On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:50:52 +0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Basil Jet wrote:
On 2015\02\23 10:22, Roland Perry wrote:
In message ,
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7650538846330/

There's a for sale sign on a house in that bottom picture. Thats what
I call wishful thinking even in London!

It has a boarded-up downstairs window, and its front door is inside the
work area. Network Rail will have bought that house along with the one
they've demolished, and when they've finished patching up the 'join'
will make it available for occupation.


It beats having a portacabin as an office!

I imagine that it also eliminates the need for a portaloo. The old station
building is still intact, too, and seems to be being used as a construction
base for the moment.

For a number of years some of the offices connected with Maida Vale
telephone exchange were in the house next door (since demolished)
which used to be the residence of William Friese-Greene, a UK pioneer
of cinematography. Despite use as offices, all the domestic plumbing
etc. was still in place, his bath being full of spare parts for
telephones.