Complete list of posts

-- Pictures of the lockdown – South Kensington Quiet days: reading and sleeping Pictures of the lockdown: Chelsea Wartime paintings Kathleen’s war Whose mews? More mews views The Electric Cinema: Portobello’s Fleapit and Picture House River Man – William Ascroft Walter Greaves: postcards and photographs Walter Greaves: a friend of Whistler The same gates Christmas Days: Realia: the god in the archive Christmas Days: realia: the girl in the fountain Christmas days: realia – the head in the gable The contents of the box Halloween story – the traveller Short posts – leisure Short posts – Bignell in the Park Short posts: looking back at the Commonwealth Institute part one Short posts – the back of the card Short posts: a plan for the High Street The main drag: shop till you drop Kensington Roofworld Happy shiny people: the ideal world At last the 1936 show: Barkers of Kensington Another post about shops and restaurants A little bit of retail history: Kensington High Street at the turn of another century Dancing in Arcadia: the May Queen Festival St Ervans Road: another era Demolition on the high street The Kensington: a High Street Cinema Madame Bach Gladstone: water colours of a neighbourhood Health and welfare: streets in North Kensington 1966 The high life – at the Royal Palace Hotel Slaters Princes Place: another backwater Postcards from the land of ruins Luker’s interiors Inside the old Town Hall Forgotten buildings: The Odeon Westbourne Grove Cinema Christmas Days: a nice sleep Christmas Days: underground and round about Christmas Days: pungently Burgundian Christmas Days: an episode of archive history Christmas Days – up on the roof Demolition: the fall of a town hall Horse locomotion: at the Hippodrome William Luker – a walk in the Gardens One large building in South Kensingon Halloween story – the photocopier Mr William Luker Jr, Coadjutor Alfred Waterhouse, the affable artist, and the Natural History Museum Backwaters 3 Figg’s about Notting Hill Gate: the other High Street The Depot – Warwick Road 1969 Carnival: 1980-1983 Silver Street: Kensington Church Street part 4 Kensington Church Street: farther along Cul-de-sac: St Mary Abbot’s Place Did you say an ostrich? High jinks at Batty’s Hippodrome Kensington Church Street – grand houses and large houses Kensington Church Street – slowly up the hill CC’s King’s Road in the 80s: shop windows and window shoppers One year Addison Place – an urban fantasy Golborne shops part 2: Mr Rybolt and the shopkeepers Golborne Road shops: part one 1969-1970 CC’s King’s Road in the 80s: people and places Peter Dixon’s Paddington Eveline, Elsie, Agnes and Joan – May Queens through time Bignell in colour Figg’s then and now (continued) Mews views Car spotting in Oxford and Cambridge (Gardens) Crooked usage, and other tales of then and now A King’s Road Classic Figg’s Chelsea Blythe House: 1977 Courtfield Road meets Gloucester Road Archer’s High Street A walk down Ashburn Mews Forgotten buildings: a few numbers in Cromwell Road Figg’s World’s End On the border 6.3: road and canal The Roof Gardens 1979: for your pleasure Christmas Days: a good read Christmas Days: Argent Archer Christmas Days: the wonder of Woolies Christmas Days: A sunny day in Knightsbridge Christmas Days: a couple of pictures of Chelsea in the 30s On the border 6.2: road On the border 6.1: Canal The King’s Road with CC South Kensington: pedestrians and other travellers 1970 Halloween story – the shop Blog extra: one million The end of Camelford Street Two hospitals The Children’s Library murals: 1947 and afterwards The King’s Road in the 80s – portraits of a moment Up Clarendon Road: 1970 Chelsea stories – onward to Sloane Square In the gallery Chelsea stories – east from Sydney Street A Lyttle Blogge Poste about Ye Old English Fayre Chelsea stories – various days and various times along the King’s Road Thomson and Railton: all aboard! Chelsea stories – your Granny, your Junk, your Cave On the border 5: the Japan-British Exhibition 1910 Chelsea Stories – on the corner of a street Lots Road Power Station: a look inside – 1977 Mr Railton returns The Elfin Oak of Kensington Gardens Grenfell Tower The Alpha Place: electricity Hidden water – subterranean reservoirs The family album 18th century escapades – Lady Walpole’s curious grotto Thomson and Shakespeare: scheming wives and foolish men May Queens of Whitelands – the players Bignell’s travels: back streets and backwaters Forgotten buildings: the lock house On the border 4: roads, railways and the ghost of a canal, 1983 Robinson and Shakespeare: Dreaming The secret life of postcards 6 Cheyne Walk: heading west 1970 Rackham and Shakespeare: mortal fools, offending shadows Goodbye Ball Street: behind Barker’s Water: Bignell’s travels Thomson and Goldsmith Agitprop: some pictures from the Mike Braybrook archive Bignell in Wimbledon: sunny days Holland Park 1987: after the storm Lancaster Circus: a vanished crossroad Lancaster Road: mostly 1969 Holland Park 1980: a day out Bignell’s world of the strange – an anthology Christmas Days : afternoon tea Christmas Days : Chanticler and friends Christmas Days : Bignell – a childhood in the 50s Christmas Days: a bunch of busts Christmas Days: the old old town hall Italian Gardens of the mind The Commonwealth Institute – the fallow years What is the Commonwealth Institute? Biba supplement Biba – the final chapter Chelsea below The stone carvers, and others: St Cuthbert’s Church Halloween story – the invitation Bignell at work Thomson and Shakespeare: into the woods Before the Westway: a North Paddington skyline Robinson and Shakespeare: dark humours Earls Court days – Selwyn at home On the border 3: Selwyn in Shepherd’s Bush, 1971 The Times of Chelsea – magic, mystics, motoring and maxis From the Penta Hotel: 1974 Beside the Cromwell Curve: 1985 Hidden in plain sight: Chelsea’s Jewish cemetery Thomson and Sheridan Elegant shopping at Derry and Toms Elsie in the movies Thomson’s guide to London Gapp’s Stores: a retail empire – 1950 Gloucester Road – gateway to London Redevelopment: Notting Hill Gate 1958-60 Forgotten buildings: Earls Court House and Dr Hunter’s menagerie My mother-in law’s flat – Milmans Street 1974 Sarah Raphael – a session with Bignell Now you see it, now you don’t..now you see it again Louisa’s album, and other memories of an ancient house Backwaters 2 The Bridge: Ladbroke Grove 1938 Three Queens at Whitelands: 1906 Pelham Street 1970: down by the station Backwaters: behind the streets you know Monsieur Bibendum’s house: the Michelin Building The Westway in colour: 1971 The Arts Club Ball: some early costumes Wonders of Cremorne: acrobats and angels Markino returns: alone in this world Latimer Road 1971: life in colour A Renaissance Library for All: Kensington’s Central Library Dancing at Cremorne: quadrilles and crinolines Speed kills: St Ann’s Road 1971 Dulac and Shakespeare: faeries and phantoms On the border 2: the edge of Kensington 1971 In Estella’s house East and west on Southern Row: 1969 What Estella saw The Science District: some streets in W10 1969-70 Costume Ball 6: mothers, daughters and others Christmas days: a preview for Estella Christmas Days: In the Studio Christmas days: a Markino bonus Christmas days: an empty lot Christmas days – The return of the villainous cherub Mr Railton’s Haunted House Dulac in Kensington Better living through gas: Kensal House A shoot in Ladbroke Grove: Part Two – W10 A shoot in Ladbroke Grove: Part One – W11 A room decorated by Conder Illustrating Austin – Hugh Thomson and Bernard Partridge Halloween story: the door St Mary Abbots – Kensington’s parish church Closing down Pettits – October 1977 Milk Charles Conder’s bohemian days Finborough Theatre Posters Bignell and women – models, friends and strangers The Pageant in colour Thomson’s miscellany Walter Burgess presents Homes of the rich and famous Old Chelsea – more photographs from the Miscellany The dead magpie, and other garden mysteries Thomson and Barrie: The admirable Crichton A secret life of postcards special: first gear One man’s war: Paul Destrube Thomson and Barrie: Quality Street Mr Herbert Railton, illustrator Along the Promenade: Kensington High Street Mr Hassall’s art school Dreams of the Westway 3: The view from the high rise Blog extra: Fanny and Josephine John Hassall: the poster man Niddry Lodge: not the Tower of Babel 18th Century escapades: Evelina and Fanny Blog extra: May Monarch 2015 A meal you can shake hands with in the dark: the Arts Club Ball War is over: VE Day Once upon a time in the 20s – 1: at the Royal Court Theatre The May Queens of Whitelands College: the early years Frestonia: the past is another country Albert’s companions: art / empire / industry Albert’s memorial Kensington close ups – part two Modern life in Kensington:1937 Royal Court posters Two streets in Kensington Haigh – A handsome stranger arrives at your hotel Forgotten buildings: The Terrace Manufactured in Chelsea The Cancer Hospital Street life: Kensington close ups – part one Forgotten Buildings: Scarsdale House From darkest Peru to West London: Paddington Bear in Kensington Fiction in Kensington and Chelsea 3: Offshore Home front volunteers: Chelsea, 1940s Costume Ball 5: more ladies, more gentlemen Christmas Days: in another Kensington garden Christmas Days: snow and ice Christmas Days: a little bit of Bignell Christmas Days: Miss Potter’s House Christmas Days: A street in Kensington Faeries in Kensington Gardens Dreams of the Westway 2: Desolation Row Sunny afternoon: a garden party in Holland Park A little bit of faded grandeur – country life in Kensington Dreams of the Westway 1: Concrete Gothic One man’s war: Randle Barnett Barker 1870-1918 Through the glass to Kensington High Street Halloween story: the stranger Adventure: playing out in Telford Road Forgotten streets of Chelsea Mr Griffen in his studio Shepherd in Chelsea The ruins: a traveller in antique land An actor’s life for me: Lena Ashwell Mr Menpes I presume The Chelsea Murders: fiction in Kensington and Chelsea 2 Visitor attraction: in the Crystal Palace 1851 Masks of fashion: Clementina and the room of stars Shepherd in Kensington Down Brompton Lane: more houses and stories Familiar streets: a Paddington estate Bladen Lodge and Bousfield School: 20th century Brompton Griffen of Chelsea: fragments from an artist’s studio The secret life of postcards 3: walking around in the afternoon The School Play: Queen’s Gate School 1905-1913 Bignell’s people Watching the river flow: pictures from a Victorian summer 1897 Building site 1972-1975: Kensington Town Hall Inside Coleherne Court: 1876 Forgotten buildings: Coleherne Court and Hereford House The village of the dead: wandering in Brompton Cemetery The May Queens of Whitelands: return to the hidden kingdom On the border: Lots Road before the Harbour 1983 Doctor Sleep: fiction in Kensington and Chelsea No.1 Forgotten buildings: Catharine Lodge Markino in daylight: the sights of London Westbourne Grove to Pembridge Road: another short walk A short stroll down Westbourne Grove 1971-2 Portobello Court: new housing 1949-50 Markino: bright lights, big city The Red Portfolio: more tales of old Brompton Shopping in the 50s: the Kensington High Street experience The villainous cherub, and other decorative features Unfamiliar streets: Paddington 1959 The ladies and the gentlemen: figures in the landscape Kensington Gardens – a secret life of postcards special Side streets of Chelsea: part two The Hospital in Little Chelsea Bignell at the pub Side streets of Chelsea: part one Costume Ball 4: Ladies only Old Christmas – with Irving and Caldecott Return to the Dark City Artists, actresses, authors and aristocrats: 20th century celebrities Building the Westway 1966 – 1971 Mr Menpes on the river Amateur dramatics: 1936 From Bauhaus to our house: Old Church Street 1936 Advertising Kensington: 1905-1908 Halloween story: the Journal The Church of Science Fiction – Cadogan Hall The quiet life: desirable homes in old Brompton More Markino: water and women Mary and Rachel’s walk in the country: 1893 Portrait of the artist as a young dude The artist in the mirror world – Yoshio Markino Mortimer Menpes: his own private Japan The kids are alright – playing out in Chelsea Mr Sambourne’s studio Mr Menpes and the Japanese house The silent garden The adventures of Jerry Cornelius at Derry and Tom’s famous roof gardens 100th post: Bignell meets Hedderly Mrs McCulloch’s pictures Lots Road south to north:1972 and 2013 Lots Road 1972: the L-shaped street Bignell and the Goddess The Princess at the Pheasantry From the air: Kensington The empty museum: the last of the Commonwealth Institute Forgotten buildings: the West London Air Terminal Gas works: Ladbroke Grove 1970 Bignell’s world: the photographer at work Halls of Empire: inside the Imperial Institute 1893 In a white room, and other modern colour schemes: 1934 Rite of spring: Mr Ruskin’s May Queen London Transport: travelling in Kensington and Chelsea New landscape: under the Westway Searching for the Ford Capri A tale of two tube stations – Gloucester Road Return of the Edwardian sartorialist – Sambourne’s Kensington street style Forgotten buildings: the tower at the top of the hill Trelawny at the Royal Court 1898 Towers of Kensington JB at the jazz club Miss Morris’s earthly paradise Mrs McCulloch’s house Return of the secret life of postcards The dancer from the dance: Margaret Morris 18th century escapades: the votaries of dissipation at Ranelagh A long walk down Walmer Road 1969-1971 Part 2 A long walk down Walmer Road 1969-1971 Part 1 Party time again: Costume Ball 1897 Dark City: London in the 30s Empty streets: Earls Court Road 1904 – part two Empty streets: Earls Court Road 1904 – part one The Kensington Painter – gardens where we feel secure The Chelsea painter – on the waterfront That’s entertainment: Bignell at the Palace Summer in the city: the last days of Hurstway Street 1969 An Englishman abroad: Sambourne in Holland Halloween story – the Librarian Elegy for the Red House The mystery of the Red House John Christie of Rillington Place The first fashion photographer: Clementina, Lady Hawarden Wild, wild west: Buffalo Bill in Earls Court Lots Road Power Station: the glory years Forgotten Chelsea: scenes you’ll never see Back to Old Church Street with Mr Hedderly Portobello Road in the 90s Back to the party: the Duchess of Devonshire’s Costume Ball 1897 The mysterious Mrs Rush: more pictures of houses and rooms 18th Century glamour girl: searching for Miss Chudleigh Kate at the Pageant 3: An adventure at Ranelagh John Bignell and the celebrities: fame in the sixties Ruins and reconstruction in North Kensington Kate at the Pageant 2: Tudor dreams Beach style 1906 : Linley Sambourne at the seaside Almost forgotten: the Commonwealth Institute Kate at the Pageant 1: Ancient Britons and Galliard Dancers The secret world of Marianne Rush Regal memories: Royal occasions in the Royal Borough Toilet humour: the case of Thomas Crapper Empty streets: Sloane Street and Lowndes Terrace 1902 Forgotten buildings : The Abbey Paris street style 1906: Linley Sambourne goes abroad Fancy Dress 1897: the Duchess of Devonshire’s Diamond Jubilee Ball Victorian dreamtime – in the walled garden Hard times: working in riverside Chelsea Death defying feats – a day at Cremorne Dickens in Chelsea Street style 1906: Edward Linley Sambourne’s fashion blog Portobello Road in the 70s The sky’s on fire – William Ascroft What were the skies like when you were young? – William Ascroft The case of the missing chimneys: Lots Road Power Station The writing on the wall – old school graffiti in Kensington and Chelsea Building the Bridge – Chelsea 1936 The secret life of postcards Ready for war – June 1939 Late in the afternoon: Walter William Burgess Empty streets: Brompton Road 1902 The art school dance Tales of the riverbank: Chelsea before the Embankment Down by the River: Chelsea Reach in the 1860s Vickie and Nance’s excellent adventure Portobello Road in the 50s Idle days in southern Kensington: William Cowen country Games for May: the Pageant and the Queen 1908 King’s Road Blues part two King’s Road blues – part one Sunday afternoon at the Horticultural Gardens Down at the World’s End Gigantic: the Earl’s Court Wheel The famous fish shop The lost department store Dr Phene in his garden Forgotten buildings: the Convent of the Poor Clares Night flight 1861: runaway balloon at Cremorne Secrets of Avondale Park Mr Hedderly in Old Church Street