London innit!
@londoninnit.bsky.social
Man on bike, seeking out London's elusive no-go zones (only Twitter knows where they be); laughing at architecture; bemoaning poor maintenance; delighting in improvised repairs. Also roaming the planning portals. #london #planning #cycling
Thanks. The ward boundary - in the middle of the road - is shown on this OS map.
October 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thanks. The ward boundary - in the middle of the road - is shown on this OS map.
When you only clean the house every 50 years, you find things like this: 'The Automotive Nightmare', by Alisdair Aird (1972). Great cover, and what's inside mostly still applies.
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
![Front cover of paperback book, The Automotive Nightmare, by Alisdair Aird. Below an image of a (generic?) car - the front depicted from a low oblique angle - are the words:
THE RECORD BEATER
GREATER pollution than ever
EXCELLENT chance of killing or being killed
AMAZING and injurious noise levels
BETTER than £600 p.a. running costs [this is a 1974 reprint]
SUPERseded by next year's model
Alisdair Aird
THE AUTOMOTIVE NIGHTMARE
ARROW](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zjxklmqbx4pm7rg5z2jodl4l/bafkreifpm6ppnrh4uorqfhmv27uc7mgvgb44vkxwdriuydzt2lqr7tgs3e@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
When you only clean the house every 50 years, you find things like this: 'The Automotive Nightmare', by Alisdair Aird (1972). Great cover, and what's inside mostly still applies.
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
e.g. Ch. 1: The True Cost of the Car Cult.
A fun read, at least for this bicyclist.
#RoadSafety #CarCulture
"sold as a solution to a problem I never knew I had"
Same as the ball barrow and the contrarotating drum washing machine (where are these now?).
Dyson is more a marketing man than an engineer.
Same as the ball barrow and the contrarotating drum washing machine (where are these now?).
Dyson is more a marketing man than an engineer.
September 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"sold as a solution to a problem I never knew I had"
Same as the ball barrow and the contrarotating drum washing machine (where are these now?).
Dyson is more a marketing man than an engineer.
Same as the ball barrow and the contrarotating drum washing machine (where are these now?).
Dyson is more a marketing man than an engineer.
Great! I have the free tickets (two, so I can take a friend). We only need to find a way to look as though we are under 14 years of age.
September 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Great! I have the free tickets (two, so I can take a friend). We only need to find a way to look as though we are under 14 years of age.
I still have the T-shirt.
September 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I still have the T-shirt.
I don't know what you are talking about.
August 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I don't know what you are talking about.
Patriotic Londoners prefer Sir Isaac Newton's shapely English posterior, as rendered by Scotsman Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, found in the yard outside the British Library.
August 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Patriotic Londoners prefer Sir Isaac Newton's shapely English posterior, as rendered by Scotsman Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, found in the yard outside the British Library.
Has Nigel seen the stats for Stow on the Wold? #stowonthewoldhasfallen
August 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Has Nigel seen the stats for Stow on the Wold? #stowonthewoldhasfallen
Christ was in Clerkenwell today, for the Festa Della Madonna Del Carmine, at the Italian Church. Here he carries his cross in the procession.
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
July 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Christ was in Clerkenwell today, for the Festa Della Madonna Del Carmine, at the Italian Church. Here he carries his cross in the procession.
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
Later on he appears again, this time being nailed to the cross by a Roman centurion, on the back of a flat bed truck. You don't need a photo of THAT tableau!
I think that's Dame Alice Owen's Boys' School behind the railings.
Here's a detail from a map showing the 'garage' and the school.
Here's a detail from a map showing the 'garage' and the school.
July 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I think that's Dame Alice Owen's Boys' School behind the railings.
Here's a detail from a map showing the 'garage' and the school.
Here's a detail from a map showing the 'garage' and the school.
Yes. Even bog standard church sculpture is often amazing -done by 'artisans', I suppose, rather than 'artists'.
Here's a wooden Crucifix from All Saints, Highgate.
Here's a wooden Crucifix from All Saints, Highgate.
July 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Yes. Even bog standard church sculpture is often amazing -done by 'artisans', I suppose, rather than 'artists'.
Here's a wooden Crucifix from All Saints, Highgate.
Here's a wooden Crucifix from All Saints, Highgate.
Here's a photo from another 52. Burnt Oak and Neasden.
July 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Here's a photo from another 52. Burnt Oak and Neasden.
Wendover House, the largest block on the Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, seen from Burgess Park. Now empty, protected by high fences and dog patrols, and awaiting demolition.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
June 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wendover House, the largest block on the Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, seen from Burgess Park. Now empty, protected by high fences and dog patrols, and awaiting demolition.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
Mixed feelings. Was the estate poor by design or just poorly managed? Anyway it will soon be gone, to be replaced by something.
Last time I looked, it was occupied by a film props company.
Sadly, missing the hex lamps, flag pole and a few windows. Otherwise pretty much unaltered.
Sadly, missing the hex lamps, flag pole and a few windows. Otherwise pretty much unaltered.
June 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Last time I looked, it was occupied by a film props company.
Sadly, missing the hex lamps, flag pole and a few windows. Otherwise pretty much unaltered.
Sadly, missing the hex lamps, flag pole and a few windows. Otherwise pretty much unaltered.
Where's this?
A similar thing can be seen at Hornsey (an overground station).
A similar thing can be seen at Hornsey (an overground station).
June 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Where's this?
A similar thing can be seen at Hornsey (an overground station).
A similar thing can be seen at Hornsey (an overground station).
The embalmed body lay for about 2 weeks, draped in black cloth. A torch lit procession then accompanied the coffin to London.
A full length wooden effigy with a plaster face, from a death mask, was carried at the funeral. Westminster Abbey still has it.
www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commem...
A full length wooden effigy with a plaster face, from a death mask, was carried at the funeral. Westminster Abbey still has it.
www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commem...
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The embalmed body lay for about 2 weeks, draped in black cloth. A torch lit procession then accompanied the coffin to London.
A full length wooden effigy with a plaster face, from a death mask, was carried at the funeral. Westminster Abbey still has it.
www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commem...
A full length wooden effigy with a plaster face, from a death mask, was carried at the funeral. Westminster Abbey still has it.
www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commem...
The location of this art is Bermondsey Manor, once belonging to Edward III. It doesn't look much now - just the foundations emerging from a field.
Ed was a remarkable king, but his own funeral arrangements seem rather comical, and may have been conceived by a medieval version of our Cheryl.
Ed was a remarkable king, but his own funeral arrangements seem rather comical, and may have been conceived by a medieval version of our Cheryl.
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The location of this art is Bermondsey Manor, once belonging to Edward III. It doesn't look much now - just the foundations emerging from a field.
Ed was a remarkable king, but his own funeral arrangements seem rather comical, and may have been conceived by a medieval version of our Cheryl.
Ed was a remarkable king, but his own funeral arrangements seem rather comical, and may have been conceived by a medieval version of our Cheryl.
'All the way from Portsmouth'
(That could explain meeting hubby in the navy, and also the supply of Union Jacks.)
(That could explain meeting hubby in the navy, and also the supply of Union Jacks.)
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
'All the way from Portsmouth'
(That could explain meeting hubby in the navy, and also the supply of Union Jacks.)
(That could explain meeting hubby in the navy, and also the supply of Union Jacks.)
'By Cheryl London June '23 Aged 50'
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
'By Cheryl London June '23 Aged 50'
'I've got all me Union Jacks ready for the next one.'
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
'I've got all me Union Jacks ready for the next one.'
'Met me hubby in t' navy.'
(Not a thought bubble. Are these the words of the Queen, or of the artist? Yorkshire anyway!)
(Not a thought bubble. Are these the words of the Queen, or of the artist? Yorkshire anyway!)
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
'Met me hubby in t' navy.'
(Not a thought bubble. Are these the words of the Queen, or of the artist? Yorkshire anyway!)
(Not a thought bubble. Are these the words of the Queen, or of the artist? Yorkshire anyway!)
'Don't mention Andrew. He's got a medical condition.'
June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
'Don't mention Andrew. He's got a medical condition.'