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London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc.
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Not just blue and grey - orange too!
A Cement and Concrete Association publication from 1969 with the title “London Bridge”. It features a picture of the then recently completed London Bridge. The cover is orange. The image is uncredited.
December 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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…then you will want to read this from one of the predecessor Authorities!
“A Guide to the profitable use of Leisure”
The cover says: COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST HAM YOUTH SERVICE A Guide to the profitable use of Leisure
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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And a bit more:
The local centre of Area 1. Children play on bicycles. In the distance is a parade of shops including a Police station. The image is uncredited. The Southmere point blocks under construction. Two large cranes can be seen and the point blocks have risen to about 5 floors in the image. The view is of the building site from across the lake. Swans are in the foreground. The image is uncredited.
December 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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No, not so far.
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Tends to be technical drawings and lots of text - the covers are generally the bit I like (and can understand!) the most.
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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And, of course, this from the other day: bsky.app/profile/lccm...
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Cover of the day: from 1968, here is the Cement and Concrete Association’s brochure on the Western Avenue Extension aka Westway. It was published two years prior to the opening of the Westway, so it’s all artists’ impressions:
The title is: Western Avenue Extension The cover features a sketched perspective drawing of the so-called Northern Roundabout from ground level. The junction is an elevated roundabout linking Westway with the West Cross Route. Artist uncredited.
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Nice!
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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A wall mosaic from the late 1980s attached to Columbia School - that is definitely an unorthodox ilea logo! The Tower Hamlets one is the Council-level version used in the Neighbourhoods era.
Credits for what were presumably the sponsors of the mosaic project. Coutts & Co; Georges Cafe; ILEA; LB Tower Hamlets. The ilea logo is in italic capitals - in reality it’s all lower case. The mural made up of mosaic tiles featuring local imagery.
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Yes, I guess so - I’ll have to see if I can find out more about this quaintly named group!
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Here goes - the caption in the second image is for the picture in the first image, from what looks like the southern stretch of the East Cross Route
Street lighting on the East Cross Route A description of the lamp post in the previous image. Tubular steel column with tubular steel bracket of standard profile and 3° inclination, designed for use on Metropolitan roads. Mounting height 10m-15m Designers: Road Trim Design Group, Greater London Council The cover of street furniture from design index 1974/75
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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This map shows the proposed primary road network as planned in 1967. The motorway box, C ring and D ring feature along with major radials.
The map is orange and features the main planned constituents of London’s primary road network. The title is: Primary road network proposed to be programmed by early 1980's (indicative only)
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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I think it was the more prosaic “Charlie”!
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Just another Redditch resident…
The cartoon character from the BBC children’s programme Words and Pictures. A plump little man with a bulbous nose and a fetching blue waistcoat - I’m struggling to describe him.
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM