#lewisham station

[haxanbroker]

Lewisham station, South London, September 2017.

#black and white photography #iphone photography #lewisham #lewisham station #london #night #night photography #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #photography #south east london #south london #urban photography

[cocteautwinslyrics]

i can and will end friendships over this game by playing dirty as fuck

#i just lost a game but not before i closed my dad's destination station when he was 1 away and sending him to Lewisham #he retaliated by closing Baker Street

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 12 September 1992, anti-racist group Anti-Fascist Action fought neo-Nazis heading to a Blood & Honour music gig in the Battle of Waterloo in London. It was probably the biggest street fight against fascists in the city since that in Lewisham in 1977. Blood & Honour drew crowds of up to 2,000 racists to listen to bands with names like "Dead P*ki in the Gutter". To try to avoid anti-fascists, Blood & Honour didn't disclose the location but instead chose Waterloo station as a redirection point. So around 100 anti-fascists headed to the station. One of the participants later recalled: "I was very nervous. I thought we were going to be slaughtered. Everyone knew that Blood and Honour could muster ten times more people than we had." But the Nazis were turning up in small groups, and so, the anti-fascist wrote: "We spent the rest of the afternoon ambushing groups of fascists as they arrived, and trying to avoid the police. For example, four fascists arrived by car and were set upon until every window was broken, and the rest of the car was not exactly in showroom condition. The battles raged in all the surrounding streets. A comrade from Norwich and myself piled into a group of three fascists by the Waterloo roundabout. One of them turned to attack my comrade and I stuck my foot out to trip him up and with wonderful luck it was perfectly timed and he keeled over and hit his head, crack, on the pavement." Learn more in this short personal account of the events: https://libcom.org/library/bash-the-fash-anti-fascist-recollections-1984-1993/15-waterloo-blood-and-honour-gig-london-1992 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.1819457841572691/2080226115495861/?type=3

[stephensmithuk]

The Retired Colourman

Published in 1926, this was placed last in the Case-book compilation, although it was not the last Holmes story Doyle published. That is "Shoscombe Old Place", which we have yet to cover.

A colourman is someone who makes and sell paint. The term is very little used these days.

Lewisham is a London suburb located six miles from Charing Cross; it had transferred from Kent to London in the 1889 creation of the London County Council and today forms its own London Borough.

The Coptic Pope at the time was Cyril V, who reigned from 1874 to 1927, the longest serving head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

The Theatre Royal Haymarket was opened in 1720 and remains in use today as a theatre. It's currently running a production of Noises Off and next year will play host to The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is going to see Sarah Snook play all 26 roles.

Blackheath is a suburban station today served by electric trains operated by Southeastern from Victoria, Charing Cross and Cannon Street.

Lothario dates back to Don Quixote as a name, but its use for a serial seducer of women comes from the 1703 Nicholas Rowe play The Fair Penitent.

Crockford's Clerical Directory is a book listing clergy in the UK and Ireland.

Little Purlington is fictitous, but Frinton is real. Now Frinton-on-Sea, it is located on the Essex coast and by 1927 was attracting regular high society visitors. Former residents of note include Deborah Watling, who played Victoria Waterfield in Doctor Who. Due to its reputation as a place to retire to, it became the subject of a common joke "Harwich for the Continent, Frinton for the incontinent", the former being an LNER advertising slogan. Probably not a good idea to make that gag locally though.

Third Class trains had originally been ones with wooden seating, but by this time, Second Class had been abolished and the former passengers were now generally in upholstered carriages. Third Class became Second Class in 1956 on British Railways and is now Standard Class.

I have been unable to find when cyanide pills became a thing. Doing a search for them gives you the number of a suicide prevention line first, which is quite reasonable.

Broadmoor is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire, completed in 1863. Notable patients have included Ronald 'Ronnie' Kray, 'Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe and Edward Oxford, a barman who tried to kill Queen Victoria. Until 2018, it maintained sirens to be used in case of an escape.

#letters from watson #sherlock holmes #history #factoids #the retired colourman #RETI #acd canon

[alphacrone]

WRITING TREATS YES PLEASE

what a cute little ghostie!! happy halloween! this is the intro to a fic i still would like to finish one day maybe where lucy gets possessed by something ancient and evil during a joint case with the kipps krew (also my OG love for lucykat definitely shines a little in this snippet lol)

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“Tony.” 

“Kipps.”

Despite the unsteady truce Lockwood & Co. and Fittes found themselves in, the tension between the two boys tonight was palpable. As autumn faded into winter, the outbreaks around London seemed to grow worse. Every agency in town found themselves swamped with jobs and it was starting to take its toll. George was running on an hour of sleep and had already dropped the bag of chains on Lucy’s foot twice; Lucy herself was still sore from running a solo job in Lewisham the night prior, where she’d nearly toppled backwards out a window when Skull decided to spook her from her backpack. And Lockwood-

Well, he was still washing mud from behind his ears from a rather disastrous meeting with Flo two days before. To Flo’s credit, she’d warned him that the dock worker he was meeting didn’t take kindly to posh little brats in tight trousers. Lucy wasn’t even clear how any of that led to them finding a source, but apparently they had succeeded in the end. 

All that to say, no one was in top form that evening. Even Skull was pouting silently from his place in Lucy’s bag, miffed that Lucy had scolded him for nearly killing her. So while the chance to work such a large job as this—multiple teams investigating multiple sources—was nothing short of a boone, the proximity to their former rivals put Lockwood & Co. on edge. 

Kipps’ eyes shifted from Lockwood to Lucy, and Lucy found herself looking away quickly. Things between them had been left at such an awkward place the last time they spoke—Kipps had admitted to her that his sight was going, signaling the swift end to his career as an agent. Before then, he’d tried to poach her and ask her out in one conversation, and Lucy was frankly unsure how to even speak to him properly after all that. 

Her eyes ended up meeting Kat Godwin’s instead, which wasn’t much better. She and Kat had an odd sense of kinship, being strong listeners and the only girls on their teams, but that was where any goodwill ended. Kat was acerbic, prideful, and deadly with a rapier; in another life, they might have been friends, but in this one they dug under each other’s skin with sharp words and passing sneers. 

Instead of her usual smug smirk, however, Kat was giving her something of an appraising look. Perhaps she’d heard of Lucy’s heroics with the bone glass and Joplin. Perhaps she wondered why Lucy would choose not to join her team. 

Or, perhaps, she was simply taking in Lucy’s soot-stained clothes. She’d slept too late that afternoon to do laundry and had to settle for yesterday’s romper and jacket. Lockwood had teasingly called her Cinderella on the way over until George had told him to shut up. 

“As you know,” Kipps said, breaking the silence first. “The client, Mr. Windermere, has asked our two teams to handle this stretch of tunnel between Whitechapel and Liverpool Street. The Post Office is hoping to revitalize its private railway system again and our work is essential for that to happen.” 

“Why does a post office need its own underground?” Lucy asked. “It closed down for a reason, didn’t it?” 

“It closed shortly after the problem reached London,” George said, just as Bobby Vernon tried to speak. “At the time, it wasn’t a priority, so they switched to a team of lorries instead. As for why now, well. It appears Fittes and DEPRAC are considering it for the transportation of sources. There’s a station in Clerkenwell, close to the furnaces.”

“So, what?” This time it was Kat who spoke up. “They plan on having us drop off sources in the mail? How’s that safer than hand-delivering it ourselves?” 

“They plan on establishing drop-off center along the tunnel route,” Bobby cut in before George could. “I’m sure you’ve noticed how long wait times at the furnaces are these days.” 

Kat nodded, satisfied with this answer. Lucy, however, didn’t quite buy it. She glanced sideways at Lockwood, but he was focused on the tunnel before them. “George, the lining along this tunnel–what is it?” 

“Iron,” George said. “By all accounts, it should keep Visitors out.” 

“Or keep them in,” Lockwood murmured. His hand moved instinctually to his rapier hilt. “Well,” he said after a moment. “What fun! We’re likely the first people to explore this place since it closed.” 

“Any word on what’s down here?” Ned Shaw asked as we ventured further in. George and Lucy busied themselves by pulling glowsticks from their packs and dropping them along the path to illuminate where they were going and where they’d been. 

“The crew who opened up the entrance thought they heard a little girl,” Kipps said, raising a torch as the tunnel grew darker. “But they were probably just spooked. Might be nothing down here, with all this iron around.” 

“Or something very, very strong,” Kat said ominously. 

“Ooh, don’t say that,” George whined. “You’ll jinx it.” 

The girl is right, Skull whispered. It is strong.

#lockwood & co. #anna writes things

[jabbage]

#Letters from Watson #lettersfromwatson

[twiggyisnotdead]

walking from lewisham centre to lewisham train station is like that picture of brazil geography teachers loved

#no but literally what is up #why are there skyscrapers in lewisham #it makes no sense #i have been silent for too long #if anyone’s worried tho dw lewisham is still the same i just got stopped by a guy who asked if i wanted weed and then gave me his contact #seems a little bit like fed behaviour to me tho #don’t rlly trust him

[olko71]

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Body Shop to shut 75 stores and cut hundreds of jobs

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By Dearbail Jordan

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The Body Shop will close 75 shops in the UK over the coming weeks and cut 489 jobs, according to the firm overseeing its restructuring.

It means that, combined with cost-cutting at the company’s head office, between 750 and 800 people will be made redundant.

However, The Body Shop will keep 116 UK stores open.

The UK arm of the global beauty chain was put into administration earlier this month.

Shops will be closed over the next four to six weeks. FRP Advisory, which is managing the restructuring, said it would “support all impacted staff with claims to the Redundancy Payments Service”.

“In taking swift action to right-size The Body Shop UK store portfolio, we have stabilised the business,” said FRP Advisory’s Tony Wright.

“We remain fully focused on exploring all options to take the business forward.”

The Body Shop was a trailblazer – what went wrong?

The Body Shop was founded in Brighton in 1976 by the late Dame Anita Roddick who opened a single shop in the seaside town. Known for its natural beauty products and its stance against testing on animals, it expanded rapidly in the following years.

Dame Anita and her husband Gordon sold the business to French beauty giant L’Oreal in 2006, much to the chagrin of some loyal followers who viewed the French beauty giant’s business at odds with The Body Shop’s ethos.

Since then, The Body Shop has changed hands twice, most recently to private equity firm Aurelius in late 2023. Within weeks, it decided to place the UK arm in administration following poor sales over Christmas and January.

Wildly popular in the 1980s and 1990s, The Body Shop appeared to fall out of fashion as competitors arrived in the natural beauty market including Lush and Rituals.

The UK shops closing are:

Aylesbury

Banbury

Barnstaple

Basildon

Battersea

Bedford

Beverley

Bexleyheath

Blackburn

Blackpool

Bournemouth Commercial Rd

Bolton

Brixton

Broughton Park

Bury

Camberley

Carlisle

Carmarthen

Chippenham

Cirencester

Croydon

Didcot

Durham

East Kilbride

Edinburgh Gyle Centre

Edinburgh Princes Mall

Epsom

Fareham

Farnborough

Glasgow Braehead

Glasgow Fort

Glasgow Silverburn

Glasgow Station

Grimsby

Halifax

Harlow

Hastings

Hempstead Valley

High Wycombe

Huddersfield

Hull

Ilford

Ipswich

Isle of Wight

Islington

Kendal

Kings Lynn

Leeds White Rose

Lewisham Centre

Lichfield

Loughborough

Luton

Macclesfield

Middlesbrough

Morpeth

Newton Abbot

Northampton

Oldham

Perth

Peterborough Queensgate

Portsmouth

Regent Street

Salisbury

Stafford

Stanstead Airside

Stratford Upon Avon

Swansea

Telford

Thanet

Trowbridge

Wakefield Trinity Walk

Walthamstow

Wigan

Woking

Wolverhampton

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[diaryofdayet]

Jan 2 𓇢𓆸 London

My dreams were haunting and exuberantly bizarre. When I got up at eight o'clock it was still dark. Mom watched from the doorway as I fought my hair in her bedroom mirror. Eventually, I put a hat on and walked across the street for a coffee. Then I read my cloying romance novel on the train to Lewisham.

I got off at Ladywell and walked to Keeks's coffee shop. I could identify it by the four white reindeer he'd painted on the windows. I felt proud seeing him at work, and even prouder when he prepared a tray of assorted coffees for me to sample. He took his lunch break with me at the window and we talked about nothing in particular. He waved another barista over and introduced me,

"Theo, my sister is also an actor."

I asked Theo where he acts. He told me he'd just finished The Crucible on the West End.

"And you?" He asked.

"I'm in a play that runs on and off throughout the year in LA."

He cocked his head. He was cute. "Do you get paid during the off-season?"

"Oh, we hardly get paid at all." I laughed and gave Keeks a nervous glance.

"She just got an agent," Keeks offered.

"Well, sort of," I said. Fuck.

Theo excused himself, Keeks's lunch shift ended, and I went back to reading the cloying romance novel.

I worked through as much coffee as I could and blew Keeks a kiss goodbye. Theo gave me a smile as I walked out— "Good luck, yeah?"

I winced. "You too."

At the station, I replayed my conversation with Theo in my head. Why hadn't I approached it with more confidence? What good comes of downplaying your work? Why hadn't I told him to reach out if he's ever in LA?

I took the train to a perfumery in Chelsea, though at that moment I didn't feel worthy of perfume. The shopkeeper was younger and kinder than I'd expected. He plied me with scent strips and industry secrets—"The Chanel No. 5 they sell now is not the original formula."

I left with four samples, and all the way home I lifted my wrists to my nose for a sniff. The perfumes made me feel like someone could devour me the way characters devour each other in my cloying romance novel. I wondered if every time I lifted my wrist other people thought I was a spy talking into a mic. I passed a man in a suit and black bowler still clinging to the twentieth century.

When I got home Mom sent me to the store for chicken breast. I was well over my caffeine threshold but I still bought a Diet Coke. Who am I to resist my namesake?

In the evening Mom and I went to BFI to see Werner Herzog's Even Dwarfs Started Small. The whole way over I told her his best stories. I'd never realized how many I know by heart.

Like all his films, Dwarfs only bloomed into beauty once I'd left the theater. I read an old review of it aloud while Mom listened. We recounted scenes to each other and laughed. The film was very funny.

Back home we came close to arguing. Perhaps we even argued and I'm saying otherwise now. I could feel the childlike part of me that panics at her growing blindness surface. Every visual cue she'd missed that evening was fresh in my mind.

"I really don't want to fight. I really don't want to end the night on a sour note."

We ate spaghetti, hung the laundry to dry, and went to bed.

𓇢𓆸

Dayet

#writing #diary #journal #dear diary #london #family #werner herzog #actress

[haxanbroker]

The underpass. Lewisham station, South London, October 2017.

#black and white photography #city photography #iphone photography #lewisham station #london #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #photography #south east london #south london #underpass #urban photography

[focr]

Driving Blind: The Lewisham St Johns Train Crash Disaster 1957 | Plainly Difficult Documentary

On the evening of 4 December 1957, two trains crashed in dense fog on the South Eastern Main Line near St Johns Station Lewisham in south-east London

#focr #focr extra #plainly difficult #railroad history #lewisham-st. johns train crash #Youtube

[inforealestate]

Affordable Areas to Buy Property in London: A Guide by Joe Ricotta

If you're feeling discouraged about buying your first house in the UK, you're not alone. With the average property price nearing £250,000, purchasing a home can seem daunting, especially in the capital. However, there are still areas in London where property prices are more affordable. Real estate expert Joe Ricotta offers insights into some cost-effective boroughs and neighborhoods that are worth considering:

1. Havering: Havering has over 50% protected Greenbelt territory and is serviced by the District Line, which connects to Upminster and other main urban centers. This borough offers a tranquil atmosphere and easy access to central London.

2. Croydon: Croydon is a borough experiencing a resurgence, offering affordable prices and upgraded amenities. With an average property price of £359,336, it provides convenient access to Central London.

3. Greenwich: Greenwich, a Royal Borough with historical significance and tourist attractions, has an average property price of £372,803. It offers a blend of heritage and modern amenities.

4. Barking and Dagenham: With an average home price of £300,518, Barking and Dagenham is the most affordable area in London. It boasts excellent transportation connections to Central London, including the upcoming Crossrail and Overground expansions.

5. Bexley: Bexley, located west of Greenwich and south of Bromley, has an average price of £342,993. Once the Crossrail line opens, Bexley's Abbey Wood station will provide convenient services to Central London.

6. Lewisham: Lewisham is a major district in east London, housing both residential communities and trendy areas. With an average price of £397,335, it provides a range of lovely neighborhoods to choose from.

7. Sutton: Sutton, known for its strong academic performance, is a desirable option for growing families. With average home prices around £368,520, it provides an attractive alternative outside central London.

While buying a property in London may seem challenging, these affordable areas offer a chance to enter the housing market without breaking the bank. Consider exploring these boroughs and consult with a local estate agent to find the best option for you. Good luck with your property search!

[stephensmithuk]

The Norwood Builder

Arthur Conan Doyle lived in South Norwood from 1891 to 1894 i.e. when he wrote the first two volumes. The area is 7.8 miles from the centre of London i.e. Charing Cross and was in Surrey at the time, although it was in the London SE postal district, being SE25 today. The area is a popular one for commuters, with Norwood Junction having no less than six operational platforms for services towards London Bridge; the Overground's East London Line also calls there. ACD does obfuscate some of the locations though.

Blackheath is located 6.4 miles SE from Charing Cross, on what is now the Greenwich/Lewisham boundary.

President Murillo forms a key part of "Wisteria Lodge", which we have already covered.

The Dutch steamship Friesland is also mentioned in The Lost World where it spots an escaped pterodactyl.

The Victorian era saw a massive boom in housebuilding due to a growing population that needed to live near their industrial workplaces - or in close proximity to a railway station so they could commute to their offices. Some of the housing was better than others, with the stuff for the poor being basically slums and mostly cleared away in later decades.

The Anerley Arms, located next to Anerley station (one stop up the line towards London from Norwood Junction), is still an active pub although no longer does hotel accommodation. I've been there quite a few times after events at the nearby Town Hall for an evening meal before heading home. They have a number of Holmes-related pictures on the walls, but don't make the canon connection explicit.

Anerley station itself is two platforms either side of a four-line railway; the original station buildings have been replaced.

It's rather hard to destroy all traces of a body with a wood-based fire set by an amateur. You need a functioning crematorium and England didn't exactly have many of those free for use.

The fire extinguisher as we know it today was around by this time.

#letters from watson #sherlock holmes #history #factoids #the norwood builder #norw

[itsnothingbutluck]

Declan steht vor dem Krankenhaus von Lewisham im Südosten Londons und erzählt vom Stress und der tiefen Frustration seines Jobs. Seit vier Jahren arbeitet er hier als Assistenzarzt. Die Belastung sei stetig angestiegen, sagt der 30-Jährige, der nicht mit Nachnamen genannt werden will. »Oft sind wir auf unserer Station hoffnungslos unterbelegt, oder wir müssen einspringen in anderen Abteilungen, wo ebenfalls die Mitarbeiter fehlen.« Die miese Bezahlung stehe in keinem Verhältnis zu diesen Herausforderungen. Die Gewerkschaft British Medical Association (BMA) hat ausgerechnet, dass die Gehälter der Assistenzärzte seit dem Jahr 2008 inflationsbereinigt um mehr als ein Viertel gesunken sind.

Declan ist einer von über 40 000 Assistenzärzt*innen in England, die am Dienstag einen viertägigen Streik für bessere Bezahlung begonnen haben. Die Assistenzärzte – sogenannte Junior Doctors – machen etwa 40 Prozent der medizinischen Belegschaft im staatlichen Gesundheitsdienst NHS aus. Der Name ist etwas irreführend, denn die meisten haben jahrelange Erfahrung. In der Regel arbeiten Ärzte etwa zehn Jahre lang als Junior Doctor, bevor sie zum Consultant befördert werden, was in etwa einem Chefarzt entspricht.

Im ersten Jahr verdient ein Assistenzarzt rund 29 000 Pfund an Grundgehalt. Die streikenden Ärzte fordern deutlich mehr: Sie wollen eine Gehaltserhöhung von 35 Prozent. Die Regierung sagt, das sei unerschwinglich. Sie hat Lohnverhandlungen bislang abgelehnt.

Der derzeitige Streik dürfte einer der folgenreichsten in der 75-jährigen Geschichte des staatlichen Gesundheitsdiensts NHS sein: In den kommenden Tagen werden rund 350 000 Arzttermine und Operationen gestrichen, so schätzt der Dachverband NHS Confederation. Gesundheitsminister Steve Barclay wirft der Gewerkschaft BMA vor, die Sicherheit der Patienten zu gefährden.

Solche Aussagen sorgen bei den Assistenzärzten für große Verärgerung. »Die Regierung weiß seit vielen Wochen, dass wir streiken werden, aber sie hat überhaupt nichts getan, um auf uns zuzugehen und zu einer Einigung zu kommen«, sagt Declan. Auch seien nicht die Ärzte dafür verantwortlich, dass die Sicherheit der Patienten gefährdet sei, sondern die jahrelange Unterfinanzierung des staatlichen Gesundheitssystems sei die Ursache.

Die Streikenden betonen, dass es ihnen nicht nur um die eigene Bezahlung gehe, sondern um das gesamte Gesundheitssystem: Bessere Gehälter seien entscheidend, um die nötigen Mitarbeiter zu rekrutieren und zu halten. Das sagt auch Tony O’Sullivan, der an diesem Morgen ebenfalls am Streikposten in Lewisham steht. Der 71-Jährige ist Ko-Vorsitzender der Kampagne Keep Our NHS Public, die sich gegen die Privatisierung des staatlichen Gesundheitssystems einsetzt. »Als die konservative Regierung 2010 antrat, hat sie sich umgehend daran gemacht, im NHS Geld zu sparen, unter anderem indem sie die Löhne der Mitarbeiter gekürzt hat«, sagt O’Sullivan. Das sei der Grund für die Überlastung im NHS: Weil die Gehälter laufend schrumpften, verließen die Ärzte den NHS scharenweise.

»Ein neu qualifizierter Junior Doctor verdient umgerechnet einen Stundenlohn von 14 Pfund. Man kann mehr verdienen, wenn man im Supermarkt oder in der Gastronomie arbeitet«, erzählt O’Sullivan. Viele sind deshalb gezwungen, entweder ihr Gehalt durch die Behandlung von Privatpatienten aufzubessern – oder auszuwandern. Solche Entwicklungen haben zu einem schweren Personalmangel im gesamten NHS geführt. Laut dem gesundheitspolitischen Thinktank Nuffield Trust fehlen in England fast 9000 Ärzte. Insgesamt sind im NHS über 130 000 Stellen unbesetzt.

Viele Experten befürchten, dass der gesamte Gesundheitsdienst kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch steht. »Bis 2010 hatte der NHS genug Geld, die Leute wurden relativ schnell behandelt«, sagt O’Sullivan. Aber in den folgenden Jahren sei die Belastung sukzessive gestiegen. »Seit 2015 ist der NHS praktisch in einer Dauerkrise. Die Zielvorgabe, dass der Großteil der Patienten in der Notaufnahme höchstens vier Stunden wartet, wurde zuletzt in jenem Jahr erreicht.« Die Pandemie habe diese Krise noch einmal verschärft, sagt O‹Sullivan.

Die Gespräche vor dem Krankenhaus im Londoner Stadtteil Lewisham werden immer wieder unterbrochen, weil vorbeifahrende Auto- und Busfahrer hupend ihre Unterstützung zeigen. Am Dienstagmorgen wurde eine neue Umfrage veröffentlicht, die zeigt, dass dies die allgemeine Stimmung im Land wiedergibt: 54 Prozent der Briten stehen hinter dem Streik, 26 Prozent sind dagegen. Seit März hat die Unterstützung für die Junior Doctors sogar um drei Prozent zugenommen.

#Auswirkungen des Brexit auf das Gesundheitswesen #Britisches Gesundheitssystem in der Krise #Woran das britische Gesundheitssystem krankt

[baoyiyuan]

Research | Phone kiosk #5

The red phone booth has gone through 8 versions.

The telephone booth designed by Scott was inspired by the tombstone of Sir John Soane, the British architect and founder of neoclassical architecture, and a dome was added to the top of the telephone booth.

There are only 11,000 K6 telephone booths still in use in the UK. The dismantled booths have been sold, used as art decorations and shower rooms, and some have been converted into art exhibition rooms, libraries, defibrillator stations, Mobile phone charging service stations and more. There is also the artistic sculpture "Out of Order", created in Kingston upon Thames, shaped like a row of fallen dominoes.

In order to keep the red telephone booths, BT specially launched a "Telephone Booth Adoption Program (Adopt-a-Kiosk)" in 2012, encouraging district governments and charities around the world to spend 1 pound to buy a telephone booth. So people began to transform the telephone booths in various ways: Coffee vending machines, newsstands, charging stations, bank cash machines, coffee shops, ice cream shops, mini mobile phone repair shops... In short, the red phone booth cannot disappear, no matter what form it has to exist.

Case Study:

" It's not what you get, it's what you leave behind Welcome to Lewisham Microlibrary, where you may take any book you wish but please try to replace it with one that you no longer need Enjoy and thank you! "

The evolution of the telephone booth represents some history and is interactive and narrative.

#blog

[outofcontexturi]

i went to work today. woke up at like 6:45 or something like that to try and get the 7:19 bus to Lewisham but missed it. Then went back home and said I’m not going to work and then decided to check my phone again and see what time I’d get there. I also left out that I had text Nathan to let him know that I was gonna be late for work before Id gone home. Anyways checked the times and it said 7:48am so I took that one and got to lewisham and then to Victoria station from there. And took the district line to school. Ran into Reba on the way there which is funny cause we’d been trying to see each other all week and never found the time to but fate or the cosmic convenience decided we’d meet. spoke to her about my conversation with saffrah and how things are for me right now and she told me about hers saying how she’s been out late for most days and how she’s tired. She also got me a croissant from Gail’s in Barons Court. Flirting with the work wife today lmaoo Peace. took the massaging to the back. We kissed and a nigga put a titty in his mouth or two. I think she wants to fuck man and I can’t lie I’d let her. She’s sexy as fuck. I’m high btw. It’s currently 20:34pm on a Sunday evening and I’m awaiting Mondays trials. It’s production week this week and it’s also the week of my first ever LAMDA 3rd year performance. I’m excited. I’m nervous. I feel ready. I’m still learning new things about my character and myself consequently. I’ve also learnt about rehearsal stamina and I’m looking to try and work my performance stamina and having the same enthusiasm or more for each performance. Cause I love this but it is hard. Angie a Plantain and spinach stew was a 9/10 I can’t lie. I cleaned that plate boy. A nigga was hungry okay! I’m gonna watch something before I sleep, maybe even call Reba and ask if we should watch vampire diaries. Anyways I’m had a good day today. Made money and saved money so I can’t complain and I’m recovering from my cold and voice loss so I’m Gucci man. I’m loved and appreciated by the world and by God. Amen❤️

#journal