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"Paul Talling's mesmerising website....

John Betjeman would have been proud of him"

Whats On in London

"Genius"

Danny Baker BBC London

ITV LONDON Programme featuring Paul Talling & Derelict London

to be broadcast within the next couple of months

Derelict London is an unusual photographic portrait (of over 1000 pics) of the nations capital.

This is not a compilation of familiar tourist sights, as another of those is hardly needed,

but a depiction of an (often un-picturesque) view of everyday life in London

This site is obviously not taken to illustrate London at its most beautiful or most successful,

The name derelict London is a memorable name for a website though not everything within

this site is of derelict areas and everyone has their own definition of derelict......

99% of these pictures were taken by myself (mainly within the last 3 years) during many miles of

walkabouts around the great capital.After years of travelling via car or public transport I realised just

how littleI had seen of London. (ie just stepping back and looking at buildings and people). I've enjoyed

putting this site together and will continue to add more pics. Try not to be too critical because

I'm no professional photographer.Neither is this some trendy art student project..............

Any places you think should be on this site? Let me know!

Also info (however trivial) or stories/personal memories on any of the buildings would

Please leave any comments or ideas in guestbook at bottom of page or email:

Do not send me emails if you are looking for derelict properties to buy or looking for a

derelict venue for a project or film location as its unlikely that I can help as i dont have any

contact with or knowledge of the landlords. I have been receiving several of these requests each week.

August 2008 - All Photographs on this website are Copyright!!

Derelict London DID have a FACEBOOK page but got banned as they said that I

violated their terms by advertising this website!!

"Although it has quainter pleasures, much of the appeal of Paul Talling's excellent little book

Derelict London is in how it seems to trace the skeleton of a dead city while it is still in

apparently rude health.In a city so devoted to making fast money, and busily fighting a

one-way class war under the rubric of "regeneration", sweeping undesirables and their

buildings away to the outskirts, it is almost comforting that relics and ruins still cling on

to its landscape, throwing workaday time into a spin. As much as it is an inadvertent

vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, Derelict London is valuable as a

document of the one going on right in front of us." THE NEW STATESMAN

(once in gallery click on individual pics to enlarge)

Pics are frequently added to this site so please keep coming back!

‘I love walking in London,’ said Mrs. Dalloway, ‘Really, it’s better than walking in the country.’

Want present day pics of your old haunts? Researching your family tree and need location pics? Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered (not just derelicts!). Much cheaper than professional photographers

Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com