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Friday 29th May 2015 a walk by the Gang of Four from West Brompton to Fulham Palace a cold and very wet day.
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Map of the walk in red |
Grand Entrance Brompton Cemetery |
A Cemetery Inhabitant |
A Crow Waiting for.... |
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A Family Vault |
An Angel |
A Colonnade |
Entrance to the Underworld |
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One canon ball missing |
From Corporal to Lieutenant then death |
Leaning together |
To the Catacombs |
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A door to the Catacombs |
A harp |
Central Area. There are more than 2000,000 graves altogether |
View through an arch |
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The Chapel |
A funeral taking place |
Headless actors |
Billings Road and the Fox and Pheasant pub |
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Ken Bates' Millennium Hotel |
Knock knees? |
"Stamford Bridge", Chelsea Football Ground, Entrances Tunnel
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The "Butcher's Hook" for coffee and warmth opposite Stamford Bridge |
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The bar at the "Eel Brook" for an early lunch. Rain delayed play! |
Table Markers in the Eel Brook |
Looking out at Eel Brook Common |
Spiral Staircase to the loos |
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Filament Lamps in the Eel Brook |
Elegant coloured lamps in a shop window |
Sadly neglected, it was the "Gasworks Restaurant", now for sale at £2.5million |
The door |
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Ironwork on New Kings Road |
A grand door |
Antique Carousel Model |
 How much is that doggy in the window? |
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New Kings Road |
Party Shoes |
A Powerful Bike |
Vintage Guitar shop |
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Mirror in a Furniture Shop |
The Lions were the mark of the builder Jimmy Nichols who was very proud of his work |
Sample Lion built in 1882 |
Cable Repairs on New Kings Road |
 Fulham Railway Bridge built 1887. Note the Aqueduct that was there before |
Carrera Wharf development on the north bank of the Thames. They used to import marble through the original dock |
Boat Race mosaic reminder Putney Bridge |
 A smoker |
 St Mary the Virgin opposite, where the "Putney Debates" were held |
 A spectacular Bridge Light |
 "Protection" |
 A Costermonger's Barrow in Fulham Palace garden |
 Fulham Palace, it was the Bishop of London's residence |
 The (three) Bishops' Tree |
 Details |
 The Tudor Courtyard |
 The way in |
 The Cafe, with the gang taking coffee (again) |
 The Sitting Room |
 Cafe Staff |
 Another view |
 The Tudor Tower |
 Bishop Fitzjames' Gate to the walled Garden |
 Curved Greenhouse to catch the sun for longer |
 Bishop Creighton's Arms |
 Into the Walled Garden |
 All Saints Fulham |
 Maybe they were part of a full effigy before the reformation |
 The Nave |
W Four Apostles |
 A Tudor Memorial |
 The Lectern |
 The Guardian |
 Sir William Powell's Almshouses for older poor women, still |
 Lamps in a row |
 Dolphin Downspout |
 Swanbank Court |
 Swan upping? |
 "The Temperance" serves alcohol! It was a snooker hall |
 The long alley to Putney Bridge Tube Station |
