Comments on: Lots Road Power Station: the glory years

By: Vintage Ventures- Passing Brompton Road! « makingthemarrow

Vintage Ventures- Passing Brompton Road! « makingthemarrow — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:49:12 +0000

[...] can read more about it’s history at this great blog post (plus [...]

By: William

William — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:55:18 +0000

Hi Dave, As a young man in 1962 I had a bedsit in Cedarne Rd but was looking for another one. I saw an ad for one in Lots Rd. Coming into it off Kings Rd there were tall terraced houses down the left hand side and a high brick wall down the right. The houses probably had not been painted since before WWI, and were very shabby. At the end of the road was of course the mighty power house.It was utterly depressing & I never went to the address. Instead I went to Nevern Sq Earls Court, where I met my future wife – & we’re still married!

By: Steampunk News » Tesla 2012!

Steampunk News » Tesla 2012! — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:17:13 +0000

[...] gets all the attention, but the Lots Road Power Station was equally inspiring/terrifying back in its [...]

By: Dave Walker

Dave Walker — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:26:54 +0000

Chris
Unfortunately the library scrapbook compilers of the early 20th century almost never told us where the pictures came from or who created them. The Proud City is certainly in the same style.
Dave

By: P Taylor

P Taylor — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:22:59 +0000

I just finished reading John Le Carre’s first novel ‘Call of the Dead’ (1962) yesterday. The showdown in the last chapter involves a chase through Fulham onto Lots Road via the ‘Balloon’ pub, the villain escapes onto one of the houseboats.

By: Chris Pain

Chris Pain — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Fascinating post Dave! Do you happen to know if the two Underground poster were by Walter Spradbery? He produced the other well known LT poster “The Proud City” showing the power station from a different angle.
http://worlds-enders.blogspot.it/2010/02/lost-streets-meek-street-and-proud-city.html
Chris