A Picture Of London

[billy farmer]

A Documentary (being shown tonight) for anyone interested in the history of London - tonight at 9.15pm on BBC2 - A Picture of London - a Documentary charting the growth of London over the years http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jhwnk

[Mark O]

Cheers for the reminder Ian, so many interesting programmes being broadcast just lately about History it's hard to keep up!

I take a particular interest in the East-end of yesterday as one side of my ancestry in the eighteenth century were all born and raised in Shoreditch.

[Timmy_Lea]

London. The best city in the world!!!

[faginsgirl]

My finger is on the record button

[Steve Crook]

Very good. Although it seems to be a one off. They could do a massive series with each episode focusing on a different area of this fascinating metropolis

Steve

[Tonch]

Very good. Although it seems to be a one off. They could do a massive series with each episode focusing on a different area of this fascinating metropolis

Steve

Recorded this earlier and just about to settle down and watch it. Although this programme is apparently a one-off I think it's part of a season of programmes looking at different facets and aspects of London.

Your idea for a massive series concentrating on different areas is a brilliant one which I'm sure would be hugely popular. London is a fantastic, spellbinding place - I love it. You could spend a lifetime there and still only scratch the surface.

[Steve Crook]

London is a fantastic, spellbinding place - I love it. You could spend a lifetime there and still only scratch the surface.

It is, I do too, I have and I have

Steve

[billy farmer]

I watched A Picture of London this afternoon (while transferring it from VHS to DVD) and i found it to be a very interesting Documentary, i will hopefully be visiting Hampton Court Palace (with two companions) later this year.

[Mark O]

London is a fantastic, spellbinding place

In total agreement, I doubt there's many places in England where one can admire the adjacent artwork whilst having a wee-wee.

[Edward G]

Nice shots Mark.
Love the red phone boxes.
Not sure about images of towers when you answer the call of nature, though.
Could make some of us feel inadequate (not me of course - I could happily gaze upon the eiffel tower without frustration!)

[Steve Crook]

The red phone boxes were always a favourite place for having a pee late at night when the official conveniences had closed down. That's why the replacement phone boxes often had the lower panel missing

Steve

[Mark O]

Nice shots Mark.
Love the red phone boxes.
Not sure about images of towers when you answer the call of nature, though.
Could make some of us feel inadequate (not me of course - I could happily gaze upon the eiffel tower without frustration!)

Cheers Edward, I didn't think of 'towers' in that way lol, the phone boxes are behind the Royal Courts of Justice, I guess the bigger ones at either end are older than the two in the middle.

The red phone boxes were always a favourite place for having a pee late at night when the official conveniences had closed down. That's why the replacement phone boxes often had the lower panel missing

Steve

hmmm, yes, that's something else I didn't think of, though in many places these days portable urinals are placed in the streets, thankfully, I'm unsure what ladies would do if caught short though (if they've been drinking pints that is.)

[billy farmer]

Here are some photographs (which i took) when i visited London (for a day out) with two companions on March 29th 2012.

Kensington Palace


Queen Victoria Statue


The Albert Memorial


The Royal Albert Hall

[Mark O]

Great pics Ian, thanks for sharing, we could with some blue sky right now, middle of June and it's really miserable out there!

[Mark O]

A few snaps of the new cable car service across the River Thames...........

[billy farmer]

Great photographs Mark (although i admit that i have never been keen on the Millennium Dome), i will hopefully be visiting London twice later this year.

[Mark O]

Great photographs Mark (although i admit that i have never been keen on the Millennium Dome), i will hopefully be visiting London twice later this year.

Thank you Ian, the pics were taken last wednesday when it was 30 degrees, hottest day of the year!, have a great time when you come down to London again..

[billy farmer]

Did anyone see the Documentary London - the Modern Babylon, which was shown on BBC2 last night (i didn't see it because i went out), but i will watch it on BBC iPlayer, i always enjoy watching Documentaries about London (my favourite City).

[Heinrich]

I saw documentary and I was surprised to learn that 40% of people who live in London were not even born in Britain. Although London is in England, it is not very English.

[Steve Crook]

I saw documentary and I was surprised to learn that 40% of people who live in London were not even born in Britain. Although London is in England, it is not very English.

That's always been the case - and it could well be more than 40%. London is a world city, attracting people from all over the world and they generally live in harmony with each other, even if they're at each other's throats "back home". It's the mixture of people that makes it such a wonderful place

Steve