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• Wallpaper maker to return to former offices nearly a century after moving out

  13-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An Arts and Crafts wallpaper factory inChiswick built in 1902 has recently been restored and will again be occupied by the firm that commissioned it, along with the William Morris wallpaper designs that form its archive.
  Voysey House (c) Jack Hobhouse
  Sanderson, a manufacturer of fabrics and wallpaper, was founded in 1860 and in 1879 built a factory just off Chiswick High Road. In 1902, they expanded into a brand new modern factory, now known as Voysey House.
  However, Sanderson left the building
  
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• Tickets Alert: Vintage tube train to travel through central London

  13-05-2024 15:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next month, a 1938-era vintage tube train will travel through central London, and you can either wave as it goes past or be inside waving back if you want.The restored 1938 art-deco tube train will travel along the Piccadilly line on Sunday 9th June 2024 between Acton Town station in west London to Oakwood station in north London.
  At Oakwood station guests can enjoy a mini talk about the architect Charles Holden and how his innovative station design has played a major role in shaping the appeara
  
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• London’s Alleys: Oriel Court, NW3

  13-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a short but charmingly cobbled little passage in Hampstead that unexpectedly leads to a cluster of hidden cottages.There is a hint in John Roque’s map from 1746 that the alley ran through the block to the road on the other side, although that could be a reference to Oriel Place or Perin’s Court, two longer alleys on either side of Oriel Court. It’s a tad difficult to be certain though.
  Whatever its origins, today the alley is a short L-shaped dead-end passage. The name
  
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