3 vessel observes the rescue and awaits the people for transfer.
Credit: Marcus Wiechmann // Sea-Watch e.V.
Kings Road, London SW3. - 2024
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King's Road shoppers on a rainy day in September 1983. This shot was taken on the north side of the road looking east towards Sloane Square. Opposite you can just see the edge of the famous Chelsea Drugstore, which was still very much in business when I took this photo. Today the iconic building houses a McDonald's. How times change.
A private members' club of some standing it seems. It also looks from the Pubs History site as if this address was once a beer house a long time ago.
Address: 287 Kings Road.
Owner: (website).
Links:
Some woman and her children leave the Sea Watch 3 vessel during Disembarkation in Messina, Italy on the gangway. The Italian red cross awaits them at the quay for the registration process.
Credit: Marcus Wiechmann // Sea-Watch e.V.
Haidi shows people on a wooden boat in distress how to put on their life jackets.
Credit: Marcus Wiechmann // Sea-Watch e.V.
Formerly a pub, now a posh brasserie as you'd expect for this most exclusive of streets. Note the sign has a poodle on it!
Address: 50 Cheyne Walk.
Former Name(s): The King's Head and Eight Bells; The King's Head; The Six Bells (on the same site).
Owner: (website); Whitbread (former).
Links:
Fancyapint (King's Head and Eight Bells)
Dead Pubs (history)
Some people leave the Sea Watch 3 vessel during Disembarkation in Messina, Italy on the gangway. The Italian red cross awaits them at the quay for the registration process.
Credit: Marcus Wiechmann // Sea-Watch e.V.
Tango RHIB Team receives people from a wooden boat in distress by Bosun Kim who is on the wooden boat to perform help to the people.
Credit: Marcus Wiechmann // Sea-Watch e.V.
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Blue plaque, Queen Ann style
This is george Eliot's former residence in the elegant Cheyne Walk in Old Chelsea, only yards from the River Thames.
George Eliot came to Cheyne Walk with her new husband John Cross but died three weeks later having caught a chill while attending a concert.
101 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, London SW3.
The home of ex-football hooligan Steve (Marc Warren) in a very exclusive part of Chelsea. Steve has obviously turned his life around with this very desirable property, only a couple of minutes north of posh Sloane Square.
Distribution of foods and drinks to guests on board the Sea Watch 3 vessel on the afterdeck. One guest helps the crew during the distribution. Guest coordinator Alex and Haidi collect identity from the guests.
Credit: Marcus Wiechmann // Sea-Watch e.V.
Royal Hospital Chelsea
London SW3
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The Royal Chelsea Hospital was founded by Charles II being inspitred by the "Invalides" in Paris, therefore intended as an Asylum for war veterans. It is modeled after the Oxbridge colleges, and as such the Hospital is provided with a Master, Chaplain and carers, It has its own (dining) Hall, Chapel, and bedroom accommodation, a small post office and huge park-like grounds. Most inmates are provided with individual electric vehicles to zip around.