HGS residents killed in WW2 - gate

HGS residents killed in WW2 - gate

NW11, Temple Fortune Hill/Big Wood

From HGS Heritiage: "On 28th April 2001, a group of Suburb residents led by the Reverend Tony Spring formerly {sic}  opened a new Memoria...

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Harland & Wolff factory gates

Harland & Wolff factory gates

E16, Lyle Park

The steps are rather grand for a public park and look to us as if left over from a now-demolished substantial building (factory, head off...

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Southwark Park Act gates

Southwark Park Act gates

SE16, Southwark Park, carriageway

There are a pair of these gates on each side of the carriageway which bisects the Park.

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Hobbs Gates

Hobbs Gates

SE11, Kennington Oval, Hobbs Gates

See Alpha Rail for a close-up photo of these lovely Art Deco gates during their restoration in 2013. "Significant changes were being made...

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Lambeth Borough Council gates

Lambeth Borough Council gates

SE11, Black Prince Road

Lambeth Council’s first 4 tenement blocks of council housing were built on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road) in 1927, replacing a work...

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St Dunstans gates - 1844

St Dunstans gates - 1844

E1, Stepney High Street

This small plaque is on the inner gate pier to the left of our photo. From London Gardens Online: "The old parsonage was demolished in 17...

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St Dunstans gates - 1999

St Dunstans gates - 1999

E1, Stepney High Street

This small plaque is on the inner gate pier to the right of our photo. We like the way they have copied the idea and the style of the 18...

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Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

SE1, Kennington Road, Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park

"The splendid struggling mothers..." is surely a quote from something, perhaps written by Geraldine Mary at the time the Park was being p...

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Altab Ali arch

Altab Ali arch

E1, Whitechapel Road, Altab Ali Park

Wrought-iron arch created as a memorial to Altab Ali and other victims of racist attacks. Symbolically combines elements of Bangladeshi a...

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Holly Village

Holly Village

N6, Swains Lane

This charming Victorian gothic development of 12 Grade 2 listed homes, completed in 1865 was at the southern extremity of the Holly Lodge...

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