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Tag Archives: Local history

A glimmer of hope on a street corner: Tritton Vale Pocket Garden

How a once-derelict patch of ground, is helping to galvanise a community in one corner of South London.

October 11, 2016 in Landscape, London, Maps, Norwood.

A Stray Field in South London

An ordinary looking grassy field, at the foot of Gipsy Hill in South London, turns out to be anything but…

February 4, 2015 in City, Landscape, London, Norwood.

Along the Regent’s Canal – North London’s side entrance

Discovering north London, via a canal. A walking journey in the early 2000s. This place keeps on changing…

January 31, 2011 in City, Landscape, London.

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