BuildingLondonBlog @buildingldnblog
This is the Twitter feed of the https://t.co/1k2iNIURQc documenting what London was historically made from and tracing the sources of those materials London, England Joined December 2021-
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New Building London blog post! The alcoves of Old London Bridge! Or are they from Old Westminister Bridge?!? And did Sylvia Pankhurst hang out in them?!?! buildinglondon.blog/2022/05/06/38-…
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Curvy car parks for the win. These beauties are in Romford, Watford, Harrow… and my new find in Uxbridge. Anyone think of others?
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South London swan art - from Deptford and Redcross Way SE1
New post on the Building London blog! The mystery of the Three Mills stones! buildinglondon.blog/2022/04/17/37-…
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THIS. IS. POLITICAL. Huge crowd in front of Hackney Town Hall in solidarity for #ChildQ Righteous Anger. Pain. Determination. Solidarity. Love. Community. Everyone united against MISOGYNISTIC and RACIST abuse of power. #EnoughIsEnough
Bumper 2 post Building London update! Ingress Abbey and the Cave of the Seven Heads! Were they built from the stone of Old London Bridge?! With cameos from Chartist poet Eliza Cook, Oi band Cock Sparrer, Wat Tyler, John Ball and Jack Cade! buildinglondon.blog/2022/03/20/34-… #urbangeology
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Wait. Does this mean Andrew Windsor was *not* at Pizza Express in Woking?
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UK Govt delay in legally binding air pollution limits has cost thousands of avoidable deaths. independent.co.uk/climate-change…
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“Dr. King nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967, but the prize was not awarded to anyone that year. “I do not personally know of anyone more worthy than this gentle monk from Vietnam,” Dr. King wrote to the Nobel Institute in Norway.” #ThichNhatHanh #MLK
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…in the 1960s and became a leading voice in a movement he called “engaged Buddhism,” the application of Buddhist principles to political and social reform.” #ThichNhatHanh #MLK #BelovedCommunity
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My father with his friend and ally, #ThichNhatHanh, who died this week. I celebrate and honor Thich Nhat Hanh’s life and global influence for peace. @nytimes: “A prolific author, poet, teacher and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh was exiled from Vietnam after opposing the war…
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Dockers, schnorrers, mashers, 'ooligans, toffs, coppers, jolly-jack-tars, mooks and mushers: you can meet them all on my 1-day (in person) lecture/seminar study day 'The East End in Fact & Fiction' @BishopsgateInst on Sat 22 Jan, 10am-4pm bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activ…
New post on the Building London Blog … “The streets are not paved with gold in London, they are paved with Leicestershire granite” buildinglondon.blog/2022/01/19/29-…
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My pics of London's extraordinary vaulted Crystal Palace Subway (built 1854 by LB&SCR to join two now-demolished buildings: its station & vast Victorian tourist attraction). Today I learn from @ianvisits that @cpsubway restoration plans have been approved! ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cryst…
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The NHS is a potent symbol of mutual respect and support. It is British unity encapsulated in 3 letters. How dare these Tories run it into the ground? How dare they?
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Well-off family sets up charity to “preserve” manor house, then gets it to pay their utility, phone and internet bills while living there rent-free, plus £17k-worth of entertaining, £20k travel expenses and buying Land Rovers and a Bentley. Full story in new Private Eye, out now.
New blog post! buildinglondon.blog/2022/01/03/27t…
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Who's to blame for the pressure on our NHS? Clue: it's not GPs. The government is wasting time on a health bill that will worsen privatisation when they should be funding and fixing our NHS. NHS doctor @AndrewMeyerson shuts down the government's attempt to blame GPs for delays🔥
John Boxall @jdboxall
403 Followers 1K Following Consultant to Jackson Coles. That bloke with the beard who........ otherwise described as old, tied down, married and predictable - yeah really predictable
A.D. Calvert @AD_Calvert
500 Followers 418 Following Premium stone solutions for the construction industry | 📍 Based in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire | Established 1993 #UKConstruction #stonemasonry
Weekend Worker @weekend1worker
237 Followers 198 Following DIY rag: Nightlife, Working Life, Stories, Fashion, Music & Politics in SE London and overseas.
Archaeodemia @Archaeodemia
48 Followers 118 Following Sharing ideas & news for archaeological post graduates, current & future #archaeology #PhD #academia
Essential Site Skills... @Esssiteskills
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Songs I Like (by Matt... @MKLikesMusic
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Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig
24K Followers 7K Following Investigating the Iron Age to post Roman period in southern England. Video diary @DuroDigDiaries #HillfortsWednesday
MaxCrowReeves @MaxCrowReeves
563 Followers 2K Following Photographer/Dad/Human/Cheese Conqueror/Aspergertard/Blakean/Crow Botherer/Clapton CFC Member 199/Wyrdoid/Collector/Re-Immigrant/Sinister/Marginalian/WUSC/Unite
MillstoneGritMan @ManMillstone
22 Followers 15 Following Retired geologist, interested in the formation, and its extent, outcrops and use as a building stone. Also where it has been used around the UK
Save White Swan SE7 �... @WhiteSwanSE7
489 Followers 2K Following Great British Public House. Was SAVED in 2016 now in 2020 under threat again. Temporary plumage out again
Glyn Harries @hackneyglyn
4K Followers 5K Following Hackney, semi-retired, gardener, hort lecturer, ex-trade unionist, activist. Like means like and/or interesting, RT means interesting. Really hate Tories.
GtBarnHarmondsworth @Great_Barn_1426
255 Followers 501 Following Friends of the Great Barn at Harmondsworth manage this Grade 1 listed C15th Barn on behalf of English Heritage. Hillingdon, Middlesex.
Bryn @brynmor_james
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Maggie Driscoll @constructpwb
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b @rosstitmarsh
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Julie P @atthelondongirl
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Peckham Heritage @PeckhamHeritage
2K Followers 959 Following A local community group formed to carry on the work of the Peckham Townscape Heritage Initiate and protect and explore the diversity of heritage in Peckham.
Lionel Openshaw @LionelOpenshaw
716 Followers 2K Following Designer, artist & activist / Research editorial, design & comms @UCLSocRes
Greg Lovett @GregNotGregg
209 Followers 571 Following Once I led a group of scouts into the woods. Lost, they rightly became angry with me. Eventually I led them back to camp, albeit via a circuitous route.
SELiz @se13_liz
215 Followers 573 Following
Deptford Society @deptfordsociety
2K Followers 322 Following Representing the interests of those who live or work around Deptford High Street and Creekside conservation areas. Sign up here https://t.co/jxZtfLP1vk
Marie B @carbdodger
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Tony McCormack @pavingexpert
2K Followers 277 Following Eat Sleep Pave Repeat: Professional Paving & Hard-landscaping Consultant, biker, cynic and grandad
Bush Girl @Eh_Boon
49 Followers 404 Following
Joseph Dutton @JDuttonUK
988 Followers 4K Following Energy, climate, and transport || @cafc || South London via Suffolk
James Wright @jpwarchaeology
17K Followers 4K Following Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval mythbuster. Castles. Old pubs. Theatre. Alan Garner. Cats. Ex-roadie. @jpwarchaeology on Insta & Bluesky
Alison Rae @alisonmkrae
343 Followers 462 Following History, maps, music, theatre, architecture and walking. GKA graduate, Tours @opencity & @openhouselondon Accredited @GuidesLambeth LTGA Tutor @morleycollege
It's a London thing @urbanpastoral
3K Followers 5K Following Lifelong Londoner - Islington / Hackney. N5 born, N16 bred, many years in N7, now E17. Up The Arsenal. Classicist. London is the place for me. No pasaran!
My Kind of London �... @MyKindofLondon
3K Followers 4K Following Proud European SE Ldn Mama/ Talks London, Lewisham, Children, Wildlife, Beer & Fun/ Passionate about Museums, Clean Air & Trees/ All views my own
Lewisham Whisper @LewishamWhisper
947 Followers 847 Following Lewisham’s latest news and past secrets. Sit relaxed watching the world go by, or have some fun and discover what's on at your doorstep.
Ian S Dixon @Ian_S_Dixon
294 Followers 2K Following Travel , Books , Art , Architecture, Photography , Writing Instruments , History ...
Love Catford @Love_Catford
4K Followers 1K Following The twitter feed of the Rushey Green and Catford South community. Sending joyful news of #Catford across the universe. Loving life and #local
Reb Russ @RussReb
0 Followers 184 Following
Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs
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M@ @mattfromlondon
7K Followers 792 Following Matt Brown. Editor-at-Large of Londonist. London obsessive. Author of Everything You Know About London is Wrong and Atlas Of Imagined Places.
Ortonomous @IamOrtonomous
622 Followers 493 Following I create and deliver digital stuff, sonic stuff and picture stuff
Deptford Ragged Schoo... @DeptfordRaggedS
412 Followers 844 Following Story of Deptford Ragged School since 1844. Hoping to become an accredited museum one day, for now documenting an incredible collection of objects #Deptford
J Honey @josephine_lh
42 Followers 343 Following
Walk Hackney @walk_hackney
3K Followers 845 Following Occasional #hackneyhistory walks, devised and guided by Seán Gubbins, in 20 different parts of Hackney. Every building, street, estate has a history to discover
Save Achilles Area @achilles_newx
1K Followers 860 Following Area of New Cross under threat of demolition by Lewisham Council. The area includes: Achilles Street, part of New Cross Rd (Clifton Rise no longer in plans)
Jacqui Buscher 💙 @JacquiBuscher
123 Followers 1K Following
Open University Geolo... @OpenUniGeolSoc
1K Followers 1K Following OUGS is the student association for Open University Earth science/geology students though anyone is welcome! We post more over on 🟦 @ougeolsoc.bsky.social
Prof Susan Oosthuizen @DrSueOosthuizen
15K Followers 3K Following Prof. (Em.) of Medieval Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Early medieval landscape archaeology, common rights, resilience. @[email protected]
Liz Hide @TheMuseumOfLiz
3K Followers 2K Following find me on instagram & bluesky @themuseumofliz fossil botherer • museum nerd • 🌈 she/her • Director @sedgwickmuseum Trustee @whitchurchmill • own views
Peter Stone @LondonStone
6K Followers 351 Following Writer and video maker. Mostly about London. Author of 'The History of the Port of London'. Publishing London history videos at https://t.co/NuEeCZNL82
It's a London thing @urbanpastoral
3K Followers 5K Following Lifelong Londoner - Islington / Hackney. N5 born, N16 bred, many years in N7, now E17. Up The Arsenal. Classicist. London is the place for me. No pasaran!
Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig
24K Followers 7K Following Investigating the Iron Age to post Roman period in southern England. Video diary @DuroDigDiaries #HillfortsWednesday
Lewisham Lens @LewishamLens
1K Followers 551 Following Capturing and exploring the landmarks, art & architecture of the beautiful borough of Lewisham. By Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper 📷 https://t.co/hHa8julS6r
Positive Plumstead Pr... @PlumsteadProjct
1K Followers 365 Following 'A voice for Plumstead and a vehicle to develop our community.' We are a voluntary community group for the Plumstead SE18 area, constituted January 2018.
Public Statues and Sc... @PSSAtweets
3K Followers 2K Following Charity advancing the understanding and appreciation of Public Statues and Sculpture. Conferences, talks, publishing, awards & forthcoming Sculpture Residency.
Dr Toby Driver @Toby_Driver1
8K Followers 2K Following Also find me on BlueSky & Instagram. Aerial archaeologist at Royal Commission, Wales | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Personal Account.
Stuart, wildman of th... @WildmanHills
1K Followers 371 Following This is reality, however grim. A Rock Botherer's personal tweets.
zana dean @zdpop
70 Followers 159 Following Born 317ppm CO2, world now 425...safe level was 350 ppm in 1986. 2017 UK General Election, Labour lost by 2,227 votes. 6 years of Green New Deal lost :(
Under Milkwood @savehalfmoonpub
2K Followers 1K Following We are not wholly bad or good, who live our lives under Milkwood.
Marie B @carbdodger
207 Followers 1K Following Fighting food poverty and social injustice. And no I won’t embrace Brexit.
@StJohnsSE8 @stjohnsse8
352 Followers 236 Following Est. in 1998 for the community of St. John's in South-East London SE8 Deptford Lewisham London. FB: https://t.co/YOYTJf9jTZ IG: https://t.co/gyjx5j3dmj
Alan - Flood Forecast... @AlanBarrierEA
10K Followers 409 Following I work for the Environment Agency (@EnvAgency) at the #ThamesBarrier in the Forecasting and Response team.
M@ @mattfromlondon
7K Followers 792 Following Matt Brown. Editor-at-Large of Londonist. London obsessive. Author of Everything You Know About London is Wrong and Atlas Of Imagined Places.
Tony McCormack @pavingexpert
2K Followers 277 Following Eat Sleep Pave Repeat: Professional Paving & Hard-landscaping Consultant, biker, cynic and grandad
Helen Briggs @hbriggs
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Victoria Wallworth @VWallworth
118 Followers 370 Following Policy, Projects, and Course Manager, National Historic Ships UK
Greenwich_Industrial_... @GreenwichIndus2
39 Followers 0 Following To research, publish and promote the industrial history of the London Borough of Greenwich
Friends of Charlton P... @Charltonfriends
803 Followers 611 Following A group for those that frequent and enjoy Charlton Park - Chair Liz Bennett
Maryon Parks News Hub @MaryonWilsonSE7
1K Followers 99 Following Independent news and views from Charlton, SE7 curated by @AndrewDonkin. Detailing events around all the Charlton parks and the village. And stuff.
The Greenwich Wire @greenwich_wire
5K Followers 523 Following No longer tweeting. Bluesky/Threads: greenwichwire. WhatsApp: https://t.co/Hj5lVGKVPD
Cambridge Earth Scien... @EarthSciCam
5K Followers 674 Following News and events from the Department of Earth Sciences at @Cambridge_Uni
Lizzy Entwistle @EntwistleLizzy
131 Followers 149 Following Living in Kent, working in the ruminant feed industry, massive #thearchers fan and finally on twitter.
Bush Girl @Eh_Boon
49 Followers 404 Following
Lewisham Whisper @LewishamWhisper
947 Followers 847 Following Lewisham’s latest news and past secrets. Sit relaxed watching the world go by, or have some fun and discover what's on at your doorstep.
My Kind of London �... @MyKindofLondon
3K Followers 4K Following Proud European SE Ldn Mama/ Talks London, Lewisham, Children, Wildlife, Beer & Fun/ Passionate about Museums, Clean Air & Trees/ All views my own
EarthSciences UCL @ES_UCL
4K Followers 823 Following We're not posting on X right now; visit our Bsky: es-ucl, Instagram: uclearthsciences & LinkedIn: ucl-earth-sciences platforms for the latest updates.
Geologists' Assoc @GeolAssoc
5K Followers 568 Following Founded in 1858, the Geologists' Association (GA) is a charitable organization that exists for all geologists and earth scientists
Albion Stone @AlbionStone
3K Followers 3K Following We exclusively mine Portland Stone from the Basebed, Whitbed and Roach seams found on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. BES 6001 "excellent". Instagram @albionstone
Stamford Stone Co. @Stamfordstoneco
5K Followers 3K Following Suppliers of English limestone products to the construction industry. Owners of Clipsham Medwells Quarry. https://t.co/bYaGqyjsmS
@metageologist.bsky.s... @metageologist
2K Followers 958 Following I write about Geology. PhD trained.
Londonist @Londonist
1.5M Followers 629 Following London news, London events, London people, London everything
secret_london @secret_london
487K Followers 16K Following Secret London is a community of Londoners, all sharing #London's greatest little places and secret nooks and crannies. Check them out: https://t.co/uKgYxiffU2
English Heritage @EnglishHeritage
212K Followers 461 Following We’re here to help everyone get closer to England’s heritage.
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8K Followers 2K Following 🦖 Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (charity no. 1165231) 📧 [email protected]
Stancliffe Stones @StancliffeStone
398 Followers 1K Following MARSHALLS - STANCLIFFE STONES FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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746 Followers 1K Following Owner operator of Crosland Hill quarry. State of the art manufacturer. Britain's leading supplier of natural hard Yorkstone. Est.1854.
Dunhouse Quarry @dunhousequarry
355 Followers 420 Following Dunhouse have over 75 years experience in the quarrying & supply of dimensional building stone. We pride ourselves on being one of the UK 's leading suppliers.
BBS Natural Stone @BBSNaturalStone
494 Followers 819 Following Expertly sourcing, specifying and delivering hard landscaping materials for public realm, streetscape and environmental improvement projects.
London Museums Group @LonMuseumsGroup
6K Followers 2K Following London Museums Group is the representative group of all museums and the museum workforce in the Greater London area. Tweets by LMG members.
UCL Institute of Arch... @UCLarchaeology
12K Followers 703 Following @UCL Institute of Archaeology 1 of the largest & most highly regarded centres #archaeology, #Heritage & #Museum studies #instagram uclarchaeology
Hutton Stone Co. Ltd @huttonstone
2K Followers 2K Following Established in 1994, Hutton Stone Co. Ltd are Banker Masons, Stone Merchants & Quarry Operators specialising in the production and supply of quality sandstone.
Thames Discovery Prog... @ThamesDiscovery
12K Followers 2K Following Community archaeology project exploring the Thames at low tide. Led by @MOLArchaeology. Tweets: @Dr_ClaireH #RiverGulu
The Sedgwick Museum @SedgwickMuseum
7K Followers 688 Following Come on in and explore 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history, from meteorites and mountains to dinosaurs and diamonds. Free, no booking required
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6K Followers 1K Following All the latest on stone and other hard surfaces. Slab & Sheet e-newsletter twice a month and Stone Update Magazine every two months.
Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor
35K Followers 21K Following Join me for a ramble through 2000 years of culture and history at the heart of old London (I am also to be found at @thegentleauthor.bsky.social)
Peter Stone @LondonStone
6K Followers 351 Following Writer and video maker. Mostly about London. Author of 'The History of the Port of London'. Publishing London history videos at https://t.co/NuEeCZNL82
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