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‘... a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone...’

What could say ‘London’ better than the river and its bridges?

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2020-05-31

1935 the price of Wales, later Edward VIII, reviewed telegram messenger boys outside the Central Telegraph Office near St Paul's in London. BT Centre, HQ, on the site today- a centre of global for almost 150 years https://t.co/3HVDcMpzCU

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2019-05-31

Celebrating with these 3 illustrations

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2019-05-31

The City Cycling Festival (13-15 June, 2018) is taking place, celebrating 200 years of cycling in London. This print, published April 1819, depicts Dandies astride a Velocipede, a scene from the birth of cycling albeit without brakes or pedals.

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2018-06-14

As you battle rush hour on here is Leon Kossoff's Booking Hall No.6, showing the interior of Kilburn Park Station in 1975. It was purchased by Swindon in 1979

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2018-06-01

To celebrate here are some gorgeous London scenes painted by the very talented Luke Martineau.

These paintings will all be featured in Luke's upcoming exhibition 'Recent Works'. Read more about the show here: https://t.co/KfW5N0DegN

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2018-05-31

Thames Craft, a Scene from Millbank: detail from hand coloured print, drawn by P. Dewint and engraved by J.C. Allen. Published Feb 1, 1817 by W.B. Cooke , 12 York Place, Pentonville, London.

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2018-05-31

A observation: in spring 2016 the London Stone, traditional fulcrum of the history and constancy of London, was moved, and things have been fucked ever since, basically.

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2018-05-31

George Scharf made hundreds of views of London after settling in England in 1816. On the River Thames, Bermondsey, May 1827. https://t.co/AN8OY0mXWT

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2018-05-31

Happy Celebrate our amazing city by paying a visit to this exhibition at : https://t.co/lPYYeHvyrq

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2017-05-31

We're taking part in on 31 May. Be transported to the ball at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in 1792 https://t.co/oPrDhwO8jr

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2017-05-02