The quaint shop fronts with small window panes that you can peer through and the low doors with brass knockers in the centre. One door had a small but chunky wooden above it that read "Nell Gwynne House". Another plaque on the wall tells us that the street used to be named "Fishers Alley", maybe this was the route the fishermen took their wares from the Thames to the market at Covent Garden?
Even more charm oozes from this wee lane at night when the gas lamps are burning. They must surely be the last ones still working in London.
very nice narrow street :)
ReplyDeleteYes lovely stuff. Never knew that existed, always worth putting your nose down such alleys - in daylight!
ReplyDeleteLovely street from a story book of long ago.
ReplyDeleteLondon is full od small hidden places; I hope to spend a few days in town in summer doing a 'photo explore' with 35mm and old film. But it needs to be warm, fed up with the snow.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a perfect place for a photographer to visit.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I love about London, so much history , lucky you to be living amongst it Mo.
ReplyDeleteThe kind of place that I love!
ReplyDeleteCharming! And, with no snow. Have you escaped this time around?
ReplyDeleteI want to live there :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a charmer this alley is!
ReplyDeleteSuperbe....
ReplyDeleteBon dimanche !
Pierre
A great find.
ReplyDeleteSuch a charming street, and ooh Nell Gwynne House? I wonder what sorts of intrigue might've happened there?
ReplyDeletenice job for posting this.Thanks lot for this useful article, nice post
ReplyDeleteI wrote a piece for my own blog featuring Goodwin's Court and its place in the Jules Dassin film noir 'Night and The City'. I have re-posted it for anyone interested. It was a location Dassin used and is clearly visible much as it is now. Would recommend a viewing of the movie, if you are interested in seeing it 'starring' in a piece of cinematic history.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up on London there are so many streets in London its hard to keep up
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