Swallow Gardens

[babybird67]

wow

good stuff Philip

[Archaic]

I told Philip it was a shame he didn't go there a few weeks earlier as it would have looked good in the book. Rob

Well, well, boys, maybe you'll continue to find so much new material that a 3rd Edition will be in order somewhere down the road!

Cheers, Archaic

[Stephen Thomas]

Wish I could visit these places in person, but, alas, I have to do my exploring vicariously through you guys!

Hi Archaic

I hope you'll be able to visit our beautiful city one day.

Have you read '84 Charing Cross Road'?

[Rob Clack]

Well, well, boys, maybe you'll continue to find so much new material that a 3rd Edition will be in order somewhere down the road!

Cheers, Archaic

I'm sure there are a lot of stuff still out there waiting to be found.

Rob

[Archaic]

London

Hi Archaic
I hope you'll be able to visit our beautiful city one day.
Have you read '84 Charing Cross Road'?

Hi, Stephen. I was in London & Henley-On-Thames about 10 yrs ago, it was wonderful.
I spent a lot of time in the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, and I did some antique shopping out on Edgeware Rd & in Camden Town, but toured no Ripper sites, I'm afraid.

I was with my older sister and all she wanted to do was shop for clothes & stupid souvenirs and drink endless cups of coffee, which I thought was a total waste of time, so I refused & went off my own to places like the Egyptian Gallery at the British Museum and had a grand time!

I hope to get back to England fairly soon.

The book you mentioned, "84 Charing Cross" I believe is about antique book sellers, but I don't know much more than that... Do you think I should read it?

Thanks, Archaic

[Monty]

Philip,

I mooched back in May. Problem was there was another guy mooching at the same time.

I looked at him, he looked at I. It was a scene out of a spaghetti western.

He then gave me a knowing look. I didnt know what he knew but I knew enough to know I didnt want to know.

So I went down Abel Buildings and danced amongst the excrement.

Oh my life is thrilling.

Monty

[Rob Clack]

I'm planning to have a look in a couple of weeks and plan on bringing some back up with me. Only she doesn't know it yet

[Monty]

Wise move Rob.

I told you I thought the Fishmonger had gone.

Monty

[Rob Clack]

You did indeed.

Rob

[Monty]

Well, theres your selling point mate.

It dont reek of eels anymore.

Monty

[Stephen Thomas]

The book you mentioned, "84 Charing Cross" I believe is about antique book sellers, but I don't know much more than that... Do you think I should read it?

Most definitely, Archaic. It's an astonishing little book which is completely factual and historical yet strangely magical. I know 'books' and this is a really special one. There's also a very good movie of it with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft but you need to read the book first.

I kid you not.

[Archaic]

I believe you, Stephen; I'll read it!

I love reading & I'm always looking for good books to add to my reading list.

Thanks, Archaic

[Celesta]

Heh - neither of you need to worry. It's not coming down. It can't - there's a train line on top of it from Fenchurch Street station! I managed to get in there through some exploring, detective work and permission.

Stan, Barney's Seafood moved out of there some time ago - a year, at least. It's been unoccupied since then.

PHILIP

I knew about the railway, of course. But, well, you know, sometimes old archways get replaced. Anyway, that spot near the end of the concrete platform is about exactly where I visualized Frances was found.

This is pretty cool, Phil.

[Andrew Firth]

Many thanks for posting the Swallow Gardens picture Philip! Apart from the ones that Colin Roberts took this is the only other I've seen of what is clearly a very dark and sinister archway.

I took some friends around the east end in May (on a Wednesday), and as can be seen here, there was no van parked outside, which you would have expected to see on a working day, had there still been a business trading there.



It's got me thinking now, about whether or not the current owners/tenants of the Pinchin Street archway could be persuaded to grant access for a minute or two...?

I'm off down to London next Friday for the very purpose of taking some new arty shots of all the streets and buildings, so you never know!

All the best
Andrew

[George Hutchinson]

Hi Andrew.

There's a business in the Pinchin Street arch these days. Its entrance is through the big, high metal gates on Backchurch Lane but I've never seen them open. It appears to be an office of some kind now.

PHILIP