Entries Tagged as ‘Scenes from W11’

September 12, 2009

Mayor Boris okays permanent Ghost-bike memorial

 Sunday 5th September a ghost-bike was fixed to a railing in Notting Hill Gate.
It’s there for many reasons, the main one being to mark the death of yet another London cyclist, Eilidh Jake Cairns.
Eilidh was killed by a tipper lorry near this spot. The lack of any witnesses meant the driver has not been prosecuted. 
The [...]

August 10, 2009

Letterbox abusers

 One of the joys of W11 life is taking the mountain of free, glossy mags that get pushed through your door to the recycling bin.
Captured here is the moment when the van turns up and the magazines, full of overpriced properties for sale, get divided up by the team.
That’s a lot of carefully prepared print material that [...]