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    • Whitechapel & Bethnal Green
    • Derelict Limehouse & Poplar
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    • Lost Docks of Wapping
    • Isle of Dogs
    • Grand Surrey Canal
    • London's Lost Rivers Tours
    • Shadwell & Stepney
    • Silvertown
    • Bow Creek: River Lea from Bromley by Bow to Leamouth via Canning Town
    • Croydon Canal
    • Dartford guided walk
    • Hammersmith
    • East Finchley to Gospel Oak
    • London's Lost Music Venues
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  • London's Lost Rivers - The Book & Website
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    • Derelict London Railway Stations,Lines and Rolling Stock
    • Derelict London Trams
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    • North of the Thames Factories and Warehouses
    • South of the Thames Factories and Warehouses
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    • Homes North of the Thames
    • Homes South of The Thames
    • Derelict homes now Demolished
  • Derelict London Cinemas
  • Derelict London Hospitals
    • Hospitals North of the River
    • Hospitals South of the River
    • Hospitals: Then & Now pics
  • Derelict London Pools and Baths
  • Music History
  • Various Derelict London Buildings
  • Derelict London Pubs
    • North London
    • Derelict East London Pubs >
      • East London Pubs from Dereliction to Demolition
      • East London Pubs - Dead Pubs to Conversion
      • East London Pubs Back from the Brink
    • Central London
    • West & South West London
    • South & South East London Pubs
  • Derelict London Cemetery & Churches
  • Derelict London Hotels and Restaurants
  • Graffiti & Streetart
  • Misc London Derelict pics
  • Derelict London Cafes
  • People
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  • Shopping Trolleys
  • Derelict London Shops
  • Signs and Murals
  • Derelict London Sportsgrounds
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Derelict London - Photography, Social History and Guided Walking Tours
London's Lost Music Venues with Author Paul Talling​ 
​​Paul Talling, author of Derelict London and London's Lost Rivers takes a look at some of London's much missed music venues from the post-war period to the present day. His latest book, London's Lost Music Venues features photos, adverts & tickets. This book is a portal to a less homogenised London, taking you back to the city's halcyon days of jazz, blues, folk, rock, punk, indie and more. The book has received features in The Observer, The Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Star, Londonist and Mojo plus great reviews in Vive Le Rock, Record Collector, Classic Rock, Louder Than War and Shindig!

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​​London's Lost Music Venues of Soho Guided Walking Tour with Author Paul Talling

​This guided walking tour in and around the Soho area with Paul Talling, author of London's Lost Music Venues visits the sites of many of the much missed lost venues covered in his latest book dating from the post-war period to the present day. The tour takes you back to Soho's halcyon days of jazz. blues, folk, rock, punk, indie and more. Some of the venue sites include The 2i’s Coffee Bar, Bag O’Nails, Happening 44, the old Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club,The Scene, The Establishment, The Flamingo, Wag Club, Gossips,Gargoyle Club, Le Beat Route, The Limelight, Les Cousins, Madame Jojo’s, The Speakeasy, 3 x Marquee Clubs, the Freight Train Coffee Bar and The Vortex.

In addition we chat about many other points of interest along the way such as general history of the area, recording studios, infamous water holes, the Kirsty MacColl bench, sites of record sleeve photos plus some more lost venues covered in the next volume of Paul's book.

The duration of this tour is roughly 4 1/2 hours. There will be a pub stop along the way
London's Lost Music Venues of Soho Guided Walking Tour with Author Paul Talling

​​London's Lost Music Venues of the Covent Garden area Guided Walking Tour with Author Paul Talling

​This guided walking tour in and around the Covent Garden area with Paul Talling, author of London's Lost Music Venues visits the sites of many of the much missed lost live music venues covered in his latest book plus a few from the forthcoming second volume.

The tour takes you from the Strand to High Holborn and topics include the Lyceum, Middle Earth,Africa Centre, Bunjies,Saville Theatre, Rock Garden, 12 Bar Club, Gyre & Gimble,The End, Studio 51,The Roxy,the Blitz Club and the last site of the Marquee Club. In addition we chat about many other points of interest along the way such as a watergate from the days when the Thames was much wider, a street lamp powered by sewer gas, lost ditches,various murders, former drug dens, the location of Bob Dylan's promo for Subterranean Homesick Blues  and the exteriors of a tramway subway closed in 1952.

We meet for the tour at York Watergate which is a historical landmark situated at the back of the Victoria Embankment Gardens. It can be accessed by walking into the Gardens or via Watergate Walk which is at the side of Gordon's Wine Bar.The duration of this tour is roughly 3 1/2 hours and ends near Holborn Station.

​No Sleep 'til Hammersmith... London's Lost Music Venues Walking Tour With Author Paul Talling

​​This 4 hour tour takes you around Hammersmith and parts of Fulham & Shepherds Bush looking at numerous lost music venues and readings from Paul's latest book, various TV locations for The Sweeney &  Denis Waterman era Minder and touching on the 3 lost rivers of the area (Parr's Ditch, Counters Creek and the Stamford Brook).

Just a few of the places covered include the sites of the opening & closing credits for Minder, one of Arthur's lockups, Terry Mcann's flat,the former HQ of Euston films, opening credits of The Sweeney, the site of the pub where the cast enjoyed pre/post filming drinks plus bits and pieces including Rik Mayall's Bench in Bottom & the cemetery used for Grandad's funeral in Only Fools and Horses. Plus of course loads of other points of interest from Margot Fonteyn to Aleister Crowley to The Professionals to Joseph Bazalgette.

We pass Opera on the Green where Paul put on an early Manic Street Preachers gig and look at other lost music venues including The Greyhound, The Bottom Line, Hammersmith Palais, Ginglik, Gaumont, the Clarendon/Klubfoot & the Red Cow.

Below are a selection of press features on Paul's book:

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