A further update

Let me start by saying I didn't take these!
I've just been forwarded them as part of an ongoing issue with the council about repairs to the roof here (at work).

The three to follow were taken on a beautiful frosty morning and they really appealed to me.

The first shows Blackwall Lane, the main road which runs across the end of the street we are on. Incidentally the view would be different now as a tyre repair company occupies the lot shown as vacant in this picture. You can tell it's morning by a number of indicators - the queueing traffic is one.

The large white structure mid left is my local Odeon, and the hoop which shows across the front of it is in fact the footbridge across the dual carriageway in between. On the same retail park (hard to see - low flat roofs) are my local large supermarkets.

The second picture is looking down Azof Street, our official address. Again the picture now would show flats being built in the vacant space, but pretty much unchanged apart from that.The distant chimney (in between the prop and the spike) is one of four on the disused power station on the Thames.

To reach the position of the previous photo you'd just turn approx 180 degrees.

This one is in a similar position to the first, just further round to the left (anti-clockwise)
The Odeon is clearer, as is the footbridge.
The top of the industrial building bottom left is on Mauritius Road, where I used to live.

Bugsby Way Odeon?

Yes indeed!

I had my camera with me when I went to the cinema the other night. I've only just remembered I took these. Nothing exciting - I'm sure Odeons look the same everywhere, but just because it was in the distance on the other picture.

One from one end of the pedestrian bridge, one from the other.

Now you know what to look for when you come looking for me...

What's an Odeon?

Oops, I thought it was a worldwide thing - it's a cinema chain.
This is my local multiplex, although I'm more likely to go to the Greenwich Picture House which is an independent and therefore shows more foreign language films and less blockbusters. Also the people there tend to be film lovers and less likely to talk through the film. Oh and you can take a beer from the bar in with you :)

Did someone steal the S off your weathervane? Or do you just never get southerly winds in London so they didn't bother? Or is suppressing South an Anti-Australian plot to get revenge for the humiliation suffered in the last Ashes tour? ;)

My favourite cinema is the Picture House in Hebden Bridge.

It's subsidised by the local council, and is run very much as a community resource. It shows big hollywood films, but also lots of art house and indie films. The best thing about it though is that not only is it an old fashioned picture house with big velveteen seats and lots of leg room, but the refreshments counter sells tea and coffee in proper pot mugs, which you can take in with you. It's like watching a film on a giant screen but in your own living room. Lovely.

Oh, and they let me in for half-price even though I didn't have my student ID as proof:P

Dana---when do you next go to Hebden? I'd love some pics!!!

Work in progress.

We've been commissioned by Tower Hamlets (local authority) to create a giant puppet to help promote their recycling campaign. It's been made out of the same wheelie bins that the borough are using.

He's drooping in the pictures because he's not being activated at the mo - they're trying to sort out the sound effects. I find the voice a bit creepy, but I'm not a child. It's intended to be a benevolent giant - it says thank you a lot. In fact a group of kids has already gathered outside the gates in awe. I'll capture it with the sound for you (they're rehearsing currently)

oooh, love that SG. video please :)

Sorry - I forgot I can't edit on my work PC, so I took it in the wrong format.
You'll have to turn your head sideways.

It's still in rehearsal stage - they put some sound on for my benefit, but there are a number of phrases, sounds etc they will use, which will be coordinated with the movements.

It's very impressive when it's coming towards you!

That's fantastic! :D