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Henry Moore – down in the tube station at midnight?
There’s a new exhibition of Henry Moore’s work at Tate Britain which runs from February 24th to August 8th, 2010. It includes some of the most famous pictures of London during the Second World War, including this one Women and Children in the … Continue reading
Cyril E Power – going down the tube between the wars and a visit to ‘Appy ‘Ampstead
What a cracking image! Sleek and modernistic. Very 1930′s. It’s called Whence and Whither – a great title to boot! – and was produced by Cyril E, for Edward, Power in 1930. (He had a son called Cyril A, for Arthur, Power hence the … Continue reading
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Tagged 'appy 'ampstead, 1920's, 1930's, albert chevalier, albert ketelby, arthur rackham, bank holiday, chelsea, claude flight, cyril a power, cyril e power, funfair, goldsmith's college, hampstead heath, linocuts, london-underground, new cross, pathe, redfern gallery, sybil andrews, the 'ampstead way, the london nobody sings, tube, university college london
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The brass bands play and the feet start to pound…we’re going underground.
This picture made me smile. Balham tube is on the common or garden and perhaps a smidge grotty Northern line. Computer malfunction or more likely post-New Year (hung over?) operator error appears to have relocated it temporarily onto the far posher and recently … Continue reading
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Tagged balham, blog, going underground, hyacinth bouquet, jubilee line, london-underground, northern line, time out, tube
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