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446 Fulham Rd, Fulham, London SW6
Oswald Stoll and the Armed Services.
Last week 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).
18th July 2012 at Under the Bridge, London SW6.
Country: Britain (New Orleans resident). Style: R and B.
Lineup: Jon Cleary (v/p).
Before Dr John came on Jon Cleary (who later performed as part of the Lower 911) did a solo support set. Originally from Kent, he has been based in New Orleans for many years. I took some photos of him a couple of years ago with his “Piano, Bass and Drums” group. See: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157624663618001/.
More information: www.joncleary.com/.
Ghost sign in the New King's Road, London SW6.
More information about "My London" and my Urban Wanderings can be found on my "In Search of Space" blog at dakotaboo-in-search-of-space.blogspot.com/
I came here to eat with family and friends, in March 2007, and was saddened and embarrassed to discover that this branch had closed. Maybe we should have patronized it more often? I took this shot in April 2006.
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/.
In this photo: As well as the soprano Courtney Pine played an EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument).
More information: www.courtneypine.co.uk/.
No.906 1945 Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board SW6 class tram (bogie drop centre), enjoying its retirement at MOTAT , Auckland, New Zealand.
We rode this from Motat 1 around the edge of the Auckland Zoo, to Motat 2 where the planes are located. Nice ride, it's years since I'd been on Tram.
it's also a long while since I saw Malcolm.
Yarra Trams: SW6 925 Advertising Napoleon "Revolution to Empire" on Route 35 City Circle (Clockwise) in Docklands Drive at Waterfront City Terminus
Twynholm Baptist Church facing a road junction known as Fulham Cross. I agree it's not a shop, but it does advertise itself in similar fashion.
No information on the web about this school which has been established here for several years, apart from the fact that it houses the Fulham Kick-Boxing Club.
The Royal Photographic Society is involved in a project named 'Bleeding London'. Between March and October 2014 photographers will take a shot of each of the 70,000 streets contained in the 'London A to Z'. Most of these shots were taken on a photo shoot around the Chelsea area and my walk back to Putney.
Photography by Mark - www.foodbymark.com
Salad of smoked sprats, baked beetroots and fresh apple with a soft boiled hens egg, seaweed salt and sea purslane