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Waterloo Village takes the visitor through time from a 400-year old Lenape (Delaware) Indian village to a bustling port along the once prosperous Morris Canal. This early 19th-century restored village contains a working mill complex with gristmills and sawmills, a general store, blacksmith shop and several historic houses.
With the closure of The Embankment Tube station,seeing what coaches may be parked up there meant a long walk,a short swim albeit with the possibility of seeing Gravesend again,or a bus ride.I used the 188 after a swift decision.
Sometimes the muse just grabs you.
Taken on my phone during the kafka-esque nightmare that is my daily commute.
The train on the left is the 18:20 to Exeter, a train that used, many years ago, to be worth the effort. On the right is the 18:23 to Basingstoke, a train most notable for its Reginald Perrin-esque frequency of late-ness. I swear, the last time this train actually left Waterloo at 18:23 it had a bloody Steam Engine on the front of it.
London & South Western Railway crested lamp outside London Waterloo station. 25th January 2006.
In "First and Last Loves" Sir John Betjeman asked "Why is it that Waterloo station is a grandiose muddle of pre-war sculpture stuck on to an honest industrial building?"
St John, Waterloo Road, London SE1, 1823-24.
By Francis Bedford (1784-1858).
Damaged by enemy action in World War ii.
Restored with its Festival of Britain interior, 1951, by Thomas Francis Ford (1891-1971).
Grade ll* listed.
Memorial Window (detail) to Arthur James Davey (d1901), for 21 years headmaster of St John's Boys' School.
The Boy Jesus at the Temple.
Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
The original window was destroyed by enemy action in 1940. This is its replacement of 1994. It is the only stained glass window in the church.
I could not find a signature, nor do I have the relevant Pevsner - who is the designer/maker?
Waterloo Village takes the visitor through time from a 400-year old Lenape (Delaware) Indian village to a bustling port along the once prosperous Morris Canal. This early 19th-century restored village contains a working mill complex with gristmills and sawmills, a general store, blacksmith shop and several historic houses.
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Waterloo Village takes the visitor through time from a 400-year old Lenape (Delaware) Indian village to a bustling port along the once prosperous Morris Canal. This early 19th-century restored village contains a working mill complex with gristmills and sawmills, a general store, blacksmith shop and several historic houses.
Waterloo Village takes the visitor through time from a 400-year old Lenape (Delaware) Indian village to a bustling port along the once prosperous Morris Canal. This early 19th-century restored village contains a working mill complex with gristmills and sawmills, a general store, blacksmith shop and several historic houses.