e27002 wrote on 02 January 2013 19:04:48 ...
On 2 Jan, 14:42, mirandola
wrote:

Hammersmith had its own artistic colony down by the river. AP Herbert's "House by the River" (turned into a great film by Fritz Lang) was based on the area he himself lived in. Gustav Holst lived there and wrote a "Hammersmith Suite."

In the late 1960s I worked in Hammersmith for a year. The atmosphere
by the river was special. It was quite different from King St 1, one
block back. I do not know if the River walk with its pubs has
changed.

It's still special and unchanged, separated from the King Street area by
the A4.

Hammersmith's two stations seemed disjointed. In those days
the buses stopped at Butterwick(sp) right next to the District and
Piccadilly station. That was very handy, but I have heard that the
facility has gone.

Not exactly, but there are now 17 bus routes through Hammersmith, so the
facilities needed to be expanded. The routes are split between an upper
bus station above the District & Piccadilly Line station, reached by
escalators, and a lower bus station at ground level by Butterwick.
See
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/...ith-101112.pdf
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Richard J.
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