tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post3116868144805511850..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Commercial Road, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-78185435047182170752011-10-01T17:42:48.056+01:002011-10-01T17:42:48.056+01:00VG: Yes, they're very like Hampton Court. I...VG: Yes, they're very like Hampton Court. I'd call call them turrets.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-21960032557889098802011-10-01T04:15:07.316+01:002011-10-01T04:15:07.316+01:00You would think that providing simple rooms for sa...You would think that providing simple rooms for sailors who’d arrived in the nearby docks would not be a huge problem. After all, did the authorities want the men to hang around street corners chatting up local girls, or dossing down under a bridge?<br /><br />It reminds me of the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea. How else were injured men, who had served their country well, supposed to live decently?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-74123173126750757292011-09-30T17:52:50.411+01:002011-09-30T17:52:50.411+01:00Those two tower thingys, on either side of the ent...Those two tower thingys, on either side of the entrance, remind me of Hampton Court...what are they called?Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.com