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I have been a bit lax on the blogging side of things recently. 3 nippers, 3 shifts in the Northcote Road Antiques Market a week,  TOTA, life etc is taking its toll. On Sunday we decided we needed an adventure. A day out having fun and no jobs. So we  went “into London”.

Boy did we cover some ground. These soldiers are getting younger all the time.

Fred loves Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journey on television. That book is his pretend “Bradshaw” (if you have seen the show you will understand) and that is the rail network of course.

I would buy that sun dial if I saw it at a booty.

Even burger vans are rocking the metro tiles. But there is only one place where the Williamses go for Burgers…

We were all concerned to see this incident at Leicester Square.

Anyway, the real point of the blog: on the way back we found a real gem of a building  back in what the boys sweetly call “Our London” on Conyers Road SW16. I thought I will snap that for t’blog.

The Streatham and Vauxhall Water Company Pumping Station. Reminiscent of the Brighton Pavilion but in a resi street in Streatham. How random. How stunning. This is grade ii listed and I am not at all surprised.

Can you imagine such a utilitarian thing as a pumping station being built with such ornament now? I do find most modern architecture totally uninspiring. What a joy to stumble upon this in suburban Streatham after an afternoon seeing such iconic landmarks. Let’s just hope that Kevin McCloud or that Geordie architect, George does not come across it. It would be yuppified and flats before we know it. Until then it is pumping out lovely fresh drinking water for the Sarf Londoners and long may it do so please Thames Water.