Lost London, 1870-1945

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Sahib’s Helix IV memorialises yet another kind of space: Chariots gay sauna, in Shoreditch, which closed in 2016. It is a plaster replica of one the classical reliefs that decorated the walls above the pool and jacuzzi, but pierced by metal studs and rings, as though it was the body of one of the patrons.

Q: You mentioned that the danger you felt was more for you. And, understandably, going into a new endeavor can cause some fear. My question is: how do you know when something is frightening because it’s a new, innovative, and interesting idea, and when it’s frightening because it’s a bad idea? And is it difficult to tell the difference sometimes? The Harleian Society volume 1: Howard, JJ, and Armytage, GJ (eds) (1869) The Visitation of London in the Year 1568 is available from Google books. I can’t emphasise enough how good these photographs are. They are taken from the LCC collection, now held by English Heritage and are strikingly sharp and detailed. The street scenes they show are curiously both familiar and now very remote. Census London Street Index CD The 1841 Street Index for Metropolitan London, Middlesex/Surrey, was originally published by Australian Institute for Genealogical Studies as microfiche in 1996 and has been converted to CD.

a b "Woody Harrelson on His Crazy, Live Directorial Debut 'Lost in London' ". Collider. 16 January 2017 . Retrieved 17 January 2017. By 1834 there were an estimated 57 porn shops in Holywell Street selling novels, prints, etchings, catalogues on prostitute services, guides for Victorian homosexuals and flagellation connoisseurs. It was hardly a hidden world. The Victorian shops would have retained the raucous nature and prominent display of a medieval market rather than that of an invisible underworld. A letter to The Times in 1846 complains of the windows in the street which “display books and pictures of the most disgusting and obscene character, and which are alike loathsome to the eye and offensive to the morals of any person of well-regulated mind”.

Step in to a time capsule of historic posters, signage and vintage tiles in a long-disused tunnel, or stand where history was made during the Second World War. You’ll learn about the people who shaped London’s transport network, as our knowledgeable guides use research from London Transport Museum’s collection to share incrediblestories. Society of Genealogists has a good collection and publishes a list "Directories and poll books in the library of the Society of Genealogists" compiled by N J N Newington-Irving, 6th edn 1995. Lost London” is a hefty book: large format and weighty. I pressed my well-sized old wooden “Bershaw” bookrest into service. At the same time, for reference purposes, I opened my London A – Z street atlas.Robey, Tim (20 January 2017). "Lost in London review: Woody Harrelson breaks boundaries with supercharged Allen-esque live film". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 24 January 2017. Built by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Rebuilt in different form in South London 1854; destroyed by fire. Largely rebuilt 1756–1759; demolished with other buildings in Whitehall Gardens to make way for the new MOD building. [16]