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@ianvisits Thanks for posting these fascinating pictures, Ian. We are working on the restoration of Richmond Station, which shares some of the fabulous interior detailing seen at Wimbledon. Next time you are at Richmond, note the newly cleaned stone facade! - Benny

When you're looking for something in an archive box and find photos of Wimbledon's since demolished side entrance (now the shopping centre entrance), and the current ticket hall (which really needs restoring!) National Archives - RAIL 1017/2

@SwkHeritage A really fine building. There were two fine RACS buildings in Peckham, 176-8 Rye Lane, now mutilated, the bigger department store at the south end of Rye Lane, demolished a decade ago. The conservation battle continues!

Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society store, Walworth Rd, c1963 whose interior was designed by RACS staff, opened on 25 Nov 1960. It also contained ‘listening booths’ for music lovers. The RACS was started by workers at the Royal Arsenal munitions factory at Woolwich in 1868.

@GeraintFranklin So fine. Shades of Lou Khan

@RogerBowdler Such a fine ensemble. Much admired by me during my years at Grimshaws when we restored the three spans and the Lawn Area at Paddington in 1999. The thick knitted scarf on the soldier almost hints at a belt of machine gun bullets. String stuff.

The mighty CS Jagger’s GWR war memorial: moving monumental bronze soldier set against handsome aedicular surround by TS Tait. Unveiled 1921. Cleverly integrated with MD Wyatt’s supervisor’s office on platform 1 of Paddington Station. Shame about that dratted signage.

Jim Wheble of BBC London visited our project at Peckham Rye Station last week and made this little film which aired yesterday. bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng…

We are trying to bring some west end glamour to Rye Lane by illuminating the wonderfully restored front elevation of Peckham Rye Station. A picture I took last week! linkedin.com/posts/andrew-w…

Peckham Rye station restoration topped out with golden finials ➡️ ianvisits.co.uk/articles/peckh… A couple of weeks ago, the front of Peckham Rye station was uncovered for the first time in over a year, as a major restoration of the Victorian station nears its completion.

@QuintinLake McFarlanes’s Saracen Ironworks, was in Possil Park, Glasgow. We believe the Charles Henry Driver-designed ironwork at Peckham Rye Station was cast there too! Perhaps the greatest iron foundry in Britain,

On an old bath tub in a Cumbrian farmyard #hadrianswall

@TheCourtauld Manet is the best. Thanks for posting this picture

📣 Submission deadline: Fri 21 April 📣 Would you like to see your artwork displayed in The Courtauld Gallery? 🍊Take part in our live brief ‘Reworking Manet’ and create your personal response to A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882). 🎩 Find out more: courtauld.ac.uk/take-part/scho…

@ejngee Thomas Brock & Aston Webb’s Victoria Memorial is one of the finest architectural settings in the Capital We love Beaux Arts London. Public spirited, educational, beautiful. The New Sculpture movement really delivers. Sweet Baroque Revival is what’s needed in these difficult times

The ceremonial splendour of a Coronation rehearsal when cycling to work

@ollywainwright What a missed opportunity. The City deserves so much better. Tragic.

The banality of new commercial architecture in central London never ceases to amaze. This is 22 Ropemaker, another 66,000sqft lobotomised lump by Make

@StevenMRobb Coade Stone? Then it’s from SOUTH LONDON!

Cheltenham sure knows how to do a shopfront !

Hidden gems of #Peckham Rye Station restoration revealed in our sneak video preview - including an abandoned billiard room and a secret staircase @BOLarchitect @RailwayHeritage @networkrail @thepeckhamsoc @PeckhamVision @PeckhamHeritage @lb_southwark southwarknews.co.uk/featured/hidde…

@Southwark_News @PeckhamVision @ACAPeckham @thepeckhamsoc Great work Nancy. I’ve learned so much from your research into the Victorian architects, Jarvis and son !

#Peckham historian battles to get listed status for the Jones & Higgins building despite Historic England snub @PeckhamVision @ACAPeckham @thepeckhamsoc @BOLarchitect southwarknews.co.uk/news/culture/p…

@alisonmkrae That’s an incredible photo Alison. Is the view looking south? What is the chimney and ‘works’ in the background? A church on the far left? Thanks for sharing. b

175th anniversary of #Chartists gathering South of the river with the intention of presenting their Charter for political representation to Parliament. #Kennington 1848 pictured below 👇

London Bridge’s Victorian-era winery Findlater’s Corner featured on tv programme ‘The Architecture The Railways Built’ southwarknews.co.uk/news/london-br…

@FlipLondonTours On the subject of ABC tea rooms, check the ‘Dairy Express’ tea room mosaic we recently found at Findlater’s Corner, London Bridge. Love a cup of tea and a sandwich!

The Head Office of The Aerated Bread Company, Camden Road, NW1. Sainsburys is there now.

@ianvisits The Lynx helicopter suspended in the atrium is a wonderfully designed thing. How did the get it in the front door?

The National Army Museum's revamped Conflict in Europe exhibition ➡️ ianvisits.co.uk/articles/natio… Unfortunately topical, as war has returned to Europe, the National Army Museum has revamped its conflicts in Europe gallery to put more objects on display and bring it up to date.

@networkrail @MrTimDunn @YesterdayTweets Bravo! The New Street signal box was designed by the uber-cool post war modernist architects Bricknell & Hamilton who also designed for BR the ‘battleship’ The Paddington Station maintenance depot. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingha… Inspired patronage from British Rail!

🚦Tonight on #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt - Birmingham New Street power box! It signalled trains through the station until Christmas, when we completed a huge signalling upgrade in the area. Last month, 60 members of the public got a one-off tour! 8pm on @YesterdayTweets

@Mikeashworth12 @C20Society @CoopHeritage I found this bronze Co-op relic at Symonds Salvage Yard in Bethersden, Kent last Thursday. Needs a location too!