The increasingly-derelict A Senger building
Margaret Thatcher's Funeral, St. Paul's, London - 17th April 2013
The era of Maggie Thatcher covered pretty much Nosher's entire academic and formative life, from the age of 12 up to the end of polytechnic, and just beyond to 23. Obviously, Polytechnic is where it's more-or-less compulsory to be "anti Stuff", even if Nosher's political involvement was mostly working for the student magazine Fly and photographing student demos against various Thatcherite policies. The funeral happens to be taking place about 200 metres away from the usual cycle route from Liverpool Street station to work, the roads are all closed anyway and - seeing as it's unlikely we will see a politician worthy of a state funeral for several more generations - it was an opportunity too good to miss. And so it was that Nosher bunks off work for 50 minutes to observe the proceedings from the south side of St. Paul's Cathedral.
next album: Chesterfield and the Twisty Spire, Derbyshire - 19th April 2013
previous album: A Very Random Norwich Day, and The BBs at Laxfield, Norfolk and Suffolk - 13th April 2013
The edge of the Crossrail development in Stratford
A new railway viaduct is built
More concrete construction
Concrete silos at Crossrail
Major construction on the Stratford Crossrail site
Silver tags on a railway bridge
More new graffiti on the trackside
The eerie sight of a car-free Cannon Street
A military type and a rozzer, on Cannon Street
The world's media is in attendance
A heavily-armed Land Rover unit roams around
A City of London Rozzer, in ceremonial uniform
A small protest is occuring
Someone with a creepy Thatcher mask on
A protester is interviewed
The anti-Thatcherites are quizzed by a student
Photographers are everywhere
The view around St. Paul's
The flag-draped coffin stops by St. Paul's
The gun carriage and coffin heads up to St. Paul's
The clock of St. Paul's shows it's nearly time
A Met sergeant and an RAF type
A military band in Bearskins
Bikes are pressed in to service as a vantage point
The crowds dissipate after the service moves inside
The continuing protest, with a yellow coffin
More interviewing
Military types hang around on a traffic island
The corner of Cannon Street and New Change
Temporary barricades all around St. Paul's
Cannon Street and St. Paul's
Heading back up Cannon Street
When Nosher gets to work, the office is deserted
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The increasingly-derelict A Senger building
The increasingly-derelict A Senger building
The edge of the Crossrail development in Stratford
A new railway viaduct is built
More concrete construction
Concrete silos at Crossrail
Major construction on the Stratford Crossrail site
Silver tags on a railway bridge
More new graffiti on the trackside
The eerie sight of a car-free Cannon Street
A military type and a rozzer, on Cannon Street
The world's media is in attendance
A heavily-armed Land Rover unit roams around
A City of London Rozzer, in ceremonial uniform
A small protest is occuring
Someone with a creepy Thatcher mask on
A protester is interviewed
The anti-Thatcherites are quizzed by a student
Photographers are everywhere
The view around St. Paul's
The flag-draped coffin stops by St. Paul's
The gun carriage and coffin heads up to St. Paul's
The clock of St. Paul's shows it's nearly time
A Met sergeant and an RAF type
A military band in Bearskins
Bikes are pressed in to service as a vantage point
The crowds dissipate after the service moves inside
The continuing protest, with a yellow coffin
More interviewing
Military types hang around on a traffic island
The corner of Cannon Street and New Change
Temporary barricades all around St. Paul's
Cannon Street and St. Paul's
Heading back up Cannon Street
When Nosher gets to work, the office is deserted