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that looks suspiciously like a stack of IKEA stools in the back of the photo next to the wall
Caroline | 28.09.14 - 11:34 a.m. | #
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As ever DG your description brings the place to life beautifully. And fabulous to see Frognal receive a mention - one of London's "disappearing" placenames.
THC | 28.09.14 - 12:01 p.m. | #
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Thank you. We live 5 minutes from here and didn't know this was on. We have now been to visit.
Sarah | 28.09.14 - 6:54 p.m. | #
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Caroline, that's the original 30s design by Aalto.
http://www.artek.fi/products/chairs/128
OH | 28.09.14 - 7:34 p.m. | #
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Darn, well that's me in my place :(
After passing through Wapping, yesterday, and seeing what was going on at Tobacco Dock this weekend, I could've sworn your post for today was going to be about the 'London Tattoo Convention'
I'm very disappointed
RogerW | 28.09.14 - 9:53 p.m. | #
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(the name Frognal is also to be found on the complete opposite side of London, in Sidcup in the borough of Bexley)
RogerW | 28.09.14 - 10:11 p.m. | #
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thanks OH ... I love the design of those stools, even if the ones I have are IKEA and probably a fraction of the price
Caroline | 28.09.14 - 10:29 p.m. | #
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Interesting article! Burgh House, which you mention, is home to Hampstead Museum, which has a large display on the Lawn Road flats and some fine examples of Isokon furniture. Worth a visit!
dg writes: Yup :)
Graeme | 28.09.14 - 10:47 p.m. | #
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> Time was when most Londoners lived in houses, now most of us live in flats.
Of course I struck off at at a tangent - it seems to be about half and half by number of dwellings.
Dwelling stock, London 2008
(by type of accommodation)
House or bungalow
Detached 5%
Semidetached 15%
Terrace 32%
Flat or maisonette
Purpose built 39%
Conversion 9%
Total dwellings = 3,250,000
Mike D | 28.09.14 - 11:26 p.m. | #
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@Mike D, flats were a relatively new thing in the 30s, apart from the Edwardian mansion flats. Some time ago I went to an exhibition in Southgate, I think it was in a college, which included lots of publicity material used during the 30s to show the public how convenient, economical and labour saving this "new" (at the time) way of life was.
amber | 29.09.14 - 5:48 p.m. | #
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Mike D - if in 2008 and it was 50-50, then it's only gone one way in the 6 years since.
Messiah | 29.09.14 - 9:17 p.m. | #
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