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Map of Notting Hill c.1840

A rare map of Notting Hill in that it shows the extremely short-lived Hippodrome racecourse. This would now be situated on the west side of Ladbroke Grove, with the summit shown on the old map at the later site of St John’s Church

#map #nottinghill

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 1d

Graffiti, Raasay Street, Chelsea (1969)

🎨 Roger Perry

📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=91723

#london #chelsea

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 2d

Before zebra crossings were invented, other mammal-based crossing ideas were trialled. The inflatable giraffe crossing certainly aided visibility but never really caught on

#ott #offtopictuesday

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 2d

A London Miscellany: Random musings concerning London its streets, buildings, people and history

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 3d

Underground - the swiftest way to leisure

📷 London Transport Museum

#london #edgware

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 5d

Lancing Terrace, Lower Richmond Road, Mortlake (1906)

Looking west from brewery entrance; the cottages on the right were Bellevue Terrace; Houses with the bays were Lancing Terrace.

The expansion of the Stag Brewery caused the demolished of both.

📷 Old London postcard

#london #mortlake

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 6d

Cabbie Blog: Taxi Talk Without Tipping

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Taxi Talk Without Tipping

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 7d

Plaque to the eponymous Mr Beasley in the Uxbridge yard named for him.

I hope his afterlife wish came true...

📷 The Underground Map

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#london #uxbridge

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 8d

The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo.

A noted venue for many a traveller awaiting their train or ending their evening.

🎨 Virtual Tourist

📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=2521

#london #waterloo

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 9d

Do You Want To Play The Banjo?

#ott #offtopictuesday

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 9d

When I said “Last week”, that was the original caption. It being September and all that now

The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 9d

Queen's Park to Kilburn Park - YouTube: Last week I took a walk in the glorious Spring sunshine to discover what had happened to the hitherto-notorious South Kilburn Estate.

https://youtu.be/RB8OObbXIHs

Queen's Park to Kilburn Park (Bakerloo line)

The one where I tell the tale of the 1879 Royal Agricultural Society Show - an annual event which caused two London suburbs to get their name,This Bakerloo l...

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 10d

Shepherd’s Pool, Heathrow (1927)

📷 Philip Sherwood

#london #heathrow

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 11d

’From the Royal Exchange’

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🎨 Ken Howard (1932–2022)

#fineart #cityoflondon

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 12d

The Rising Sun, Rushey Green, Catford (1909)

#london #catford

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 13d

Spitalfields Life: For people who care about the East End and are concerned about the future of its built environment

https://spitalfieldslife.com/

Spitalfields Life | In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London

For people who care about the East End and are concerned about the future of its built environment

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 15d

The Boleyn Electric Theatre, Barking Road, E13 (1937)

The photo was taken immediatelty prior to the cinema’s demolition and reopening as the East Ham Odeon.

🎨 John Maltby

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#london #uptonpark

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 15d

I always have (most likely misplaced) hope

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 15d

Is it possible that if Trump continues to use public platforms to talk unresearched bollocks that MAGA will notice? If he can’t pronounce drug names, he’s not read anything about the subject. If climate change is a hoax then talking about CO2 levels means he’s not read anything about the subject

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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 16d

Woman selling fish from a barrel, c. 1910

This photograph is of Henrietta Street in Whitby, North Yorkshire, not London

#ott #offtopictuesday #notlondon