A Short Trip To Trieste 8-10 March 2013 Trieste, ” a loitering kind of place”. Jan Morris Where Mittle-europe met the Mediterranean, the port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the once [ … ]
Chelsea Then & Now, 7
Chelsea, Then & Now Cheyne Walk The corner of Oakley Street and Cheyne Walk looking east, down river. The row of buildings on the left, 19-26 Cheyne Walk, were built [ … ]
Chelsea Then & Now, 6
Chelsea, Then & Now Kings Road Cheyne Row To Master Philip Ransome; ” I am staying with Auntie Pauline, not far from the houses in this post card, Much [ … ]
Chelsea Then & Now, 5
Chelsea, Then & Now South Kensington “Dear Lena, I have sent your P & B off today, hope you will like it get Daddy to write your name on [ … ]
Chelsea Then & Now, 4
Chelsea Then & Now Kings Road The Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York Square To Miss Moullin Annesley of Guernsey; ” Thanks for your nice long letter glad you are [ … ]
Chelsea, Then & Now, 3
Chelsea Then & Now Kings Road Oakley Street Looking south towards Albert Bridge Oakley Street was created in 1830 on the site of the old Chelsea [ … ]
Chelsea Then & Now, 2
Chelsea Then & Now Continuing the series started on 21 July Kings Road Sloane Square To a Miss Stillwell; ” Dear Girlie, arrived safely. It is very wet here this [ … ]
Box Art 1
The following box collages have been made by me, Simon de Mare, over the last few years. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them. A [ … ]
Chelsea Then & Now
This is the first in a series of posts, featuring old postcards of Chelsea, together with the same view today, and a brief description of each. Kings Road Sloane [ … ]
Leonardo’s Bridge
I thought I would dedicate this blog post to telling you a little about the background picture of my blog. It is a model, which I made of hazel branches, [ … ]