Dirty Old London  published by
Yale University Press (October 2014)

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Kentish Town West to Hampstead

Twin towers of a nearby primary school, classic turn-of-the-century ...


Down the line, back to London ...


Blue enamel street sign ...


Careworn hand-painted street sign ...


The HOME and COLONIAL STORES ...


Geometric adornments ...


The Pub with no Sign ...


Another lovely primary school ...


End-of-terrace cottage house ...


It's neighbours, bit grander, with oversized windows, stucco and ironwork ...


Beautiful and quaint street-lamp, very short, with elegant decoration ...




Local parish church, built like medieval castle ...


Ironwork Last Supper beside the door ...



Tiled road signs abound ...



The lost borough of Hampstead ...


Victorian front garden path tiling ...


The looming malevolent bulk of the Royal Free Hospital ...


A disused Victorian window-turned-hoarding ...


Top quality porch tiling ...


Budding ironwork ...


Tiled manicule ...


Large, ventilated, sewer hatch ...


Typical residence in these parts ...


Less typical figurehead-on-house. Apparently the house belonged to the writer of the Eton Boat Song. Not sure that explains it.


Nice Victorian property ...


Not sure if originally flats or a clever conversion ...


Local resident ...


Brickwork ...


Painted sign in frame ...


Corner shop ...


Bollard ...


Presumably something to do with the Kit Cat Club http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit-Cat_Club


A golden sign ... nice touch ...


Wall bracket ...


Rare concrete street sign ...


1960s mock-Victorian angel ...


Pleasing tomb ...


Sceptical Jesus ...


Gloomy lady ...


And a memorial to a famous artist ...


2 comments:

  1. Lovely series of photos, thank you so much for sharing. And I love how you included one of the local feline residents. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.

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