Swallow Gardens

[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]

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

[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

[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

[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'?

[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

[babybird67]

wow

good stuff Philip

[Rob Clack]

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.Still you need a bit of luck with some of these closed off site. Thankfully I had the luck of getting into the Harry Gosling School and getting several excellent photos of the Dutfields Yard site.

Rob

[Stephen Thomas]

Here's an 1862 map showing the original Swallow Gardens as a short street running parallel with Royal Mint Street and Chamber Street.

[George Hutchinson]

I was surprised at my luck, Stephen! Mooching can be very rewarding.

PHILIP

[Stephen Thomas]

How do, all.

Now, you won't have seen this often so here's a photo I took of the INSIDE of Swallow Gardens just over a week ago, looking towards the Chamber Street entrance. Yep, I got myself in there.

It's not great quality because it's pitch black inside and I've used PhotoShop Elements to restore some brightness, which has affected the grain. Still, you won't have seen this before!

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PHILIP

Blimey, Philip, what a coup. You must have been well chuffed

[Archaic]

Archaic - it was creepy as Hell. Very dark, musty, much bigger than you think and a train went right overhead in an absolute roar. I pegged it.

PHILIP

And I bet that was in the DAYTIME, lol!

You know, Phil, to really do it right you need to back there at night... alone...

But I'm sure you can get Rob to stand on the opposite side of the street and film you from a distance...

Then if anything happens, at least he might be able to recover your camera

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

Sigh... Archaic

[George Hutchinson]

You can get in if you find the right place and ask permission from the employee on site from that access point. I'm not positive on the location on the body, but I think it's central N to S on the image and just to the right of centre, about the nearest point of the raised concrete dias.

Archaic - it was creepy as Hell. Very dark, musty, much bigger than you think and a train went right overhead in an absolute roar. I pegged it.

PHILIP

[The Grave Maurice]

Brilliant, Philip. I never expected to be able to see that. Ta, very much.

[Archaic]

That's a very cool photo, Phil, well done.

How did it feel in there? Creepy?

Cheers, Archaic