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Obsessed with London history, transport and maps. Occasional posts about space science and random stuff. Based atm in Leiden, NL

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Still from the TV series ’The Avengers’ taken as one of the protagonists cycles towards Thrift Farm Lane from the then-existing Thrift Farm, Borehamwood 📷 ATV Studios 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=8314 #borehamwood #herts
Still from the TV series "The Avengers" taken as one of the protaganists cycles towards Thrift Farm Lane from Thrift Farm
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 30/09/2026
Slow going for snow-bound traffic in Oxford Street (1931) 🎨 Douglas Miller #london #oxfordcircus
Slow going for snow-bound traffic in Oxford Street (1931)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 29/09/2026
Disneyland canteen, California (1961) 📷 Disney #ott #offtopictuesday
Disneyland canteen, California (1961)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 27/09/2026
’Notting Hill Gate’ (1950) 🎨 Leonard Thiessen (Museum of Nebraska Art) #fineart #nottinghillgate
’Notting Hill Gate’ (1950)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 26/09/2026
SE London teenagers outside the Old Kent Road Picture House (1955) 📷 Popperfoto/Getty Images #london #walworth
SE London teenagers outside the Old Kent Road Picture House (1955)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 25/09/2026
Roy Cousins outside the Crown and Sceptre, Shepherd’s Bush (1978) 📷 David Hendley #london #shepherdsbush
Roy Cousins outside the Crown and Sceptre, Shepherd’s Bush (1978)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 24/09/2026
Belsize Park (1862) When hereabouts was all fields 📷 Edward Stanford #map #belsizepark
Belsize Park (1862)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 22/09/2026
World’s End 📷 Social media meme #ott #offtopictuesday
World’s End
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 21/09/2026
Newspaper stall on the platform at British Museum tube station on 13 February 1903 📷 London Transport collection #london #holborn
Newspaper stall on the platform at British Museum tube station on 13 February 1903
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 20/09/2026
’Blackfriars Bridge, London, under Construction’, early 1760s 🎨 Samuel Scott (National Trust) #fineart #blackfriars
’Blackfriars Bridge, London, under Construction’, early 1760s
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 19/09/2026
Nine Elms station opened 20 September 2021 on the new Battersea extension of the Northern Line 📷 Transport for London 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=268 #london #nineelms
Nine Elms station opened during 2021 on the new Battersea extension of the Northern Line
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 18/09/2026
Loughton, 7 September 2021 📷 Thomas Nygaard #london #loughton
Loughton, 7 September 2021
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 17/09/2026
John Rocque’s map of central Middlesex (1750s) Not only did Rocque create a detailed map of central London but also ventured into the suburbs. This section depicts many different names/spellings of northwest London - Sherrick Green, Dollys Hill amongst them 📷 John Rocque #map #dollishill
John Rocque’s map of central Middlesex
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 15/09/2026
Chicken #ott #offtopictuesday
Chicken
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 14/09/2026
Tracks, Clapham Junction (1940) 📷 Wiki Commons #london #claphamjunction
Tracks, Clapham Junction (1940)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 13/09/2026
’Night Train to Camden’ (1965) 🎨 Edward Bishop #fineart #camdentown
’Night Train to Camden’ (1965)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 12/09/2026
Notting Hill Adventure playground (1960s) 📷 University of Warwick archive #london #nottinghill
Notting Hill Adventure playground (1960s)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 11/09/2026
Traffic on Regent Street underneath the 1963 Christmas lights 📷 PA Archive #london #soho
Traffic on Regent Street underneath the 1963 Christmas lights
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 09/09/2026
The construction site for the Empire Stadium (1922) This would later become Wembley Stadium. The odd markings may mark diggings for the previous Wembley Tower foundations. 🎨 Historic England #london #wembleystadium
The construction site for the Empire Stadium (1922)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 08/09/2026
No shortcuts #ott #offtopictuesday
No shortcuts
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 07/09/2026
24-hour potato service on the King’s Road, Chelsea (1962) 📷 Hulton Archive #london #chelsea
24-hour potato service on the King’s Road, Chelsea (1962)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 06/09/2026
’Old and the New’ richardpcook.co.uk 🎨 Richard P Cook #fineart
’Old and the New’
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 05/09/2026
Colville Gardens, W11 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=34060 #london #nottinghill
Colville Gardens, W11
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 02/09/2026
Trellick Tower, seen from Golborne Road 🎨 Edwardx #london #kensaltown
Trellick Tower, seen from Golborne Road
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 01/09/2026
Pocket money toy #ott #offtopictuesday
Pocket money toy
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 31/08/2026
Bell Lane (1937) 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=41490 #shenley #herts
Bell Lane (1937)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 29/08/2026
The Swan and Pyramids (1960) 📷 Friern Barnet & District Local History Society 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=7199 #london #northfinchley
The Swan and Pyramids (1960)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 28/08/2026
Dawley Manor Farm (1900s) This farm existed in Harlington until 1962 when the M4 motorway was built. On this photograph, the route of the new motorway runs left-right across the scene directly through the middle of the farm buildings. #london #hayes(middlesex)
Dawley Manor Farm (1900s)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 24/08/2026
Pembridge Road (1900s) #london #nottinghillgate
Pembridge Road (1900s)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 23/08/2026
’London Monument’ (1906) 🎨 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky #fineart #monument
’London Monument’ (1906)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 22/08/2026
The Angel (1960) 📷 Ideal Homes 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=6128 #london #bermondsey
The Angel (1960)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 21/08/2026
Walmer Road, W11 at some time during the 1960s #london #nottinghill
Walmer Road, W11
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 20/08/2026
Waterloo Bridge on an 1836 map #map #waterloo
Waterloo Bridge on an 1836 map
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 19/08/2026
Bexley Road, Upper Belvedere, c. 1930 #london #belvedere
Bexley Road, Upper Belvedere, c. 1930
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 18/08/2026
Duck down at the Macy’s parade, New York City (1961) #ott #offtopictuesday
Duck down at the Macy’s parade, New York City (1961)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 17/08/2026
The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870) The sign promises that it WILL be rebuilt. Let’s hope that it was to everybody’s satisfaction. 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=5795 #london #stepneygreen
The Vine Tavern, Mile End Road (1870)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 16/08/2026
Hillside, Stonebridge #london #stonebridge
Hillside, Stonebridge
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 12/08/2026
Boreham Wood Village Hall at 96 Shenley Road (demolished 2010) #borehamwood #herts
Boreham Wood Village Hall at 96 Shenley Road (demolished 2010)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 11/08/2026
Wise words #ott #offtopictuesday
Wise words
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 09/08/2026
Pulford Street being demolished 🎨 Peabody Trust 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=84668 #london #pimlico
Pulford Street being demolished
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 07/08/2026
Adair Road (W10) junction with Southam Street (1932) 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=2115 #london #kensaltown
Adair Road junction with Southam Street (1932)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 06/08/2026
Map of the Kensington Canal (1829) This canal was largely replaced by the West London Railway and this section in particular the stretch at Chelsea FC’s ground at Stamford Bridge (in 1829, Sandford’s Bridge) 📷 John Greenwood 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=3275 #map #chelsea #fulham
Map of the Kensington Canal
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 05/08/2026
One of the side roads leading from The Highway to Pennington Street. Possibly Artichoke Hill, which is now much wider with new buildings on both sides #london #wapping
One of the side roads leading from The Highway to Pennington Street. Possibly Artichoke Hill which is now much wider with new buildings on both sides.
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 04/08/2026
Beware of missing foot 📷 Creative Commons #offtopictuesday
Beware of missing foot
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 03/08/2026
The old wooden Temple Bar 📷 Walter Thornbury 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=2823 #cityoflondon
The old wooden Temple Bar
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 02/08/2026
Looking south at and beyond No 1 Bosworth Road on the corner with Hazlewood Crescent (1952) Still from the film “I Believe in You” 🎨 Reelstreets #london #kensaltown
Looking south at and beyond No 1 Bosworth Road on the corner with Hazlewood Crescent (1952)

Still from the film “I Believe in You”
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 31/07/2026
This view of Long Lane in the 1930s looks north west at the junction (now a roundabout) with Belvedere Road (left) and Bedonwell Road (right). It shows a completed and maturing 1930s landscape. 📷 Ideal Homes #london #bexleyheath
This view of Long Lane in the 1930s looks north west at the junction (now a roundabout) with Belvedere Road (left) and Bedonwell Road (right).

It shows a completed and maturing 1930s landscape.
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 30/07/2026
The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961. All 20 roads on the estate were dug up and Highams Park itself restored. 📷 Walthamstow Memories 📍 www.theundergroundmap.com?id=15776 #map #highamspark
The Highams Park Estate was an estate of 176 prefabs which existed between 1947 and 1961.
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 29/07/2026
Tufnell Park (1922) It’s most likely that this is the junction of Fortess Road, looking up Dartmouth Park Hill, with The Boston pub out of shot on the right. #london #tufnellpark
Tufnell Park (1922)
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The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com · 28/07/2026
Pubstops of Harrogate and Knaresborough in a tube map style 📷 pubstops.co.uk #offtopictuesday
Pubstops of Harrogate and Knaresborough in a tube map style
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