2011 Updates Part 1

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" height=115 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="832" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 WIDTH="237"><div> <IMG SRC="0b08c5a0.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b2333e0.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="62" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="08950190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="home_page.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U><IMG SRC="0aa50190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Guestbook"><U><IMG SRC="08a50190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="248"><div> <IMG SRC="0b18c590.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="89" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=365 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29416e4a0.jpg" border=0 width="366" height="586" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     </div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD - Secuity Guard "Scarecrow"</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29d923830.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>BRICK LANE</B></div> <div>    </div> <div> <IMG SRC="29d8680e0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28c4680e0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28c9670d0.jpg" border=0 width="359" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <IMG SRC="28c8507d0.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="381" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28bc1d7c0.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28cb5a7c0.jpg" border=0 width="346" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>ALDWYCH TUBE STATION</B></div> <div> Further to other pictures on this site and in the book here are some recent pics of the interior of the booking office, lift and telephone kiosks. Still all in perfect condition as its often hired out to film companies and occasionally used for exhibitions. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2a34645e0.jpg" border=0 width="356" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2a38d5600.jpg" border=0 width="469" height="352" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DERELICT OPEN SPACES - OLD FORD </B>(Left)<B> and WOOLWICH </B>(right)</div> <bR> <div>     <IMG SRC="28d184320.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29d302320.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="306" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29d4b7330.jpg" border=0 width="439" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>HACKNEY</B>(left)<B>, HACKNEY WICK </B>(centre)<B> & ALDGATE </B>(right)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="28d3f85e0.jpg" border=0 width="248" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2903065e0.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>(left) MILE END - BLACK HORSE  (aka CLUB E1) & (right) </B><B>CROYDON - WALKABOUT</B></div> <bR> <div>    <IMG SRC="28d75e270.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>BOW - THE TRADER (previously THE NEEDLE GUN)</B></div> <bR> <div> This pub on Roman Road was established as the Needle Gun by 1872 in a building which dates from 1828  and in the 1990s it was renamed theTrader.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="29d02cfb0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29d18ffc0.jpg" border=0 width="399" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29d2a5fc0.jpg" border=0 width="421" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>OLD FORD </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29da63080.jpg" border=0 width="355" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28e15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28eb5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="28ed5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28ef5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28f15e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>AROUND THE BRICK LANE AREA E1</B></div> <bR> <div>    <IMG SRC="29e081210.jpg" border=0 width="385" height="289" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>SHOREDITCH</B></div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="29e780130.jpg" border=0 width="384" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>CAMBERWELL</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29e25e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29e45e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>BRICK LANE - SHOREDITCH STATION</B></div> <bR> <div> A former London Underground station that opened in 1869 and closed permanently in June 2006. It was the northern terminus of the East London Line, with latterly a single platform alongside a single track that ran next to the disused Bishopsgate Goodsyard.Shoreditch tube station closed , to allow work to begin on the East London Line extension. It has been replaced by a new station nearby, Shoreditch High Street. The new line and station form part of the London Overground network, a suburban rail service operated by Transport for London but separate from the Tube network.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="28f75eff0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28f95e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28fb5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="28fd5e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="28ffc5070.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>FOREST HILL - CAPITOL CINEMA</B></div> <bR> <div> The Capitol opened as a cinema in 1929. Renamed the ABC in 1968, the cinema gave its last picture show in 1973. There were plans to convert and even demolish the building. However, The Capitol opened as a bingo hall in February 1978, closing in the  1996. The building was saved and now bears its original name as a Wetherspoon pub which is situated on the groundfloor.However the upper circle remains disused and untouched - all the dusty old seats remain with little metak ashtrays on the back of the seats. There are tales of paranormal activity related to a man who died in the building back in the cinema's heyday.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="29015ef70.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>CHISWICK - CHISWICK LODGE</B></div> <bR> <div> This onetime maternity hospital  (Pete Townsend and Kim Wilde were born there) photographed previously on Derelict London is now undergoing demolition</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="29055e540.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="340" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>ROTHERHITHE</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29075e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29095e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>GIPSY HILL</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="290b5e300.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="304" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="290d96310.jpg" border=0 width="406" height="305" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <IMG SRC="2911f14f0.jpg" border=0 width="241" height="335" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29e6fd510.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="337" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29e511520.jpg" border=0 width="273" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>ROTHERHITHE - CRYSTAL TAVERN</B></div> <bR> <div> This former pub, colourfully repainted and still made to look  like a pub from a distance though a few changes to the pub signage have been made by a local church group charity</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="29155e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29175e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DAGENHAM - PILLBOX AND TANK TRAPS</B></div> <bR> <div> The group of reinforced concrete bollards in the right pic were designed to impede the movement of tanks in the event of the expected German invasion.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2a36ef770.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>WOOLWICH</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29195e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD - ST NICHOLAS CHURCHYARD</B></div> <bR> <div> The original parish church of Deptford entered by skull & crossbone-topped gate posts, gives a reminder of Deptford's maritime history and its onetime dockyard. History and more evidence of Royal Dockyard Deptford can be found in my next book London's Lost Rivers released in April -  In addition to rivers the book also covers numerous lost London canals and docks.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="291b761e0.jpg" border=0 width="374" height="286" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="291d06230.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="291f84230.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD</B></div> <bR> <div> An assortment of a child's bike, scooter, football & a mop somehow tangled up in the barbed wire above this 12 foot wall.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="29235e130.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2921e1690.jpg" border=0 width="481" height="361" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD</B></div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="29435e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="29255e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29275e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD - PIERS OF CONVOYS WHARF</B></div> <bR> <div> Convoys Wharf, formerly called the King's Yard is the site of Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Dockyards, built on Thames in London. It was first developed in 1513 by Henry VIII to build vessels for the Royal Navy. The site was owned from 1994 until 2008 by News International, which used it to import newsprint and other paper products from Finland. It is now subject to a planning application to convert it into residential units, though this pier has listed status.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="29295e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="292b91070.jpg" border=0 width="401" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="292d5e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="292f5e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29315e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="29335e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29355e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD - COPPERAS STREET</B></div> <bR> <div> Copperas was a valuable substance used in the production of acids & chlorine. It was obtained from nodules found within London Clay. In 1746 England was amongst the largest sources of copperas in Europe. However method s of production was changed  during the 18th century and the Deptford works closed in 1828. Wheens soapworks was also located in Copperas Street - fat from the local cattle market together with rag ‘n’ bones collected by local totters was used to produce candles and soap. Since then various industrial type units have come and gone and some remain derelict awaiting demolition and currently dwarfed by modern multistorey buildings over the road.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="293769080.jpg" border=0 width="361" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="29cf5e080.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="293b5e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="293d5e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="293f5e060.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <B>DEPTFORD - PAYNES WHARF</B></div> <bR> <div> Paynes Wharf was built in 1860 as a boiler workshop for John Penn & Sons until 1913 . Penn's supplied boilers for ships the most notable was HMS Warrior, the first iron warship, now preserved in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. In the 1980s the premises were used by London Egg Products. The adjoining Borthwick Wharf, which was built as a cold store by Sir Edwin Cooper in 1934, has been demolished for apartments.</div> <div> The Grade II listed façade of Paynes, with its Italianate arches, is the only part of the original building left and will form part of a planned  arts centre, with two floors of 12 penthouse apartments above it.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="793" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 65 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Book"><U><IMG SRC="09da3a60.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="393"><div> <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="08950190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>     <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Guestbook"><U><IMG SRC="08a50190.png" border=0 width="80" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> www.derelictlondon.com</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Book"><U><IMG SRC="09da3a60.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? </B></div> <div> <B>Researching your family tree and need location pics? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered</B></div> <div> <B> (not just derelicts!). </B></div> <div> <B>Much cheaper than professional photographers</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>