IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
John Aird Court, LONDON, W2 1UZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to John Aird Court, W2 1UZ by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (727 Images Found)
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Benchmark on #107-115 John Aird Court
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm23711
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 13 May 2011
0.02 miles
2
John Aird Court - homes for votes
In the period 1986/1990, Westminster Council had a very narrow Conservative majority and identified Maida Vale as one of eight boroughs where the balance of existing residents were likely to vote Labour in the 1990 local elections.
Under a notorious, secret policy entitled 'Building Stable Communities' the then leader of the Council - Dame Shirley Porter - began to encourage and move local tenants, perceived to be Labour supporters, to the outskirts of London.
Desirable inner London Council properties - like John Aird Court - were then let to Conservative supporters.
After this blatant gerrymandering was detected by other Councils, the District Auditor conducted a detailed investigation and found that Dame Shirley had acted illegally. It was originally estimated that she was personally liable for around £42M in restitution but she had subsequently moved abroad and rearranged her finances within the family: a multi million pound inheritance from the TESCO empire. Following burgeoning legal costs, the Government decided finally to settle for £12M.
To add to the injustice, when Mrs Thatcher's 'Right to buy' policy was implemented, Council tenants renting these desirable apartments found themselves in possession of a potential goldmine, with millionaires living across the street.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 23 Dec 2019
0.02 miles
3
Edwardian comfort
Pre-WWI apartments for the well-to-do of West London.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 23 Dec 2019
0.02 miles
4
Mansions on St Mary's Terrace, Little Venice, London
Image: © Ruth Sharville
Taken: 11 Feb 2012
0.02 miles
5
Entrance to St David's Welsh Church
From St Mary's Terrace
Image: © John Salmon
Taken: 2 Mar 2007
0.07 miles
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"The Jersey Lily"
In the late 1800s, the then Prince of Wales bought this house on Maida Avenue for the famous beauty and actress, Lillie Langtry, who had been the first society woman to appear on the English stage. She became the darling of the social set in London, with countless aristocratic admirers, and pursued a theatrical career, here and in the US, lasting over thirty years.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 23 Dec 2019
0.08 miles
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View of an ivy-covered illuminated house on the corner of Maida Avenue and Park Place Villas
Looking north-northeast.
Image: © Robert Lamb
Taken: 6 Apr 2018
0.08 miles
9
Catholic Apostolic Church
Seen from the canal.
Image: © Trevor Harris
Taken: 10 Apr 2011
0.09 miles
10
Warwick Avenue bridge
Taken from the canal towpath looking east.
Image: © Robert Lamb
Taken: 5 Jul 2010
0.09 miles