Love to share the wonderful history of West London (and often other parts of the city!) Was Back in Time west london on Xhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lffacorbw22jPlease read and share widely - an article on the lack of plans to make Olympia Station fully accessible. Add your name to the petition https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/failure-to-ensure-step-free-access-at-station-beside-iconic-venue-despite-1-3-billion-redevelopment-is-humiliating-and-cruel/10 Jan 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffacorbw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lfuoeeyed22zIf anyone is looking for private online tuition in German or Spanish (whether for adult learners, A Level or GCSE) DM me for details about an excellent, reliable tutor. He brings 8 years’ experience across all exam boards as well as a 1st from Cambridge in foreign languages.16 Jan 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfuoeeyed22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lffacorbw22jPlease read and share widely - an article on the lack of plans to make Olympia Station fully accessible. Add your name to the petition https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/failure-to-ensure-step-free-access-at-station-beside-iconic-venue-despite-1-3-billion-redevelopment-is-humiliating-and-cruel/10 Jan 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffacorbw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3levjk2zzqc2hPlease sign and share our petition 🙏 https://www.change.org/p/give-olympia-station-a-lift-make-it-accessible-to-all04 Jan 2025 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3levjk2zzqc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lemssitzps2rIt is New Years Eve in 1947 in London and hundreds of men and women are dancing in the Joint Forces Club on Wardour Street. A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2. Do RT31 Dec 2024 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemssitzps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lemssitzps2rIt is New Years Eve in 1947 in London and hundreds of men and women are dancing in the Joint Forces Club on Wardour Street. A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2. Do RT31 Dec 2024 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemssitzps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lemrjwb7ss2lThe Bedford Park nursery selling flowers and plants on the corner of Bath Road, Turnham Green Terrace in around 1910. Do RT and share31 Dec 2024 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemrjwb7ss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lemqzlfyfk24Rusthall Avenue, Bedford Park in Chiswick at the time of the First World War.31 Dec 2024 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemqzlfyfk24https://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3leglktcai22iHere is the Smith Bros department store in Tooting. Happy Christmas Sr Silvana. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Dec 2024 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3leglktcai22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lefeyewqhk2tThe Brompton Road, South Kensington in 1901 and the same view in 1926. See the expansion of Harrods.28 Dec 2024 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lefeyewqhk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3le6vh53uzs2lSt Luke’s Church in Chelsea was consecrated on the 18th October 1824. The nave, 60ft high, is the tallest of any parish church in London and the tower reaches a height of 142 feet. Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.26 Dec 2024 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6vh53uzs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3leab7lzt6c2nIt’s 1776 and this is the view across to Hampton Court from East Moseley, across the River Thames. George III was on the throne.26 Dec 2024 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3leab7lzt6c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3leab7lzt6c2nIt’s 1776 and this is the view across to Hampton Court from East Moseley, across the River Thames. George III was on the throne.26 Dec 2024 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3leab7lzt6c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3le6zsgl44c2mThis is Queen Caroline’s funeral procession from Hammersmith. She lived by the river, estranged from her husband, King George lV. The procession included an incongruous medley of charity-girls and Latymer-boys, strewing flowers in the mud “(Image from Wellcome Institute)26 Dec 2024 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6zsgl44c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3le6vh53uzs2lSt Luke’s Church in Chelsea was consecrated on the 18th October 1824. The nave, 60ft high, is the tallest of any parish church in London and the tower reaches a height of 142 feet. Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.26 Dec 2024 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6vh53uzs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3le6ui4zibc2bChristmas special - is there a place, a church, a street, a park in London that holds special Christmas memories for you? Let me know and I will try to find an image to rekindle those memories. Do share x26 Dec 2024 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6ui4zibc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3le6u4zqrgs2xRescued from the bombed ruins of Holland House in Kensington are 8 extraordinary handwritten ‘dinner books’, a record of the 77,000 names who dined there from 18 May 1799 – 11 April 1806. This was an influential salon for some of Europe’s most influential people to meet.26 Dec 2024 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6u4zqrgs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3le4nyxjy7k2qHappy Christmas! Helped by a thyme & lemon bundt cake, recipe by @nigella.bsky.social25 Dec 2024 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le4nyxjy7k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3le25jggwqk2cThe junction of Craven Hill in Bayswater and Devonshire Terrace - 110 years apart.24 Dec 2024 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3le25jggwqk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/westlondonhistory.bsky.social/post/3lcf2cdsy7s2sThis picture was taken outside the former teacher training college Whitelands College, on the Kings Road in Chelsea - then the British Union of Fascist's Headquarters known as "The Black House. It was purchased with financial help from Benito Mussolini in 1933.#RidleyRoad03 Dec 2024 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:tuptaryrbpbvmwhgkvvpxpgw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcf2cdsy7s2s