Emanuel Swedenborg
E1, The Highway, Swedenborg Gardens
When the church was here the address was Prince's Square. Our pin is positioned on the font, the boards around the trees are to the west ...
1 subject commemorated
Turret from St Olave Church
SE1, Tanner Street Park, Tanner Street
We do find ourselves taking photos of the most unlikely subjects. Our close-up photo would win a "dull picture" prize. It would have be...
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Greathead shield at Bank
EC2, Bank station, pedestrian tunnel between DLR and Waterloo & City line
We must have walked through this arch many times without properly seeing it. We thank Geoff Marshall of Londonist for enlightening us in...
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2 creators
Turkish gun
SW1, Horse Guards Parade
As our detail picture we have this most unlikely-looking crocodile, grinning manically despite his legs looking all wrong.
4 subjects commemorated
Gravestones in Launceston Place
W8, Launceston Place, 34
Our researches have turned up just one clue, which may mean nothing: in John Fletcher's mid 17th century romantic comedy, ‘Women Pleased’...
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Robert Seymour
WC1, Doughty Street, Dickens Museum
A nearby information board informs: Probably the most prolific illustrator and cartoonist of his era, Seymour was the first artist ever ...
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St Peters Eaton Square - seat
SW1, Eaton Square, St Peters
This can be seen as a memorial to a memorial - not common but we have two others: the Testimonial fountain in Bow or the Maharajah's foun...
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Lankester clock
E1, Commercial Road
The plaque is on the wall at pedestrian eye height, immediately below the clock. Numbers 384-392 did not become part of the hospital unt...
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Dominico and Pilar Maestri
NW1, Cranleigh Street, Brook House
In our photo, at the top of the nearest cream-coloured panel on this building: "GB 1934" but we don't understand the 'GB'. The Maestri p...
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Rose and Crown pub
SE1, Colombo Street, 47, Rose and Crown pub
The painted plaster rose and crown are rather lovely but the numbers, especially the 7s, lack any elegance. We think the pub was rebuilt...
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