Decided to walk round the congestion zone. It's further than you'd think, about 15 miles. And
a lot of it is kind of unregarded bits of London. Biggish roads, not much happening. But there's interesting stuff in the detail.
I've always liked this block on the Euston/Marylebone Road. The flats with the garage on the ground floor. I can imagine Lord Peter Whimsey or Bertie Wooster pulling in to refuel before heading down to Blandings or somewhere.
The Dorchester Plane.
This is that strange construction at the south end of Vauxhall bridge. A huge rocket launching device pointing straight at MI6. Surely our intelligence failures aren't that dramatic that we can't spot such an obvious Smersh ploy?
I thought the Richardsons ruled South London.
Good sign on a disused bike shop.
Hairdresser windows are like museums of hairstyles. Why don't they ever get updated?
I like this. Layers and layers of information all leaving faint traces but no meaning.
I love this place. Sitting on the Kennington Lane a restaurant that thinks it's at the seaside. It's mad and it knows it is.
I think I remember the shopping centre's on its way out. I don't supposed it'll be hugely lamented by anyone, but at least it was a useful landmark, and it had an insane kind of ambition.
A great sign.
Two shopfronts down by Spitalfields Market. Shame they're just fronts now. At least, I've never seen Dino's open.
Do you think he's really called Peter?
Just urban stuff.
This is probably by someone famous.
The Castle Snack bar. Going in agoodplaceforacupofteaandathink shortly.
Ended up at the VG Snack Bar, Great Portland Street.
Badly "drawn" Boy??
Posted by: hidden persuader | July 12, 2004 at 09:25 PM
your site is looking great these days. advertising's loss is our gain !
as for hair dressers, i've often wondered about their signs. it's like they were the first hair cuts that the hairdressers ever cut, forever caught on film.
hair today, hair tomorrow.
Posted by: funkypanacke | July 13, 2004 at 01:09 PM
Many thanks. Very kind. Got to go back to work in August. Starting to worry me.
Hairdressers have the best punning names too. A Cut Above. Hair Apparent. etc.
Posted by: russell | July 13, 2004 at 06:57 PM
like the site, cool post, found it from someone who'd arrived at my site by searching google for 'hair dressers in kennington'..you were also on the search result, funny what google throws up
Posted by: andy | September 09, 2004 at 12:18 AM
Nice pics. How about some pics and details on the pubs around the edge of the zone? That would be cool.
Posted by: PubLover | October 19, 2004 at 05:43 PM