Robert Lordan @CabMirror

London cabbie, writer & tour guide. Author of The Knowledge: Train Your Brain Like a Cabbie (Quercus). Now makes YouTube documentaries about London’s history. m.youtube.com/c/Robslondon London Joined June 2011

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Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome

2 weeks ago

Ladybird wisdom. "Some oil tankers are very large" Artist: Frank Humphris (A First Do You Know Book, 1971)

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Robert Lordan @CabMirror

3 weeks ago

@EX_SW7_Cab Cheers 😉

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Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon

a month ago

'Routemasters, 1982' by Guy Beggs guybeggs.com

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Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon

2 months ago

'Underground' (1932) by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (Walker Art Gallery)

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ArchaeologyUK @archaeologyuk

3 months ago

We’ve submitted an objection to plans to demolish the Railway Bell in Lambeth. 📣📣📣 The proposal would see this locally listed building demolished to make way for new apartments, with no clear evidence that it couldn’t continue as a pub, or be adapted for a new use. Places like this hold stories, memories, and a sense of belonging that can’t easily be replaced for their local communities. We’re calling on Lambeth Council to refuse this application. Find out more about the campaign to save the Railway Bell and how you can show your support 👉 railwaybellfriends.org Read our full response 👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/215997

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Ed Straker @Steptoe1960

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NASA @NASA

3 months ago

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

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Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon

4 months ago

'The Post Office Tower from Clipstone Street' (1964) by Terence Tenison Cuneo (Postal Museum)

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PuNk and Stuff @PunKandStuff

4 months ago

Siouxsie Sioux at Westminster Bridge, London, 1980 Photo (c) Adrian Boot.

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Robert Lordan @CabMirror

4 months ago

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Luxmy Gopal @luxmy_g

4 months ago

Earworm alert! Music fans: enjoy this piece I did on London locations for music videos:

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BBC Archive @BBCArchive

2 years ago

London's taxi drivers have a reputation like no other thanks in large part to 'the knowledge', their almost encyclopedic recall of every street and building of importance. Back in 1974, Nationwide's James Hogg met some of those aspiring to become suitably knowledgeable.

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History Defined @historydefined

4 months ago

In 1980, Peter Duncan bravely joined steeplejacks to clean the iconic clock face of Big Ben in London.

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Southwark News @Southwark_News

5 months ago

Surrey Docks Farm needs to raise £1,000 a day for 30 days to stay open The farm turned 50 last year and is urging supporters to rally around so it can continue caring for animals for another half century southwarknews.co.uk/area/rotherhit… #Rotherhithe @surreydocksfarm

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James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville

5 months ago

The oldest meat & fish markets in London, which date back 850 years, face closure from 2028. Smithfield meat market & Billingsgate fish market are to close after the City of London Corporation recently voted to withdraw support. A huge blow to independent fresh food suppliers.

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Festus Akinbusoye @FestAKINBUSOYE

5 months ago

A man who ran a taxi repair garage in Hackney shot himself dead, after receiving an eviction notice from TfL following yet another rent increase and immediate payment of £36k arrears! Richard Enver was his name. When politicians fail to understand that businesses (especially small businesses) are run by ordinary working people and a 300% hike in rents will kill off any business; we end up with an economy that tanks. From Downing Street to City Hall, it's the same anti-business lot we have in charge. Disgraceful. 😡 the-londoner.co.uk/is-tfl-a-terri…

Sky News @SkyNews

5 months ago

Pritesh Patel and his brother started working at Brixton Tube Station in 1990 - but were forced to close in February after TfL proposed to triple its rent to £120,000. It was later reduced to £85,000, which is still more than double than the previous rent costs

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The Londoner @_TheLondoner

5 months ago

After TfL tripled Pritesh's rent and forced him out of his beloved newsagents, we starting looking into TfL's property company, Places for London. Pritesh isn't the only one. All across London, we found independent businesses being forced out of premises they held for years.

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The Londoner @_TheLondoner

5 months ago

Yesterday, we went down to Brixton tube station for the last ever day of Brixton News, one of the capital's last specialist news stands. TfL are raising the rent on the unit Pritesh Patel and his brother run from £40,000 a year to £125,000 a year, something they cannot afford.

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Saving London Pubs @PubsSaving

5 months ago

‼️Pub at risk‼️ Save The Masons Arms‼️ Planning application registered, Proposed erection of temporary hoarding to empty land outside Public House. Harm to Grade II listed trough. Re: 25/3508. Comment to 11/2, online or email: [email protected]

Saving London Pubs @PubsSaving

2 years ago

The Masons Arms, 665 Harrow Road, Kensal Rise NW10 5NU. Site visit 02.03.24. Talked to locals outside pub who were shocked at sudden closure on 29th May. No for sale sign on exterior. Freehold for sale, £1.750,000 million: rightmove.co.uk/properties/143… #savethemasonsarms @mattkelcher