Not so Derelict London

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>all pictures taken by Paul Talling & are copyright!</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="602"><div>                     <IMG SRC="24db961e0.png" border=0 width="406" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? Researching your family tree and need location pics? Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered (not just derelicts!). Much cheaper than professional photographers</B></div> <div> Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com     <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="24dd931a0.png" border=0 width="147" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="429" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="425"><div> <B>This page is a selection of random photos I've taken which dont really fit into the derelict category</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="67e5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="6845e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>The South Bank</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="6805e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="6825e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="c1d5df10.jpg" border=0 width="349" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Deptford Creek</B></div> <div> <I>"Laban Dance School will become for Deptford what the Angel of the North was for the NorthEast,</I></div> <div> <I>a source of pride and love for everyone who lives there" </I></div> <div> <I><B>Rt  Hon Tessa Jowell MP Secretary of State for Culture,Media & Sport.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="c1c5e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Hornsey</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="c1f61df0.jpg" border=0 width="353" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Highgate Woods</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="c215ee50.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Hackney Cut</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="24ae5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Paul Weller</B></div> <div> <I>A London icon from his days in The Jam with songs such as "Down in the Tube Station</I></div> <div> <I>at Midnight", "A Bomb in Wardour St" and "In the City"</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="8a6d4600.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="352" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </I><I><IMG SRC="8a908600.jpg" border=0 width="264" height="352" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Canary Wharf</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="11d15e0d0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>London Fields</B></div> <div> 'Eel Shops' were around long before modern day burger joints claimed a pitch on every High Street.</div> <div> and even date back earlier than fish and chip shops. Pies and eels are quick to prepare and can be served </div> <div> eat-in or take-way...the original fast food!</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="10885e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Kingsland</B></div> <div> A parrot in someones backyard!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="11d05e100.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Twickenham</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="14a860070.jpg" border=0 width="352" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="14acb3b50.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Canning Town</B></div> <div> The Sweeney - definately one of the best "London" programmes ever. You can imagine many of the pubs</div> <div> on this website being visited by Regan & Carter during the 1970's - or by McCann & Daly from Minder in the </div> <div> 1980's.......           Stumbled across the "Shut It" album recently!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16d659030.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="259" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Vauxhall Bridge</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16d859030.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="259" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Charlton</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16da57160.jpg" border=0 width="343" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Tufnell Park</B></div> <div> Chatham's <B>Billy Childish</B> is a leading underground figure in America, Europe and Japan, and by far the most prolific </div> <div> poet, painter and songwriter of his generation. In a 20 year period he has published more than 30</div> <div> collections of poetry, recorded over 100 albums of his music and exhibited his paintings worldwide. </div> <div> The current notoriety of his ex-girlfriend, <B>Tracy Emin</B> has brought him under the spotlight of mainstream</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >media interest. Despite being </FONT>a noted influence on everyone from <B>Mudhoney</B> to <B>Nirvana</B> and on to <B>Beck</B> and <B>The White</B></div> <div> <B>Stripes</B> he is i<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >ndifferent to fame, and he prefers to limit his London gigs to a backroom of a pub in Tufnell Park.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="19ba065e0.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Stoke Newington -  "Angry Brigade HQ"</B></div> <div> Number 359, the last building on Amhurst Road, hasn't changed much since August 1971, when a police </div> <div> squad raided the upstairs flat and found a small arsenal of weapons and explosives. They belonged to <I><B>Britain's </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>homegrown urban terrorist group</B></I>, the <B>Angry Brigade</B>. In the series of 25 bombings attributed to them no </div> <div> one was killed (one person was slightly injured), but they were a serious embarrassment to Edward Heath's</div> <div> government. For a brief period between August 1970 and August 1971, the authorities were unable to stop </div> <div> a group of left-wing adventurers bombing the homes of Tory politicians, as well as government and corporate offices</div> <bR> <div> Police found 60 rounds of ammunition, a Browning revolver, a sten gun, and a Beretta said to have been used in an </div> <div> attack on the US embassy in 1967. In a cabinet in the hallway was a polythene bag stuffed with 33 sticks of gelignite</div> <div> and more ammunition. They also found detonators, a knife, a hand-operated duplicating machine used for the</div> <div> production of 'communiqués', and a John Bull children's printing set used to authenticate Angry Brigade releases to</div> <div> the press. Bags of documents removed from the flat included lists of names and addresses of prominent Tories</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="591" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 228 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a9828de0.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a971add0.jpg" border=0 width="282" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 379 WIDTH="583"><div> <B>Battersea - Dogs Home</B></div> <div> Battersea Dogs Home's aims are to rescue, reunite, rehabilitate and rehome the lost and abandoned dogs and cats of London &  the home has taken in over 3 million since being founded in 1860.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="24b25efa0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Shane Macgowan</B></div> <div> the spectacle of <B>Shane McGowan</B><B> </B>taking centre stage and presenting another of his now infamous incoherent performances with The Pogues</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1af0075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Brick Lane - Truman Brewery</B></div> <div> Truman Black Eagle Brewery, founded in 1669. The brewery building  remains today,  converted to designers/artists' </div> <div> studios, workshops and bars.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1cac49f80.jpg" border=0 width="329" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Crystal Palace Dinosaurs</B></div> <div> The world's first 'Dinosaur Park' was opened in 1854 and caused outrage to some with its theory of evolution, </div> <div> as depicted in the dinosaur models. The dinosaur park was built six years before Darwin himself had published</div> <div> his Origin of Species.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1f544bf80.jpg" border=0 width="331" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>Finchley</B><B> </B></div> <div> Avenue House grounds in the snow </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="24aa50f40.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="24acfcf40.jpg" border=0 width="252" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Chas and Dave</B></div> <div> Chas and Dave are the kings of cockney pop rock music. They were regulars on British TV from 1975 onwards and had </div> <div> hits like <I>Gertcha </I> and <I>Rabbit</I> and <I>Sideboard</I>. Their music was featured in a TV beer advertising campaign which also</div> <div> helped to establish them in the UK. The unique cockney style of singing was from the start intentional. They felt an </div> <div> alternative to the way British bands copied American accents was needed. The songs above are partly comic and </div> <div> Chas 'n' Dave are identified with London pub culture'Rockney' has been coined as a term for their music style. </div> <div> They have always done a great deal of live work, and are currently doing shows all over the UK.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="290b075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Westminster</B></div> <div> The ice-cream van - a classic London icon</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>