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Your 'News Shopper' pictures of the Orpington building (hyperlinked from 'intruded') show the front of the building with earlier windows apparently protected by a form of secondary glazing.
Your own picture (the back of the building?) seems to show all the windows simply replaced with modern plastic double-glazing.
How did they get away with that, I wonder?
RayL | 09.02.17 - 8:32 a.m. | #
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Ah, that'd be because my photo showed the Alms Houses, not the Priory.
I've switched it now, thanks.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 09.02.17 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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Good to hear the Lubbock gallery survived, that was the best bit of the old museum, together with the borough bomb map.
John B | 09.02.17 - 9:06 a.m. | #
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Bromley represent! Always good to see you covering my neck of the woods. I'd say a lot of south east London is pretty cozy on the whole. Obviously it can't compare to some parts of south west London, but I'm still happy to have lived all my life there.
EonLeader | 09.02.17 - 9:23 a.m. | #
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If I'd known you were in the area,DG, I'd have put the kettle on! 😉
Jo W | 09.02.17 - 9:56 a.m. | #
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"we will continue to have exhibition space in the centre of Bromley"
(Peter Morgan, Executive Councillor for Renewal and Recreation)
Orpington Priory is actually much nearer the geographical centre of the borough (although may not the demographic centre).
Reminds me of the Newspeak which justified closing one branch of Richmond Borough's Adult College and keep only the site across the river in Richmond itself, "to concentrate all facilities in the centre of Richmond". The closed site, in Twickenham, was actually much closer to the geographical centre of the borough.
timbo | 09.02.17 - 10:42 a.m. | #
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As a resident of Beckenham, I visited the priory (not that one!) on numerous occasions and it was a fascinating ramshackle old building. The collection needed a bit of curatorial attention, but local museums are supposed to be a bit idiosyncratic. It makes them feel more accessible and less corporate. I predict special, sponsored 'themed exhibitions' at the library soon, with the usual ticket price for admission, of course.
Wole | 09.02.17 - 11:16 a.m. | #
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The RSS feed has the old picture just to confuse everybody. Lesson: always check the web version just in case.
Greg S | 09.02.17 - 11:30 a.m. | #
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The power of dg online...
At the bottom of the page your news shopper link brought up it says
People who read this article also read
UPDATE: Met Line extension: Mayor confirms work has stopped
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ap | 09.02.17 - 12:00 p.m. | #
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An afterthought about Bromley, following your recent mention of the Churchill Theatre, built in the 1970s, which also includes the Central library and now the local museum.
Soon after it was built, barriers had to be put around it to avoid pedestrians walking too close to it: unfortunately the blue-grey stone facing tiles hadn't been fixed on very well!!!
RogerW | 14.02.17 - 11:09 a.m. | #
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