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David Clifford
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Archivist with interests in metadata, cataloguing, marketing, and heritage. Also loves cats. 🐈‍⬛ 🇺🇦
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St Alban church at North Harrow. Described in Betjeman’s book (see Alt text for book details) as ‘the best Middlesex church of the 1930s, by AW Kenyon, in yellow brick’. #ParishChurches #JohnBetjeman #London #Harrow #StAlban
A three-quarter view with a high tower as the main focus. A path runs along the bottom. Two trees in the foreground obscures large parts of the church. The sky is cloudy. This church is listed as Middlesex 4 in the Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: south, edited and introduced by John Betjeman. 1968 printing. A side view of a church with a high tower on the left. A road runs from left to right in the foreground. A white signage board announces this is the church of St Alban. A tree with leaves is on the right hand side. Five high and narrow church windows run along the side. The sky is cloudy. This church is listed as Middlesex 4 in the Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: south, edited and introduced by John Betjeman. 1968 printing. An interior view with red benches on both sides. Blue tables with chairs are towards the front of the photograph. The sides are cream coloured. The ceiling has arches directing the gaze to the far end and the cross hanging on the wall. This church is listed as Middlesex 4 in the Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: south, edited and introduced by John Betjeman. 1968 printing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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I’ve started trying out solo role playing games. Vampire Hunter by Zozer Games is one such card-based game and is set in Bavaria in the 1880s. Still getting used to it and it is enjoyable. #RolePlayingGame #ZozerGames #VampireHunter
The front cover of Vampire Hunter solo role playing game. A man dressed in nineteenth century dress and holding a holy cross at arms length. In the left-hand background is the silhouette of a castle tower. In the top-right corner are three flying bats also in silhouette. The background is in red. The bottom text reads like it is a film playing in a cinema theatre.
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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What I like to buy to remind myself of a visit or holiday: fridge magnet, bookmark, coaster, and tea towel. And I adore clotted cream fudge! The bookmark is from the D-Day Story museum with Southsea and Portsmouth also represented. #DDayStory #Southsea #Portsmouth #AlisonGardiner
Five items lying on a beige carpet. There is a fridge magnet and tea towel featuring Southsea, a fridge magnet and clotted cream fudge representing Portsmouth, and a bookmark from the D-Day Story museum.
May 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Southsea Rose Garden, Portsmouth. #SouthseaRoseGarden #Southsea #Portsmouth #Garden
A view in colour of purple roses in a large public garden. A pergola rings the outer part. Trees are in the background. Brick pillars are at the edges with paving stones in the foreground.
May 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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My first glass of the evening in Bosham and I’m going to enjoy it! My first night of self-catering for several years. #Bosham #MillstreamHotel #SelfCatering #WestSussex
A hand holding a thin glass filled with white wine. The background is white though it looks like white with a slight tint due to the image processing by the phone
May 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Four views of Alex Chinneck’s sculpture ‘A week at the knees’. The sculpture represents a four storey building though it is not four storeys in height. It used 4.6 tons of reused steel and 7000 bricks in its construction. Also includes bespoke bending windows, cornicing, pipework, and door.
An interpretation board standing on a gravel path. It explains the concept of the sculpture. The curvy sculpture is seen in the background. A sideways view of the sculpture. It nearly looks like the letter S. The path passes underneath it. The thickness is of one and a quarter bricks laid lengthways. A frontal view of the sculpture. The front part is leaning backwards while the rear section is standing upright. Others buildings of Charterhouse Square are in the background. The left-hand green door is surrounded by a white arch and edging with lamps on either side of the door. The door features a door knocker, bell, round door handle, letterbox, and a keyhole. On the right is a window which has twelve panes. Pipework is between the window and the edge of the sculpture. On the rear upright wall are two windows each with twelve panes with the pipework to the right of the windows. The green door as seen from the interior view. It is set within the brickwork. It is clearly at a sloping angle. Design features are the door chain in use, letterbox, and a round door handle. Only part of the keyhole is visible.
May 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Some of my favourite design products at the 2025 Clerkenwell Design Week. Table lamps by Case and OEO Studio, garden furniture by Ethimo; and a cabin, by Kabin. #CDW2025 #Design #CDWFestival
A set of two round table lamps sitting on a dark coloured rectangular table. The lights are on and are throwing out white light. A single person cabin that shows the seating area as green, the walls are white, and a brown small worktop that can be swung to the side. A door is just visible to the left. Two garden seats and a canopy in the courtyard in a deep red colour standing on flagstones. Two tables are nearby. There are large green plants on the left hand side and some greenery behind the and the right. Two small lamps standing on plinths with two more lamps hanging from the ceiling. The background walls are white. The hanging lamps are turned on and the lamp shades force the light downwards.
May 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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My first Clerkenwell Design Week for a few years. For someone who doesn’t any design skills I am in awe of those who have those skills, knowledge, and experience.
A hand holding a multi-coloured folded pamphlet with text saying CDW showroom map for the 2025 Clerkenwell Design Week.
May 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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A new sign at Willesden Junction for the Mildmay Line (running between Clapham Junction, Richmond, and Stratford (the London station)). #MildmayLine #LondonOverground #WillesdenJunction
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Two metal white signs next to each other on a grey metal wall. The left hand sign directs people to platform five where they can catch trains on the railway line’s two branches to Clapham Junction and Richmond. The right hand board directs people to platform four for trains to Stratford. The orange overground roundel is shown on each board.
December 2, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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A new sign at Willesden Junction for the Lioness Lion (running between Watford Junction and London Euston). Also included the Bakerloo Line to Harrow and Wealdstone and Elephant and Castle #LionessLine #LondonOverground #WillesdenJunction
A white sign on a grey metal background. The photograph is taken in the early morning. Platform lights light up the sign. The sign gives directions via arrows to platforms one and three of the newly named Lioness Line and the existing Bakerloo Line. The Lioness Line is represented by two parallel lines in yellow. The Bakerloo Line is represented a solid block of brown. Platform Two is for special services only. The words way out are in gold on a black rectangular background. Symbols are shown for the public lift for platforms one, two, and three.
November 25, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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Read this short publication by John Rogers where he follows an old path from Walthamstow to Shoreditch that connects some old markets. I enjoyed reading about the walk and I really should do the route one day.
A front cover of a booklet in black. The text reads John Rogers. The Black Path. London Adventures. The booklet has been photographed on a light oak table top.
November 5, 2024 at 8:01 AM