Photography

The last H aerial in Hammersmith

The last “H” in Hammersmith?

Rooftop aerials in Hammersmith

Looking at the aerials and satellite dishes on the rooftops and chimneys during an exercise walk around Hammersmith and Fulham. We’ve learnt to ignore them but they are an iconic feature of our vernacular urban architecture.

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Eastbourne Pier

Bleak view of Eastbourne Pier, its Victorian ironwork between storm clouds, cold sea and stony beach.

London by street light

London by street light

Street life by street light. The world looks different after dark. This set of photos shows my London neighbourhood in the early evening.

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Chocolate and wax teddies at Christma

Christmas Eve isn’t much fun if you’re a teddie made of chocolate or wax.

Palliser Court, Barons Court, London W14

Palliser Court

Vereker Road, Barons Court, London W14

Vereker Road, lined with hundred-year-old London Plane trees

Photo survey of the fascinating and varied neighbourhood I’ve called home for many years. This is not Earls Court, nor Kensington and not Hammersmith: nobody knows where Barons Court is in West London yet thousands drive through on the A4 Talgarth Road trunk route out to the West. I’ve lived here since 1982. Barons Court features a wide variety of architecture and people in homes ranging from bedsits squeezed between the trunk road and the railway to multi-million pound mansion flats and houses with private gardens. There’s a small theatre, several parades of shops, a courthouse, schools and a choice of pubs.

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