LJ4D - Loughborough Junction's built history

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Impressive views from the Higgs tower.

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A planning application has recently gone in to redevelop the "stable block" in Ruskin Park as a cafe / multi use space.
@RuskinParkSE5 (Friends of Ruskin Park) have been campaigning to find a use for this neglected building for some time.
https://t.co/uHWqrBB0sz

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At the weekend Coldharbour Lane was closed to allow the delivery of a "Supergrid Transformer" for the National Grid. I've written a bit about this and the history of Loughborough Junction's Bengeworth Road power station.

https://t.co/zHyG6EsOEn

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A look at the south end of Loughborough Road in 1910 and 1960.

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Coldharbour Lane in the 1980s - and a bit about what might be one of Loughborough Junction's oldest surviving houses.
https://t.co/2mbPPduyVA

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3/ When @LJActionGroup initiated a petition last year, I wrote a little bit about what might be involved in installing a lift at the station - see link below. It will be interesting to see what any feasibility study comes up with.
https://t.co/7XqCa8SynQ

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1/ The Hardess/Wellfit street development was granted planning permission last week. The conditions include some financial contributions to improving Loughborough Junction station.

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2/ Here is some detail on those contributions, from the planning report. That they have been included is no doubt partly thanks to work by @LJActionGroup in pushing for improvements.

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@skandalmandan @ianvisits I've just written a bit about this here

https://t.co/wXhDYdT2vU

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I've written a bit about the newly renamed "Windrush Line" and why it doesn't stop in Loughborough Junction (or Brixton). https://t.co/1gG2IOaVLu

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Loughborough Junction & Denmark Hill entirely absent from the "Tube map" in days gone by - no longer the case.

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This is what the tube map looked like when the London Overground was first announced -- and notice the Windrush line, which barely existed.

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@ianvisits Here in Loughborough Junction we are now surrounded by "tube map" lines (thanks also to inclusion of Thameslink) where previously it was empty desert.

https://t.co/wXhDYdT2vU

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I've written a bit about the newly renamed "Windrush Line" and why it doesn't stop in Loughborough Junction (or Brixton). https://t.co/1gG2IOaVLu

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I've written a bit about the newly renamed "Windrush Line" and why it doesn't stop in Loughborough Junction (or Brixton). https://t.co/1gG2IOaVLu

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Another "Loobey collection" postcard recently added to Lambeth Archives' online images. Click below for more. https://t.co/kPufqmBai0

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I've written a bit about the viaduct repair work that's going on at the moment in Loughborough Junction -

Network Rail's buddleia problem: LJ's viaducts under attack https://t.co/rM0KR7xUeI

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A couple of weeks ago I posted a video explaining why Loughborough Junction ended up where it did.

This one looks at how LJ itself developed during the same period of time (about 1860-1900).
https://t.co/723L6jUgEr

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A c.1910 view of Herne Hill Road, recently added to the Lambeth Landmarks site by @LambethArchives

https://t.co/qnXBQ8FIIW