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Colourful features

28 Saturday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, design, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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London, England, U.K.

Here’s an office tower with a very funky frontage, just around the corner from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Spotted on my visit there a few months ago.

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From the trenches

27 Friday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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London, England, U.K.

These signs, recovered in the aftermath of the First World War and now displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London, helped soldiers navigate the maze of trenches on the front lines.

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Start young

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Another example of the cool street art in Camden Town, London.

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Not that Uber

22 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in England, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Bath, England, U.K.

One of the stores on this pedestrian street in Bath, England, shares its name with the ubiquitous (and sometimes illegal) ride-hailing service.

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Waterloo Station: To the trains

21 Saturday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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A cool mosaic in a pedestrian passage on the grounds of Waterloo station on the south bank of the Thames in London.

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Hazards of the job

20 Friday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, journalism, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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London, England, U.K.

This armoured Land Rover, used by Reuters in Gaza, was damaged in a rocket attack in 2006, injuring two journalists. It is displayed in the atrium of the Imperial War Museum in London.

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Time for peace and love

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, England, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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art, Brignton, England, graffiti, photography, photowalk, random, street art, Travel, U.K., urban

Brighton, England, U.K.

Street art along North Street in Brighton.

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Letter from King George V

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Travel

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London, England, U.K.

A letter from King George V to U.S. soldiers joining the war effort in Europe in 1918. This artifact is housed in the First World War gallery at the Imperial War Museum.

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Dukes Lane

17 Tuesday Jul 2018

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A perfect balcony ornament for a place called Dukes Lane, spotted in Brighton, England, back in May.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

16 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, England, music, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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A statue of composer and musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Parade Gardens in Bath, England.

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