Tom Blogs » London http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 £206 taken by the Olympics http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/05/31/206-taken-by-the-olympics/ http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/05/31/206-taken-by-the-olympics/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 10:41:24 +0000 Tom http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/?p=1665 I bid for four tickets and it looks like got all four – Session AT014 at the Olympic stadium on 10 August.

***** UPDATE *****

I’m getting a lot of traffic to this page with people searching for session code AT014 – Here’s a more helpful link to the Olympic site for people after useful info:

www.tickets.london2012.com/browse?form=session&tab=oly&sessionCode=at014

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Annie Mole’s Going Underground Blog reports that a consortium of finance, engineering, marketing and health & safety companies have been brought together byAjit Chambers fromThe Old London Underground Company to put old tube stations in central London into new use as tourism, storage space and entertainment venues (venues will become more than just bars, restaurants & clubs).

Stations under consideration are Down Street, Aldwych, South Kentish Town, Brompton Road and York Road.

Read the full article at london-underground.blogspot.com/2011/03/old-tube-stations-could-be-re-opened.html.

Picture by Ewan Munro.

]]> http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/03/31/old-closed-tube-stations-to-become-bars-more/feed/ 0 Olympic Stadium compared to Leyton Orient http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/02/11/olympic-stadium-compared-to-leyton-orient/ http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/02/11/olympic-stadium-compared-to-leyton-orient/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:58:57 +0000 Tom http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/?p=1462 Just out of interest I thought I’d take a look at the Olympic website and compare the size of the Olympic Stadium to Brisbane Road, the home of Leyton Orient. Using their maps (www.london2012.com/map.php), I zoomed in at the same level and took screenshots. I’ve photoshoped Brisbane Road ontop of the most recent aerial photo of the stadium (click image for bigger view):

From this it looks like the closest seats to the pitch at the olympic stadium will be about the same distance as the furthest seats at Brisbane Road.

I’m glad I won’t be watching football there.

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It maps London with only place names marking areas but unfortunately it’s disappeared from the Rocket St George website.

It reminds me of a 1.5m x 1m poster by www.nbstudio.co.uk titled “London’s Kerning” which I blogged about back in 2007. It still is available to buy, but currently sold out. If either become available let me know and I’ll post an update.

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It highlights one of the things I miss about working/travelling/living in London – the diversity of people. From amazing clothes to knelling face down on the seats, you’ve got to love the people of London.

I always say it’s impossible to really stand out in London, as this photo shows with the people sitting around the guy kneeling over not giving a shit.

Keep up the good work mrpeopleonthetube.

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]]> http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/02/03/96-99-reduction-in-crime/feed/ 0 Leyton Orient vs Arsenal, 32 years later http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/01/31/leyton-orient-vs-arsenal-31-years-later/ http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/01/31/leyton-orient-vs-arsenal-31-years-later/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:08:48 +0000 Tom http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/?p=1348 To celebrate Orient’s cup tie against Arsenal in the Fith Round of the FA cup, here’s a piece by the Times from the last time they met in 1978, where they were defeated 3-0.

Malcolm Macdonald scored twice, both times aided by a wicked deflection, before Graham Rix completed the scoring midway through the second half. Arsenal were simply too strong – much to Fisher’s regret.

There’s some great Orient names in the lineup, Peter Allen who holds the record of 432 League appearances, West Ham manager Glenn Roeder and fans favourite Peter Kitchen.

Read the full article at www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article519950.ece (it’s an archive piece so exempt from the paywall.)

Update: This was originally titled “Leyton Orient vs Arsenal, 31 year laters”, but being born in 1979 I forget how old I actually am…

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Thanks to www.likecool.com and of course little-people.blogspot.com

]]> http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/01/27/the-last-resort-little-people-project/feed/ 0 I love a good blue plaque http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/01/26/i-love-a-good-blue-plaque/ http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/2011/01/26/i-love-a-good-blue-plaque/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:28:58 +0000 Tom http://blog.tomsteel.co.uk/?p=1327 Roy Reed, of ReedDesign has very kindly individually mapped London’s 957-ish blue plaques . I get the impression it’s taken some time but is far more useful than the English Heritage alphabetical search.

Have a look at them all at reeddesign.co.uk

More at Roy’s blog and with thanks to londonist.com for telling everyone.

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2013: West Ham kick off their tenantship of the Olympic Stadium with a Division 1 home match against Accrington Stanley. Fans bring binoculars.

Read the full 11 year forecast of Spurs and West Ham’s future…

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