Lost London 1870-1945

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The beauty of the book is the well written and considered text that accompanies the excellent collection of photographs from English Heritage's archives.

We published the formal reports on nationally funded excavations and headline-making building-related stories. It's a good size for anyone thinking the panoramas version might be too big and heavy - though this book is still quite big and heavy. How could it be when character and plot are slaves to the concept, when all we have is the frame of a single camera? For nearly a year now lockdowns and restrictions of various intensities have mounted many of us back on Shanks’s pony, and sent us on long distance rambles through the cities and towns we live in. Prior to our founding, many of our staff worked in the thrift industry where we saw millions of books being sent to landfills each year.Really interesting read with anecdotal, documentary and photographic evidence of many of the 16th to 19th century buildings and entire streets that have been removed by way of urban renewal, war damage and/or personal agenda. A spectacular collection of more than 500 of the best images from the former London County Council archive of photographs, which has been held by English Heritage for the past 25 years.

Once payment has been received and confirmed you should expect to receive your replacement Freedom Pass in the post within *10 working days.There are, he suggests, existing monuments that could happily be lost, and one or two lost ones that could just as happily be reclaimed. the Tottenham Court Road end) There’s a photograph of its interior here, because it survived until 1937. The book starts itself on the cities fringes, in working neighbourhoods, with narrow lanes, crooked, time-worn, overhanging houses. In a few months time, these cards will only be available on line from this site since they are a limited edition. The Lost London Churches Project aims to promote interest in the ancient church buildings and parishes of the City of London through collectable cards, books, maps and explorers walks.