buildings

anglesey abbey is quite beautiful and well worth a visit if you are near Cambridge.

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we were fortunate enough to spot that City Hall was open to the public as we walked down the thames to our tube station after visiting the Tower of London.
the view from the top is quite amazing as are the stairs to get down. plenty more pictures to follow on this one !
here the inside top:

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and here’s the downside middle (where they have important meetings):

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as seen in an old book

it was a really reflecty day yesterday with patches of sunshine through fluffy brown rain clouds.
as a result there were a number of strange phenominum, such as this alien face:

there were some great reflections on the building next door too:

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it was all coming from this rather attractive building:

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but i liked the alien best:

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the phrase ‘corporation housing’ is great. it seems to point to a past which had an optimistic view of the future.

and look at this fantastic building version of a belt buckle !