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Ride the 1930s Tube trains on the Piccadilly Line this month

(Image ©London Transport Museum) If you're of my vintage or older, you'll remember these trains still in service on the Bakerloo line in…

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Old Engineering Infrastructure delays new Piccadilly Line trains by up to a year

The BBC is reporting that the 94 new fully walk-through Siemens trains with air-conditioning won't make their scheduled late 2025 introdu…

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TFL share plans to create new Overground line for Harringay-Hornsey Service

In a report ahead of a meeting on June 11, the TfL Board publicly shared its intention to take over the running of the Great Northern fra…

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Last few historic Salisbury Promenade windows being sold today only

Thanks to a couple of eagle-eyed Ladderites, I was given one of the windows that they’ve recently been stripping out of The Salisbury Prome…

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New Ladder bungalow shortlisted for RIBA London Award 2025

Built in the gardens of Westover Court, a postwar mid-century three property terrace between Sydney Road and Turnpike Lane, a new bungalo…

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New London Plan out for consultation

From the introduction of the consultation: What is the London Plan? The London Plan is a document prepared by the Mayor of London. It is…

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Plans to breathe new life into Civic Centre

I like the Civic Centre. I was delighted when it got listed a few years back and am pleased to read the following press release about a p…

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Accident on Wightman between Allison and Beresford - road closed

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George Orwell's thoughts on spring in the city

Re-reading Orwell's short essay, Some thoughts on the Common Toad, which you can read in full here, I was inspired by the following quote f…

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