Part of an ongoing series, these two doors are from the Rembrandt House Museum, the house where Rembrandt lived between 1639 and 1656 and so would have been used by the painter himself.
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Throwback Thursday: Doors, Amsterdam
Categories: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: architecture, door, museum, photo post, Rembrandt, Throwback Thursday
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National COVID Memorial Wall, London
The idea for the National COVID Memorial came from members of the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign and you can read more about that here. It is a public memorial of pink and red hearts representing each person who has died of COVID in the UK. It can be found just outside St Thomas’ Hospital opposite the Houses of Parliament and stretches along the South Bank of the Thames.
Throwback Thursday: R Frank Atkinson’s Waring and Gillow Building, 164-188 Oxford Street, London
This very impressive Queen Anne building on Oxford Street is the former Waring and Gillow building. Waring and Gillow were furniture makers; founded in the 1730s in Lancaster by Robert Gillow his eponymous company merged with the Waring Company of Liverpool in 1897.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, history, london, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Twelve Responses to Tragedy by Angela Conner
Whilst visiting the V&A Museum I came across this sculpture on the opposite side of the street. It is a memorial to those killed after being forcibly repatriated by the Allies to the then Soviet Union at the conclusion of the Second World War.
Throwback Thursday: St Mary Abbots Church of England Primary School, London
The school was first endowed in 1645 as a free school for the children of the poor. A school was actually built about 1709 elsewhere but they moved to the current building next to St Mary Abbots Church around 1860.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, church, photo post, school, Throwback Thursday
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Faberge in London: Romance to Revolution at the V&A Museum, London
I’ve been a fan of Faberge’s work for a long time and I was delighted to get a ticket to see this exhibition at the V&A Museum in March. I’d bought the tickets in November of the previous year, not knowing then what COVID restrictions might be in place or even if I would feel up to travelling.
Categories: England, London
Tags: exhibition, faberge, museum, no photography allowed, photo post, v&a museum, victoria and albert
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Throwback Thursday: St Martin’s Vestry Hall and Church Schools, London
The Vestry Hall, Vicarage and National Schools in St Martin’s Place were built around 1830. The inscription around the roof reads “St Martin’s National Schools. Built by Subscription on Ground the Gift of His Majesty King George IV. MDCCCXXX”. The land was gifted for a school to educate the poor children of the parish.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, history, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Gedling Country Park
A few weeks ago I decided to head out to Gedling Country Park which I haven’t been to for a while. The weather was sunny though quite windy and since I had walked there and back I just spent a little time walking around some of the smaller routes and enjoying the views.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: nature, park, photo post, statue, walk
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Throwback Thursday: Berwick House, Oxford Street, London
Berwick House on Oxford Street dates from around 1886 and has a rather interesting spire and pillars along the front.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, history, london, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Street Art at Castlewood House, London
An old throwback from 2019 today – a cool little London skyline drawing on some boards outside the former Castlewood House building in New Oxford Street.
Categories: England, London
Tags: london, photo post, street art, Throwback Thursday
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