Thursday, November 24, 2011

July 2011: Highbury and Islington Tube Station

We decided to go for a bite to eat with some friends at an Ethiopian Restaurant. I reached the tube station some minutes before time so took these photographs of this rather iconic tube station.

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Popped out of the tube station to see this soduku on the wall, how amazing.

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And there is a discarded mattress on the sidewalk. Hello?

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People and the entrance. And a very interesting pub with a great name.

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Two cultures meeting on the same sidewalk.

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An old station entrance across the street. I dont think its being used now.

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A shop

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Underground, overground and intercity services all pass through this station. Busy place, eh?

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A boarded up building.

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Puff Puff Puff. On the left, you have the BT image also blowing.

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Those are some serious earrings mate.

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Curious top of the building. Looks like a top of a temple, eh?

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There is a Nag’s Head Shopping Centre? I am going to avoid it.

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Nice wheels.

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Parked bikes.

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An interesting building, now a Barclays Bank Branch.

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Coming down the road.

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Reaching the main road.

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A flock of lovely ladies out on the town. Check those heels out. Woof.

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Why two?

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A church steeple under construction.

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A mural, some newspaper units, garbage disposal units.

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Flowers outside the pub

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Flowers and pasta inside the pub.

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I have started to see this happening more and more, people attaching stuff to lampposts. Memorials.

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Highbury High Street.

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Can somebody translate what this graffiti says?

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Couple of ladies peering into the window to see the pasta.

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A red flower in the middle of some old fat gits.

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Waiting to cross the road.

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A London Cab.

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You arent feeling cold????

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9 10 Pick up your stick.

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Striding away.

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Picking up some money

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Breakdancing?

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The other side of the entrance, another mural

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Nice checks.

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Speaking on the phone.

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A plane coming into land.

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The street.

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This bike has seen better days.

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Shadows on the trees.

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So the guys appeared at the station and we started walking to the restaurant.

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Interesting little avenue

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The shed has painted windows, how nice.

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Walking through a park

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graffiti of William and Kate on the wall. lol.

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That’s on the corner. How amusing indeed.

That’s it, Annie came to pick us up and then we went off to have a lovely Ethiopian meal, velly velly nice..

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