tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post488945631399875558..comments2023-12-07T08:43:47.734+00:00Comments on Fresh eyes on London: Please Sir, I want some more!Mohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16999026380030273440noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-90604003807089567572017-03-04T17:49:06.512+00:002017-03-04T17:49:06.512+00:00Certainly seems worth retaining! Thank you for the...Certainly seems worth retaining! Thank you for the photographs - it could be all that's left :/Travel With Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646026064261601469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-80571188189588267912017-02-22T18:00:05.706+00:002017-02-22T18:00:05.706+00:00Everyone above has echoed my initial thoughts. I l...Everyone above has echoed my initial thoughts. I love our heritage - and we are so lucky to have it. An alternative take is that I guess we can't hang onto everything forever; rather like clearing out old clothes, Christmas cards and so on. Of course, if you keep things long enough, they tend to become too valuable to dispose of!Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-14250277469905471922017-02-22T15:59:41.586+00:002017-02-22T15:59:41.586+00:00Developers for the most part are consumed with gre...Developers for the most part are consumed with greed and have little regard for character of an area. There are some that are an exception, but quite few.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-21514882931109739672017-02-22T15:49:05.389+00:002017-02-22T15:49:05.389+00:00I am so tired of developers who want to tear thing...I am so tired of developers who want to tear things down and put up "luxury" apartments and condos in its place. I fear that at the rate the gap between rich and poor is growing, workhouses might be making a come back.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-43852410020826955842017-02-22T10:35:02.000+00:002017-02-22T10:35:02.000+00:00It was ever thus with developers, even in Dickens ...It was ever thus with developers, even in Dickens day.<br />However I suspect the price indicates many of these properties cannot be filled.<br />There is a limit on how many overpaid numpties can afford to live in London,even Rich Arabs, Chinese and Russians canny fill all those flats.<br />I suspect however in a hundred years time some will wish to keep them for 'heritage' sake...Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-89394361472517816952017-02-22T04:34:35.707+00:002017-02-22T04:34:35.707+00:00Wow. I am very happy to see this pic. Thank you fo...Wow. I am very happy to see this pic. Thank you for sharing the picture of the house where Charles Dickens lived...Devilish Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623306861981207697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-55516026892430543872017-02-21T18:27:43.525+00:002017-02-21T18:27:43.525+00:00Developers are everywhere with £ and $ signs in th...Developers are everywhere with £ and $ signs in their minds eye!<br /><br />I've always liked the film Oliver ... and more is needed for the ordinary folk!<br /><br />Always good to see your photo's<br /><br />Take Care<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-45459053512246725442017-02-21T18:01:25.559+00:002017-02-21T18:01:25.559+00:00Very interesting story 😀Very interesting story 😀Babzy.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726884546505964576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-64348664166360411482017-02-21T16:58:40.693+00:002017-02-21T16:58:40.693+00:00Oh, the picture you took of Dickens' house jog...Oh, the picture you took of Dickens' house jogged my memory and made me wonder if it is a little shop that does all kinds of hand made buttons or something like that. Can't remember exactly what it was - but I think I remember looking through the window and thinking it was rather quaint. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224553157260839191.post-32882376884647372402017-02-21T16:56:17.302+00:002017-02-21T16:56:17.302+00:00It is quite a handsome old building, despite its p...It is quite a handsome old building, despite its plainness and disrepair. I am not sure the Georgians could really build anything that wasn't even a bit elegant. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.com