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Boroughs London County CouncilMay 27, 2021July 15, 2021

The Great Victoria Embankment Retro Victorian Pastiche Lamp Post Paint Job Fiasco

If you’re going to do something, do it properly, right?

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Boroughs London County CouncilJune 22, 2020June 23, 2020

You are cordially invited…

There is often great pleasure to be had when you open a book and something unexpected falls out of it…

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Boroughs Greater London CouncilNovember 26, 2019May 13, 2021

Just Say No! Defining the Greater London boundary Part Two

The Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London thought Epsom & Ewell should be part of Greater London. So did the Government. The local residents had other ideas…

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Greater London CouncilNovember 19, 2019November 26, 2019

Just Say No! Defining the Greater London boundary Part One

If you have ever wondered why the Greater London boundary is an odd shape, then here is the tale of how this eccentric border came into being…

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BoroughsMarch 26, 2019May 13, 2021

Full circle: Celebrating Hounslow Civic Centre

April 2019 sees the closure of Hounslow Civic Centre after 44 years of service and I was lucky enough to go on a tour of this great building in its final month…

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London County CouncilNovember 2, 2018March 26, 2019

Good conduct and meritorious work…

I have long enjoyed collecting school (and other) certificates from the London County Council. For some reason, I always find myself strangely moved by them – they offer little glimpses into the proud and hard earned achievements of persons unknown…

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BoroughsJuly 17, 2018November 2, 2018

The naming of the London Boroughs: Part Three

Now it is time to consider the final bunch of authorities for whom no local agreement on proposed names was reached, leaving a series of squabbles of varying degrees of intensity…

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BoroughsJuly 5, 2018November 2, 2018

The naming of the London Boroughs: Part Two

The problem of double-barrelled names…

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BoroughsJune 29, 2018November 2, 2018

The naming of the London Boroughs: Part One

Here is a tale of political expediency, Civil Service pragmatism, frequent local outrage and, in one particular instance, Establishment stitch up…

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BoroughsJune 12, 2018July 17, 2018

As good as new: Hackney Town Hall

When an email arrived from the London Society offering the chance to tour Hackney Town Hall, I found myself booked on it within three minutes. Here are some pictures from its fabulous refurbishment…

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