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A photo (or three) a day for 2012.

Archive for the tag “River Thames”

15 Dec 2012
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A dozen views in and around Waterloo…

The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterloo...

The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterloo…


A lot happens around here ;)...

A lot happens around here ;)…


Part of the Parterre Garden in St. John's Churchyard...

Part of the Parterre Garden in St. John’s Churchyard…


My very favourite figurine in the Parterre Garden...

My very favourite figurine in the Parterre Garden…


The rather poignant headpiece to a four-seater mosaic bench in St. John's Churchyard...

The rather poignant headpiece to a four-seater mosaic bench in St. John’s Churchyard…


More Waterloo mosaicery...;)

More Waterloo mosaicery…;)


...and yet more...

…and yet more…


The IMAX cinema at Waterloo...

The IMAX cinema at Waterloo…


Roupell Street, London SE1...

Roupell Street, London SE1…


'To the Trains' another mosaic, in an underpass leading to Waterloo station...

‘To the Trains’, another mosaic, in an underpass leading to Waterloo station…


View upstream from Hungerford Bridge...

View upstream from Hungerford Bridge…


Several Santas, good enough to pose for me outside the Royal Festival...and a Merry Christmas to all...:)

Several Santas, good enough to pose for me outside the Royal Festival Hall…and a Merry Christmas to all…:)

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29 Oct 2012

A Big Issue seller, a tug on the Thames, and Embankment Tube station…

Sid, a Big Issue seller I’ve known for a number of years, on his current patch near Concert Hall Approach, South Bank.


A tug making its way downstream, as seen from Hungerford Bridge at lunchtime today…


Awaiting a High Barnet train at Embankment Tube station…

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03 Jun 2012
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Busy day on the Thames…

Two big screens in Victoria Tower Gardens…

A sea of bodies flowing up Whitehall towards Trafalgar Square.

The River Thames upstream from Hungerford Bridge…after the flotilla has gone home.

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02 Jun 2012

Wandering downstream to the Avenue of Sail…

Long Live Love phone-box, not far from the Greater London Authority building.

Part of the ‘Avenue of Sail’ beyond Tower Bridge.

Folk peering over a wall at the Avenue of Sail, and an indifferent fisher-boy ;).

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01 Jun 2012

The Belles of London City

Four English Morris Dancers, performing today on Bankside.

Story-telling with marionettes…

…and very good the Belles were too 🙂

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25 May 2012

Late evening by the Thames

South Bank busker singing “Scarborough Fair”.

Thames upstream from Hungerford Bridge.

“Dreamboats and Petticoats”, a musical currently showing at The Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue.

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20 May 2012

Three of Tom Hiscocks’ ‘The Queen’s Beasts’….at Gabriel’s Wharf…

The Falcon of the Plantaganets

The Red Dragon of Wales…

…and The Lion of England.

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24 Mar 2012

On and around Hungerford Bridge

View upstream, towards Westminster, from Hungerford Bridge.

Egg on plinth, by the Royal Festival Hall (one of several in the vicinity).

Boris bikes, in Northumberland Avenue.

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03 Mar 2012
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Down by Waterloo Bridge…

   

Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment.

Sculptures, South Bank.

Thames downstream from Waterloo Bridge.

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14 Jan 2012

London revisited…

Victoria Embankment with Cleopatra's Needle.

 

Southern end of the Charing Cross Road

 

Trafalgar Square, looking south...

 
 
 
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