Are you Lady Gaga? - Brighton's Gay Pride

Brighton's gay pride is a celebration of being comfortable of your own sexuality and the sexuality of others. The event attracts a wide spectrum of the British Community and even a Lady Gaga fan.

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Brighton - Gay Pride - Just Say NO!

Two weeks ago Brighton held its annual gay pride parade at Preston Park. As it was a nice day I took the train outta London to experiance the festival and take some pictures.

Above is my "Just say No! to drugs Campaign" .. Belive that if you can LOL .. anyhow more pictures will follow this week...

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Battersea Power Station

The iconic Battersea Power taken on route to work.

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Spreading the Lords Work - Speakers Corner - Hyde Park

Hyde Park Speakers' Corner is an area where public speaking is allowed. Speakers there are allowed to speak as long as the police consider their speeches lawful. Contrary to popular belief, there is no immunity from the law, nor are any subjects proscribed, but in practice the police tend to be and therefore only intervene when they receive a complaint or if they hear profanity. Above are placards of warnings of God's return. If you are ever in London you should pass to the Marble Arch part of Hyde park on Sunday's afternoon and listen to range of opinions and arguements. It can be quite entertaining.

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Looking Over the Serpentine in Hyde Park

The Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, looks like its gonna rain!

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Shopping at Zara's Then A Nice Stroll in Hyde Park

I recently spent the day in Hyde park with a good friend of mine.

A stroll in the park is what Sundays are made for.

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Royal Albert Hall - London

The Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941.

The Royal Albert Hall is one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, recognisable the world over. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from every kind of performance genre have appeared on its stage. Each year it hosts more than 350 performances including classical concerts, rock and pop, ballet and opera, tennis, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and lavish banquets.

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The Gates at Kensingston Palace

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century.

It was the official residence of Diana, Princess of Wales (until her death in 1997),

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Brixton Underground Station

Brixton's bustling transport hub Brixton Tube station is the southern terminus of the Victoria tube line and has the honour of being the ninth busiest station on the London Underground network. It has recently undergone redvelopment and now it has a newer modern look.

First time visitors should be warned that things can get mighty lively around the station entrance, with drug dealers, religious fanatics, incense sellers, hustlers, dodgy CD sellers, handbag 'dippers' and random alcoholics all adding 'character' to your journey.

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Street Art : Brixton

An interesting murial on the side of a residential house in Brixton, London.

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Windrush Square - Brixton

Windrush Square in Brixton was formed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of West Indian immigrants on the Empire Windrush in 1948, many of whom settled in the area. Black celebrities, dignitaries and political figures participate in the social, cultural and political life of the area.

Overlooking the Square is the Old Bovril sign, which is a snapshot of how products were once advertised.

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Bramble in Whitehorse Meadow

At the bottom of my rood there is a wonderful meadow where you can see a wide variety of wild flowers, plants and insects. I captured this shot last Sunday as I strolled through it.

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Brixton: Ritzy Cinema

The building was designed as the Electric Pavilion in 1910 by E. C. Homer and Lucas. The client was Israel Davis, one of a noted family of cinema developers who created a large chain in south and west London that included the listed Pavilion, Shepherds Bush. The Electric Pavilion opened on 11 March 1911 and was one of England's earliest purpose-built cinemas seating over 750 seats in the single auditorium.

For the next 65 years the Electric Pavilion operated as an important south-London cinema, with only a short period of closure for some alterations and simplifications. These were carried out by George Coles in 1954, when the cinema was renamed Pullman. The 1920s organ was removed from the side of the stage. However the cinema retains the architecture and atmosphere of an Edwardian cinema intact. The Pullman, later the Classic, closed in 1976. It was at this stage that the building came close to demolition and it was only through the collaboration between Lambeth Council and the management of the time that the cinema survived. Thankfully it was reopened as an arts cinema two years later, with the name 'Little Bit Ritzy', from which the present name is derived.
The most important feature is the proscenium arch, with its present asymmetry. There are eight bays expressed by pilasters with simple drops, and in-filled with plaster panels and swags.

The auditorium is a remarkably complete example of an early cinema. It is exactly contemporary with the Grade II-listed Electric on Portobello Road, and it is a slightly simpler version in the same idiom. The auditorium is remarkable for its completeness, and particularly for the fact that the proscenium has never been altered to suit developments in the film industry such as Cinemascope. The exterior has been simplified by the removal of the top gable to the Brixton Oval facade, but some writhing cherubs survive!

Oasis Cinemas bought The Ritzy in 1994 and in conjunction with Brixton Challenge spent one year renovating it to its former glory - adding four screens, a bar and a cafe – and making it the largest independent specialist cinema in the country. In 2003 it joined City Screen Ltd, the country's leading specialist cinema operator.

Check out whats on this week by clicking on the below website
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/Whats_On/

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Barclay's Cycle Hire is here!

Today Is the launch of the Barclay's Cycle in London and I witness a huge interest in the new scheme. You will register initially to use the service and its should be available on a pay a you go service in the next six weeks. Its free for the first 30 minutes (if you are an annual member) and I think it will be a big sucess.

This is one scheme that the Major Boris Johnson has launched that I actually like.



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Grow Your own Tomatoes

If you are a frequent visitor to this blog then you will know that i have been growing my own fruit and vegetables. I am now reaching the stage where I am actually able to pick ripen fruit and vegetables to eat and enjoy. Above is a tomato plant (cherry tomatoes) which is being to

sprout tomatoes after the flowing stage. An exciting stage as these tomatoes I grew from seed.

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Grow your own - Courgettes

My courgettes have just started to flower which is the first indicator that the vegatble or is it fruit will start to grow shortly afterwards! More pictures when the courgettes appear!

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Grow Your Own Tomatoes

Growing your own fruit and vegetables is so satisfying pursuit when you see what you have planted have come to fruition. Here are some money tomatoes that I have grown in my garden.

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Home Grown Tomatoes

I have been growing a range of produce in my garden and I am being to see the results of my labour. Above are some home grown tomatoes that will be picked and eaten tonight!

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Friday Morning Walk to Work

A random picture whilst I am walking to work. I am approaching Trafalgar Square and in the distance you can see the Trafalgar Ship in a bottle ( on the fourth plinth). You can also see Canada House (the brown building with the national flag flying).

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A Yeoman Warder at the Tower

A Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London in London, England

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Stop Wriggling & Let Me Love You

I saw this on a wall in Brockley, South London and loved it.

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