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Marking the outbreak of the First World War, and commemorating the British and Colonial servicemen killed during its course.
The installation consisted of one ceramic poppy for each of the 888,246 serviceman. It was installed at the Tower of London with poppies added each day from 17 July, concluding 11 November.
The project was conceived by artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by Tom Piper, and was designed to appear as a sea of blood spilling out.
The title of the piece comes from a poem in the unsigned will of an unknown soldier who died in the war: "The blood swept lands and seas of red, / Where angels dare to tread"
Officially Middlesex Street, seen here marketless, and with a City of London housing estate on the left hand side of the road
Thousands of private residents will be driving their cars into the underground garages via this entrance, eventually.
The first voluntary emigrants to Australia left from Dunbar Wharf in Poplar.
Compare this view with an earlier photo of the wharf from English Heritage.
Whitechapel High Street, Aldgate, London.
The Whitechapel Gallery, opened in 1901, was designed in an 'Arts & Crafts' style by Charles Harrison Townsend, and its aim was to bring great art to the people of the East End.
In 2009 the Gallery expanded into the Passmore Edwards Library next door. The Library opened in 1892 and soon gained a reputation as 'The University of the Ghetto', for it was here that many young Jewish men and women came to educate themselves and improve their chances in life - many of them were able to leave the poverty of Whitechapel behind and build more prosperous lives in the affluent suburbs. The Library closed in August 2005 with the opening of the nearby Idea Store.
The Underground entrance was created in 1938 when the platforms at Aldgate East Station were moved slightly to the east; this allowed the junction at Aldgate East to be remodelled, which reduced delays as trains waiting for another to pass no longer blocked other junctions. This entrance enabled the nearby St Mary's Station to be closed.
The Experimental Lighthouse and adjoining Chain and Buoy Store were designed by Sir James Douglass and erected in 1864. The lighthouse was used by Trinity House to test equipment and to train lighthouse keepers.
Trinity House was originally a voluntary organisation of shipmen and mariners, and was granted a Charter in 1514 by King Henry VIII, becoming "The Guild or Fraternity of the most glorious and undividable Trinity of St Clement". It gained its Coat of Arms in 1573, and with it the authority to erect beacons and other markers to aid navigation around the coasts of England; these evolved into the buoys, lightships and lighthouses for which Trinity House is still responsible around the United Kingdom.
Trinity Buoy Wharf was established in 1803 for the construction of wooden sea buoys, and over the years has adapted and expanded with the development of cast iron buoys in the 1860s.
Trinity Buoy Wharf was closed in December 1988 and acquired by the London Docklands Development Corporation, who decided to turn it into a centre for creative enterprises. In 1996 a long lease was granted to Urban Space Management, a company with a track record of regenerating former industrial locations.
The Royal Inn On The Park sits right on the northern edge of Victoria Park, as well as on the boundary between two London boroughs - the pub is in Hackney, the Park in Tower Hamlets.
East London Bus Group 17887, an Alexander-bodied Trident based at West Ham Garage, passes on the 277 (Highbury & Islington Station - Leamouth). Originally, this was a horse-tram route between South Hackney and Limehouse. It was suspended in 1914 because of the First World War - the army simply requisitioned all the horses! After the War the route was electrified and reopened as part of tram route 77 between Aldersgate and West India Dock. In September 1939 it was converted to trolleybus as route 677; the trolleybuses in turn were replaced by motorbuses in April 1959. Since 1990, the 277 has been diverted to serve Highbury & Islington Station, and has also been extended into the developing Docklands area; as a result it remains a popular and busy East End route.
Shard London Bridge, seen from the Tower of London.
Height: 310m
Floors: 72
Architect: Renzo Piano
Developer: Sellar Property Group
This beacon, standing at the side of the East India Dock Basin, was one of a chain of 1,400 that were lit the length and breadth of the United Kingdom to mark the coming of the new Millennium in 2000.
Much of the former East India Docks in Blackwall has been drained and built over. However the East India Dock Basin has survived; silting with mud has created a rare saltmarsh habitat close to the centre of London and this is now managed as an important bird and nature reserve.
The East India Docks were built by the East India Company, which was one of the most powerful global traders of all time. Founded in 1600, by the 1750s it had come to rule India via its own private armies, a situation that only changed in 1858 when the Crown assumed direct control following the Indian Rebellion of the previous year.
The Docks were built at Blackwall (where the Company already had a wharf) in 1804 to avoid the increasingly congested River Thames around the Pool of London and the warehouses of Wapping and Rotherhithe. New roads - East India Dock Road and Commercial Road - were constructed to bring goods into the Company's warehouses in the City of London, and were joined in 1840 by the London and Blackwall Railway, with a terminus at Fenchurch Street and Goods Depots in the Aldgate area. The changing nature of trade caused the Docks to decline in the 20th Century, and they closed in 1967.
The Greenwich Meridian passes through Blackwall, just to the East of East India DLR Station. This is the view looking South along the Meridian - this way for Greenwich itself, then Blackheath, Hither Green (it bisects the Station), Catford, West Wickham, New Addington, Oxted, East Grinstead, Sheffield Park Station on the Bluebell Railway, Lewes, Peacehaven; then western France, eastern Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and across the Atlantic Ocean to Antarctica.
Saturday 14th February 2015 - Crossrail worksite, Whitechapel.
Currently an access site for the Whitechapel Station platforms, the Cambridge Heath Ventilation Shaft will be located here.
The first services to use the new Crossrail tunnel and station at Whitechapel will be the Abbey Wood to Paddington (Crossrail platforms) services due to start in late 2018; full services from Shenfield and Abbey Wood to Heathrow Airport, Maidenhead and Reading will be operational by the end of 2019.
Fournier Street, Spitalfields. The townhouses are of the Georgian period and were owned by Huguenot families. The glazed lofts were used for silk weaving. 21st September 2025.
Marking the outbreak of the First World War, and commemorating the British and Colonial servicemen killed during its course.
The installation consisted of one ceramic poppy for each of the 888,246 serviceman. It was installed at the Tower of London with poppies added each day from 17 July, concluding 11 November.
The project was conceived by artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by Tom Piper, and was designed to appear as a sea of blood spilling out.
The title of the piece comes from a poem in the unsigned will of an unknown soldier who died in the war: "The blood swept lands and seas of red, / Where angels dare to tread"
Trinity Buoy Wharf is tucked into the end of a small peninsula at the point where the River Lea flows into the Thames, and for many years this was an isolated and forgotten part of London. Until 1988, this was where Trinity House built and maintained the buys and lightships that were used to aid navigation around the Kent, Essex and Suffolk coasts.
Trinity House was originally a voluntary organisation of shipmen and mariners, and was granted a Charter in 1514 by King Henry VIII, becoming "The Guild or Fraternity of the most glorious and undividable Trinity of St Clement". It gained its Coat of Arms in 1573, and with it the authority to erect beacons and other markers to aid navigation around the coasts of England; these evolved into the buoys, lightships and lighthouses for which Trinity House is still responsible around the United Kingdom.
Trinity Buoy Wharf was established in 1803 for the construction of wooden sea buoys, and over the years has adapted and expanded with the development of cast iron buoys in the 1860s. An experimental lighthouse was built in 1864 to test equipment and train lighthouse keepers; it still stands today.
Trinity Buoy Wharf was closed in December 1988 and acquired by the London Docklands Development Corporation, who decided to turn it into a centre for creative enterprises. In 1996 a long lease was granted to Urban Space Management, a company with a track record of regenerating former industrial locations.
London, United Kingdom - Tuesday 14 January 2014, Mayor Lutfur Rahman, achievement celebration at the East Winter Garden Canary Wharf.
Hoarding advertising the Leaside development Altius onq the site of the Latham's timber yard by Taylor Wimpey. The logo here is George Wimpey. The merger between Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey took place in July 2007.
George Wimpey(1885-1913) was founded in 1880 in Hammesmith in 1880 (originally Wimpey and Walter Tomes,(1854-1931) and built Hammersmith Town Hall in 1896 after the partnership had been dissolved. In 1881 he was living at 1 Brook Green Road as a stonemason, later at 84 The Grove. Tomes was another stonemason living at 62 MacFarland Road, Hammersmith.
Street Art around Brick Lane in East London. This part of London has always been very diverse and multicultural. Lots of fun street art and some by very famous people. This art is continually changing of course.
Canals and Cafes, Parks and (Very Nice) People
.... aka a very fine way to spend a sunny Saturday morning and early afternoon.
Up early, Phil and I set off to walk to the Counter Cafe by way of Regents Canal and the Hertford Union Canal.
A mite chilly to begin with, but once the sun built up a bit of oomph in the clear blue skies the day warmed up, and by the time we got to the Counter Cafe we opted to sit outside on their floating deck, admiring the reworking of the Olympic Stadium on the other side of the Lee Navigation. Yippee!
Russell and Arthur joined us, and we tucked into good coffee and even better breakfasts. Not the cheapest, but veeeery tasty.
A stroll around the recently opened Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park followed, in the company of Matt Sheret. Lots of wild flower planting and new trees surround the scaled back sports arenas, repurposed Olympic buildings and new Park accoutrements including a climbing wall, fountains and playground. It's weird to see large new roads routing through the middle of spaces I last visited on foot during the Olympics - although that was almost 2 years ago. A nice (nostalgic? practical?) touch to name the new bus stops after nearby Olympic landmarks.
With the lure of 'tea', Matt led the way out of the Park to The Hackney Pearl where another excellent Americano each ensued, accompanied by Blueberry Yoghurt Loaf (me) and Baked Cheesecake (Phil).
Going our separate ways, Phil and I headed home via Victoria Park - lovely on an early summer's day, the big open spaces contrasting with the crowds at Broadway Market and London Fields - then returning to our eastern edge of The City by way of Columbia Road and the hipster backstreets of Shoreditch.
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Ross Kemp is/was an actor in Eastenders, a BBC soap opera. I have never watched the programme, so I don't know much about his character.
Pollard Street, Bethnal Green.
The London Hospital (it only gained the "Royal" prefix in 1990) was originally founded as the London Infirmary in Moorfields in 1740, moving to its present location in 1757. To the right can be seen the helipad, used by the Air Ambulance Service which is based here.
Although the former East India Docks in Blackwall have not been operational since 1967, and much of the area has been drained and built over, the East India Dock Basin has survived. Silting with mud has created a rare saltmarsh habitat close to the centre of London and this is now managed as an important bird and nature reserve. The lock gates at the entrance to the Basin are a Grade II Listed Structure, and also help with the management of the reserve, hence their restoration.
The East India Docks were built by the East India Company, which was one of the most powerful global traders of all time. Founded in 1600, by the 1750s it had come to rule India via its own private armies, a situation that only changed in 1858 when the Crown assumed direct control following the Indian Rebellion of the previous year.
The Docks were built at Blackwall (where the Company already had a wharf) in 1804 to avoid the increasingly congested River Thames around the Pool of London and the warehouses of Wapping and Rotherhithe. New roads - East India Dock Road and Commercial Road - were constructed to bring goods into the Company's warehouses in the City of London, and were joined in 1840 by the London and Blackwall Railway, with a terminus at Fenchurch Street and Goods Depots in the Aldgate area. The changing nature of trade caused the Docks to decline in the 20th Century, and they closed in 1967.