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The Painted Lady of Fitzrovia

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High up above the Newman Arms. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

'ello Ducky

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This Way Out to the 1930's…

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The Other Tower of London

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45 years old and it still looks futuristic. Quite an achievement. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Helen Mirren's* House By Night

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(*Buckingham Palace) (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

From the Other Cathedral

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A great view from the tower of Westminster R.C Cathedral. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Last Orders

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Two teas, milk in one, milk and two in the other; two full English, bread and butter with one and a fried slice with the other, ta… hello… er, hello… service! Waitress… Hello… (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

The Eagle Flies on…

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…Wednesday. Huh? A bird of bad omen on a dead pub in Woolwich. Support your local pub!

Two Tongues

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And rest…

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Taking a moment in Highgate Wood. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

The Most Eccentric House in London?

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The Admiral's House at autumn dusk. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Car Week VI: The End

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This north London Beetle seems to have been having a bit of a cry at the prospect of car week coming to a close. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Car Week V: Nighty Nite

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A sleeping Merc. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Car Week IV: Brrrrroooom-Brrrrroooom

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A snowbound Hillman Imp in North London last winter. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Car Week III: A Baddie's Car II

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The sequel to our Lambeth Citroen the other day – we think this Mercedes Benz look deliciously sinister against the backdrop of pretty Clerkenwell Green. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Car Week II: The Dukes of Spitalfields

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Yee-haw! (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Car Week I: A Baddie's Car

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Once again, this shot looks like something out a 60s TV action adventure series, the car driven by the villain – see its companion piece HERE . (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

A St James's Ghoul for Halloween

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Boo! (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Stage Door Johnnie

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Painted sign for the stage door of Her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket, where Beerbohm Tree was the actor-manager and where Tommy Cooper died on stage. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Kensington Sunset

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By Night

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"Rome was once gay in a decadent way/But I'm sure that it never was quite like London at night." Noel Coward (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Support Your Local Pub II

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A ransom note on behalf of your local. Do you want this to happen to your Dog & Duck? Well? (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

No Man's Land

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Near Woolwich, somewhere under the Thames, an indeterminate London in the borough of… well, where? (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Skyline

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Canary Wharf and the City from the disused railway line at Muswell Hill. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

The London Fog

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As seen in Mad Men ( Season Three ), the famous London Fog raincoat from Baltimore, USA. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

This is the Future

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Our shot looks like something out of the opening title sequence montage from some futuristic 1960s action adventure show. This is The City in the 21st century. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

The Party's Over

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Is this the address to which one retires when too old to party? (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Land of Hope And… Er…

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Can't help wondering if this was a patriotic statement gone wrong or a seditious/satirical gesture… (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Can I Go Out On My Bike Please Ma?

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Mister Punch

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Visible here – buildings from the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Nice Girls in a Bar

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The old cliché goes that one will never meet a "nice girl" with whom to settle down with in a bar – but what if the whole bar is named after her? (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Was That Really a…

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…giant cutting up the Edgware Road away from Marble Arch? I could have sworn… (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

My Day Off Yesterday

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The Greeks Have a Shop For It

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Up, Up and Away

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One Last Look…

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… at high summer in London. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Do the Strand

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The Law Courts, architecturally London's secular cathedral. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

On the Tiles

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A bygone sign in Bull Inn Court, site of the wonderful Nell Gwynne pub just off the Strand and murder scene of the actor William Terris, December 1897. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

Grrrrrr

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A lion guards the door of the Indian Embassy. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

All the World's a Stage…

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Street theatre oustide St Paul's Covent Garden, the actors' church. (We do London pictures here: check out our mouthy sister blog Northern Lines for words.)

It's Not Starbucks

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Lunch. Get it HERE . (No Ginger pig English ham and dijon mustard sandwiches changed hands for this plug.)

Tower Hill Sunset

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Sunset on the old Port of London Authority building at Tower Hill, early autumn 2010

Green II

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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location: Parkland Walk,Islington,United Kingdom

Green

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- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location: Causton Rd,Tottenham,United Kingdom

Summertime

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Summertime. Brrrrrr. Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location: London,United Kingdom

Overground Tartan

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Plaid from the seats on the new London Overground train on the first day of service from Crystal Palace 23:05:2010. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location: Doctors Close,Lewisham,United Kingdom

Picture Palace

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Under the Bridges of London

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A pavement artist hard at work beneath Hungerford Bridge.

Poetic Licenced Premises

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Coach and Horses. Coach. And Horses. Cinderella? Geddit?

English Graffiti

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Noel Coward's London Pride scrawled on a dustbin.