Andy, if you get a chance, go see some of Eadweard Muybridge's photos of pre-1906 San Francisco in Kingston museum. Taken with plate cameras, the detail is quite amazing. here
Some bats "worked" <30yrds away {Not too surprizing, I'm guessing - Wiki doesn't know about it either!} 300 yds from "Lever House"? - Towards the Courts or the Church? (A post code'd be nice) - It'd be *really* nice if that site simply told you how to find it! "At our Local History Research Library in the North Kingston Centre on Richmond Road" indeed - Like I looked at road names (Apple Mkt where there a no Apples, Cattle Mkt where there's no Cows, Corn Exchange ETC!)
Right Mr LA-Di-Dah Kingston person, (No helping, Chris) - What's the oldest man-made object in London? (And no sneaky Googling!) - This occurred to me the other day when I walked right past it without thinking!
Well yes, I did, and if you (along with Ms Borwick) think it's that thing on the Embankment near the IEE, I'm sorry but you're wrong by a factor of at least 10:1. 3.5K years? Pah! Think "Bloomsbury". I'm pretty sure you'll find older stuff even in the Museum of London
Andy, if you get a chance, go see some of Eadweard Muybridge's photos of pre-1906 San Francisco in Kingston museum. Taken with plate cameras, the detail is quite amazing.
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Spite fences included.
Do you know, I've never been to the Kingston museum! I'm not even sure where it is!
ReplyDeleteTut-tut-tut.
ReplyDeleteYou used to work (well, I say "work"...) less than 300 yards away.
Some bats "worked" <30yrds away
ReplyDelete{Not too surprizing, I'm guessing - Wiki doesn't know about it either!}
300 yds from "Lever House"? - Towards the Courts or the Church? (A post code'd be nice) - It'd be *really* nice if that site simply told you how to find it!
"At our Local History Research Library in the North Kingston Centre on Richmond Road" indeed - Like I looked at road names (Apple Mkt where there a no Apples, Cattle Mkt where there's no Cows, Corn Exchange ETC!)
Right Mr LA-Di-Dah Kingston person, (No helping, Chris) - What's the oldest man-made object in London? (And no sneaky Googling!) - This occurred to me the other day when I walked right past it without thinking!
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ReplyDeleteThat's probably me too.
ReplyDeleteWell yes, I did, and if you (along with Ms Borwick) think it's that thing on the Embankment near the IEE, I'm sorry but you're wrong by a factor of at least 10:1.
ReplyDelete3.5K years?
Pah!
Think "Bloomsbury".
I'm pretty sure you'll find older stuff even in the Museum of London
http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/leisure/museum.htm
ReplyDeleteDang! Got me on a technicality!
ReplyDeleteI love these images. Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteSo, the back of the Fairfield Cattle market? I don't think I ever went down there - Probly went past it en route to the Newton-Raphson-Ferret, sorry
ReplyDelete'twixt Fairfield and Cattle Market, next to the library. Really not very big.
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