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13th September 2012 at Imperial Wharf, London SW6.
Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival (free event).
Country: Britain & Cuba (British resident). Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Courtney Pine (soprano sax/EWI), Omar Puente (violin), Cameron Pierre (g), Darren Taylor (b), Robert Fordjour (d).
Courtney Pine was born in London to Jamaican parents. He came to the fore with the Jazz Warriors in the mid 1980s, and has since led his own bands. In recent years this has included the Cuban violinist Omar Puente, who I photographed in a very different musical context at the Celebrating Sanctuary Festival: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157627027385999/.
More information: www.courtneypine.co.uk/.
The historic house and garden of the Bishop of London since 704, over 1300 years of British history in the heart of London. London SW6 6EA
Yesterday I made a visit to Fulham Palace (SW6) and what a hidden gem it is. I arrived just in time to join a taster tour with Chantel one of 250 volunteers at the Palace, it left me wanting to go back for the full tour.
With archaeological evidence of Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman settlers and the foundations of a medieval palace under the East Lawn, the present site of Fulham Palace is steeped in history.
From around 700, when the site was acquired by Bishop Waldhere, it served as a Bishop’s residence for over 12 centuries. At least since Tudor times, Fulham Palace was the Bishop of London’s country home, providing the Bishop and his family with a healthy rural retreat in summer months.
The Manor of Fulham was bought by Waldhere, the Bishop of London, from Tyrhtilus, the Bishop of Hereford, about 700AD. The Manor covered the whole of what is now Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Acton and Finchley. The Bishops owned other manors in Middlesex, Essex and Hertfordshire.
Read more: www.fulhampalace.org/palace/history/
Not forgetting the garden
13 acres of botanical garden, including a restore Walled Garden, all in the heart of London.
Photos / Video copyright kimfreeman.co.uk
Nearest tube is Putney Bridge on the District Line and then a very nice 10 min walk along the river though Bishop's Meadow (park).
By the way it's 'Free' to enter.
Yarra Trams: SW6 888 on Route 35 City Circle via Flinders Street in Harbour Esplanade at Collins Street
446 Fulham Rd, Fulham, London SW6
Oswald Stoll and the Armed Services.
I made a visit to a building I spotted from the number 14 bus coming back from Fulham Palace. I didn't have a clue what this building was, so I retraced my steps. I'm glad I did. From the photographs l took you will see why it caught my eye.
Firstly I would like to thank Becky Frankham, Communication Officer from Stoll housing for meeting me and showing me around the site.
So what I saw was the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation in Fulham SW6.
Stoll was a philanthropist who donated the land in 1916 for the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation, a charity in Fulham, for disabled soldiers returning from World War I and their families. The foundation continues to house disabled ex-servicemen and women to this day, but in addition also provides supported housing for veterans suffering from mental ill health, and those who, having left the Forces, have found themselves homeless.
So who was Oswald.
Sir Oswald Stoll (20 January 1866 – 9 January 1942) was an Australian-born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group theatre company. He also owned Cricklewood Studios and film production company Stoll Pictures, which was one of the leading British studios of the Silent era. In 1912, he founded the Royal Variety Performance (originally Royal Command Performance) a now-annual charity show which benefits the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.
Stoll worked with the theatre architect Frank Matcham on several theatres, including:
Nottingham Palace (1898).
Hackney Empire (1901).
London Coliseum (1904).
Bristol Hippodrome (1912).
Open 7 days a week 8am - Midnight
Photo Studio Hire
500 sq ft
4x 500w Bowens Lights
2x 1000w Elinchrome Lights
Various continuous Lights
Lots of different coloured backdrops
Continuous Lights
Boom
Reflectors
Snoots
Softboxes
Wind machine
£95 - 4 hours
£155 - 8 hours
Fulham, London SW6 2AD
T: 020 7610 6036
M: 07957 165317
Marketing suite for the luxury development by the Thames built on an existing jetty on the river.
Hard to track down, but since they designed the rest of the Fulham Riverside scheme, I suspect this is probably by Lifschutz Davidson, somewhere around 2013. Currently being refurbished.
Sony A7III + Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G