A Day for Indoor Photography

It's blowing storm-force outside.  Time to get my camera out and play around with some indoor shots.

Zebra crossing

Strange to see a life-size zebra outside a nursery in Wanstead.

Grey day in Wanstead

This morning started very grey and wet.  This shot of the United Reformed Church in Wanstead reflects the sombreness of the weather.

The former Doctor Johnson pub

The Doctor Johnson pub on Longwood Gardens has been closed for several years now with no sign of any development taking place.  Interestingly, this morning while I was taking some shots, another guy was taking photos of the pub on his phone.  I wonder if we will see some future for this 'eyesore' of an unloved and somewhat derelict building........

Here is part of the entry for the pub on the CAMRA website:

"One of the best examples anywhere to show how a typical, large, 

1930s housing estate pub might have looked. It is in the popular, 

loosely neo-Georgian style combined with 1930s Art Deco 

streamlining – whence with broad curve which turns the corner 

from one elevation to the other. The Doctor Johnson opened in 

1938 and was designed by the architect H. Reginald Ross for 

Courage."

Staying with the fungi theme............

More wet weather in late October.  Great for the fungi....

Why did the fungi leave the party ?

Why did the fungi leave the party ?  Because there wasn't mushroom !  Sorry about the poor pun.  This photo was taken on Hampstead Heath where the fungi was out in force after the recent wet weather.

Trick or treat........

Halloween must be getting near.  It always amazes me how parents tell their offsprings not to accept sweets from strangers but then let them take a treat on Halloween.  This tradition is possibly an American import we could have done without ?