Piccadilly
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| Architects | Eric Parry |
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| Renato Benedetti | |
| Major cities | London |
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About Piccadilly
Piccadilly is a road in the City of Westminster, London, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is part of the A4 road that connects central London to Hammersmith, Earl's Court, Heathrow Airport and the M4 motorway westward.
HS2: Sunak's U-turn shakes confidence in his promises
... Stand on platform 14 at Manchester Piccadilly - one of only two through platforms at the station - and it is a procession of trains...
Quobna Cugoano: London church honours Ghanaian-born freed slave and abolitionist
... On 20 August 1773, 250 years ago, at the age of 16, Cugoano was baptised John Stuart in St James s Church Piccadilly, in the centre of London...
Candid moments on the London Underground
... Piccadilly Circus, 1978 Today it seems as though everyone is taking pictures on the tube, often of themselves, but in the 20th Century a camera below ground was a rare thing, meaning the photographer could capture candid moments, or sometimes generate a reaction from those pictured...
Candid moments on the London Underground
Victoria Line train at Oxford Circus in 1978
Since The First trains ran on the London Underground in 1863 the tunnels and platforms that Make Up The Network have acted as the backdrop to the lives of the many passengers travelling across the capital.
For photographer Mike Goldwater the interactions and chance encounters were there to be recorded by his camera. Taken during the 1970s, these pictures capture The Network before modernisation, a time when you were allowed to smoke and tickets were purchased from large machines for just a few pennies.
Piccadilly Circus , 1978Today it seems as though everyone is taking pictures on The Tube , often of themselves, but in the 20Th Century a camera below ground was a rare thing, meaning The Photographer could capture candid moments, or sometimes generate a reaction from those pictured.
Goldwater travelled from station to station looking for his next picture for Ten Years as his career as a photographer began to take shape. The series ended in 1980 when he helped to Set Up the picture agency Network Photographers and he turned his lens to the wider world Above Ground .
Holborn , 1978 King's Cross, 1972 Moorgate, 1973 Northern Line , 1974 Northern Line , 1975 Oxford Circus, 1979 Tottenham Court Road, 1977 Wembley Park, 1979 Westbourne Park, 1979London Underground 1970-1980, by Mike Goldwater is published by Hoxton Mini Press .
documentary photography, london underground, photography, rail travel
Source of news: bbc.com
