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Rothschild Street, LONDON, SE27 0JN

An office block with an impressive array of aerials, antennae and other rooftop projections. Seen from Knight's Hill. Surprisingly, the empty plot of land shows no signs of development - surely there is space for several hundred "luxury" apartments.

These pleasant brick houses probably date from the first half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806. Much of this initial phase has since been swept away by subsequent development which accelerated over the second half of the C19th and during the C20th, but there are pockets of houses surviving from the early days, mostly around Knight’s Hill, Norwood High Street/Elder Road and the area between them. A light dusting of overnight snow can still be seen.

Another pub which has gone for a burton (or in this case a Charrington). Happily, the pub sign has survived even though it is in need of some TLC. The pub appears to have been converted to residential use.

Estate agents office's on the junction of Chapel Road (on the left) and Weaver Walk (on the right).

These pleasant brick houses probably date from the first half of the C19th. The development of West Norwood began with the breaking up of Lord Thurlow's estate after his death in 1806. Much of this initial phase has since been swept away by subsequent development which accelerated over the second half of the C19th and during the C20th, but there are pockets of houses surviving from the early days, mostly around Knight’s Hill, Norwood High Street/Elder Road and the area between them. A light dusting of overnight snow can still be seen.

Closed pub on the junction of Weaver Walk (on the left) and Chapel Road (in front).

Although primarily a residential area with a main shopping street, West Norwood also has an industrial area. Well, two streets to be precise. Winn and Coales manufacture "corrosion and chemical resistant coatings and linings for the long term protection of steel and concrete." Rothschild Street was laid out c1900 on the site of some Huguenot almshouses.

Built in 1981-84, the second garage on the site. The banner on the end commemorates the garage's centenary, having been opened in 1909 by the London General Omnibus Company. (Information from Arriva.) Among others, from here one can catch the 2 to central London, several other buses to Brixton, or the 468 to South Croydon. The world is one's oyster...

The bulk of the large garage is off to the right.

Arriva's Norwood bus garage. The banner proclaims the garage centenary in 2009, but the garage was completely rebuilt by London Transport in the early 1980s. The new garage opened in 1984, thus making 2009 its 25th anniversary.