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The line "london is drowning / and i live by the river" comes from concerns that if the river thames flooded, most of central london would drown, something that led to the construction of the thames barrierare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe print is approx21x15cm, no frame includedmaterial 250gsm high quality printing paper, oil based inkcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablestudios/uk read morethe clash | london calling 'live by the river' original handmade print of the clashstylised in a 2 colour printour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit was released as a single from the band's double album london callingthis apocalyptic, politically charged rant features the band's post-punk sound, electric guitar and vocals"london calling" is a song by the british punk rock band the clashthis print is an original hand pressed print, made on a homemade hydraulic press, they are named and signed for identification and individualityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In the climatic finale, environmental terrorist group 'divine earth' storm the thames barrier and threaten to flood london if the government doesn't publish a secret document entitled 'aftermath', which supposedly outlines plans to scrap pollution cuts and instead focus on securing the remaining resources for uk and us consumptiongalvanised by these events, adam discharges himself from hospital and returns to workall discs are in good condition as is the casingas the series begins, adam (rupert penry-jones), recovering in hospital, hears that the country is falling aparta terror attack on a gas and oil depot has led to energy rationing and people are dying of coldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe media are blaming weak leadership and one media group in particular is peddling anti-government propagandameanwhile, ruth (nicola walker) is framed for murder as part of an elaborate cover-up involving the torture of a terrorist groupoxfam books & music romsey all 10 episodes from the fifth series of the bbc's political espionage drama following a team of officers in mi5
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place sailing tours:Â yachtsman's guide to the cruising waters of the english and adjacent coasts part v the west coasts of scotland, the orkneys, and the west coast of the north sea containing descriptions of every creek, harbour and roadstead, suitable for yachting purposes, from the mull of galloway to duncansby head, with brief account of the coast from the orkneys to the thames with numerous chartssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst published in , this is a facsimile published in
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: finethe first 6 pages (preface and index) are loose, but included, and the cover has several markings and areas of wearpages are aged, with some markings, but all in readable conditiontaunt's famous guides to the thames, with its wonderful maps and photographs, its informative descriptions and evocative advertisements
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Vintage linen-backed map of the thames estuaryno significant defects, just a tiny part of the cloth spine missing at the top see oxfam website for delivery information read morein remarkably good condition for its age
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Ravensburger piece puzzle - london the thamespieces in good condition some tape marks on the box but no major damage comes with paperwork inside sold to me as complete but i haven’t done it so sold as unchecked from pet and smoke free home
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Picture of the thames,it is an old picture but in very good condition read more
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Lamplight on the thames by pam evans this is a new paperback a very good fiction/saga book full price ÂŁ8
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New by the thames at windsor piece jigsaw puzzle
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Large canvas 'walking by the thames' 100cm x 80cm in good condition, selling due to redecoration
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Fx schmid by the thames at windsor piece jigsaw puzzle excellent condition
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The root barrier sheet is uv-resistantthe root barrier sheet from nature is a flexible high-density polyethylene (hdpe) membraneit restricts the growth of roots in unwanted places, such as pavements, roads, building foundations and buried installations
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Shipping nationwide 2 to 5 working days qualities: heavy duty construction and material for long lasting durability the pet barrier creates a more comfortable and safer haven for the driver keep your pet safely away from driver and passengers will keep your pets contained without damaging the vehicle's interior fully adjustable width from cm to accommodate most cars, suvs, hatchbacks and more easy to install and remove, no tool required specification: item name: pet car barrier material: metal wire, plastic color: black overall dimension: wx41h (cm) mesh grid size: 5lx5w (cm) net weight: 2kg flat pack: yes assembly required: yes rid117 read more
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford a fantastic personal collection of near-perfect postcards featuring every thames lockall are nicely presented in a hardback past times albumsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealso included is a tuck's litho postcard (postally used) featuring molesley lock
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Many believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the moonthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcyet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-tripit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonmutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundantbut we are wrongoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightseven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timesin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at allfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westmyths surround ithe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliahe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreestimates of its length vary from to milesmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild oneswe all feel we know the wall
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He then sailed to the samoan islands and on to vanuatu, as far as the great barrier reef, and north towards new guinea and the samoan islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of bougainville and the bougainvillea flowerhe made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover tahiti, where samuel wallis had preceded him by less than a yearreports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europethe book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to tophe returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian oceanfrance's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken inafter handing over the colony he had established in the falkland islands to spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown straits of magellan into the poorly charted south pacificalthough bougainville published an account of his voyage in , his original journal was published only in ; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in english translationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop haverfordwest the french entered the pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a spanish preserve until british navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid s
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Complete set of 11 comprising:borneo, the great barrier reef, caribbean isles, lapland, africa's rift valley, hawaii, the bayous of louisiana, the sahara, the himalaya's, the amazon & the grand canyonbrand new, unused'the world's most wild placesbrand new/unusedset of timelife books
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Complete set of 11 comprising:borneo, the great barrier reef, caribbean isles, lapland, africa's rift valley, hawaii, the bayous of louisiana, the sahara, the himalaya's, the amazon & the grand canyonbrand new, unused'the world's most wild placesbrand new/unusedset of timelife bookspriced exceptionally low for quick sale due to house move clearance!
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Complete set of 11 comprising:borneo, the great barrier reef, caribbean isles, lapland, africa's rift valley, hawaii, the bayous of louisiana, the sahara, the himalaya's, the amazon & the grand canyonpriced exceptionally low for quick sale due to house move clearancebrand new, unusedcan possibly deliver very locally'the world's most wild placesbrand new/unusedset of timelife books
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Complete set of 11 comprising:borneo, the great barrier reef, caribbean isles, lapland, africa's rift valley, hawaii, the bayous of louisiana, the sahara, the himalaya's, the amazon & the grand canyon'the world's most wild placespriced exceptionally low due to house move clearancebrand new/unusedideal student gift studying geography!, brand newset of timelife bookscan possibly deliver very locally!
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Upon learning that the great wall of china serves as the last barrier keeping the world safe from the mysterious threat from the lands beyond, garin and tovar vow to join the battle and help chinese commander lin mei (jing) and her forces in their epic fight for survivalthe cast also includes willem dafoe, andy lau and han luoxfam shop colne road yimou zhang directs this big budget action adventure starring matt damon, tian jing and pedro pascalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter travelling thousands of miles to china in search of a mystical weapon, mercenaries william garin (damon) and pero tovar (pascal) join forces with an elite army of soldiers making a valiant stand against a swarm of ancient creatures
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Upon learning that the great wall of china serves as the last barrier keeping the world safe from the mysterious threat from the lands beyond, garin and tovar vow to join the battle and help chinese commander lin mei (jing) and her forces in their epic fight for survivaloxfam shop kendal sealed in caseyimou zhang directs this big budget action adventure starring matt damon, tian jing and pedro pascalthe cast also includes willem dafoe, andy lau and han lusee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter travelling thousands of miles to china in search of a mystical weapon, mercenaries william garin (damon) and pero tovar (pascal) join forces with an elite army of soldiers making a valiant stand against a swarm of ancient creatures
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Complete set of 11 comprising:borneo, the great barrier reef, caribbean isles, lapland, africa's rift valley, hawaii, the bayous of louisiana, the sahara, the himalaya's, the amazon & the grand canyoncan possibly deliver locallycan possibly deliver very locally'the world's most wild placespriced exceptionally low due to house move clearancebrand new/unusedideal student gift studying geography!, brand newset of timelife books
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Complete set of 11 comprising:borneo, the great barrier reef, caribbean isles, lapland, africa's rift valley, hawaii, the bayous of louisiana, the sahara, the himalaya's, the amazon & the grand canyonpriced exceptionally low for quick sale due to house move clearancecan possibly deliver locallybrand new, unused'the world's most wild placesbrand new/unusedset of timelife books
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The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the thames valley the novel was in its 31st printing when playwright ain , the first film adaptation was produced by walt disney as one of two segments in the package film the adventures of ichabod and mrbox is slightly damaged see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey live in a pastoral version of edwardian englandmilne adapted part of it for the stage as toad of toad hall inalternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals: mole, rat (a european water vole), toad, and badgeroxfam shop redruth 's vintage puzzle which has 25 piece set with 4 toy shape pieces to look for in this puzzle the wind in the willows is a children's novel by scottish novelist kenneth grahame, first published in
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford a history of clifton hampden and burcot, two villages of very different character, knit together by the thamesthe author shows how time has shaped and changed them, how national events have occasionally touched them - from the fall of the roman empire (with its villa under the fields in burcot), the rule of dorchester abbey nearby and civil war carnage see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Horribly mutilated bodies are found floating in the thames see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand criminal gangs terrorise the innocentyoung women are going missingoxfam bookshop carlisle death stalks the fogbound streets of victorian londonthe doctor dons deerstalker and cape to seek out the sinister force lurking in the shadows of the metropolisfor the talons of weng-chiang are reaching out to shred the human race at the heart of this tangled web sits the mysterious li h'sen chang, sorcerer and hypnotist, and his grotesque sidekick - the all-too-lifelike ventriloquist dummy, mister sinthree discs and booklet included
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Dolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annehowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, infrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forceswhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmentthe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgraviabuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europethe successful bidder was fred fdolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementthe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsoxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentsfrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker village
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition- goodoxfam bookshop harrogate discusses the tools, techniques, and principles of etching and engraving and includes both historical and modern exampleswalter chamberlain has set down here the methods, materials and principles involved in the twin arts of etching and engravingmany examples of such contributions are shown in the illustrations, which also present the tools and techniques used by the etcher and engraverto these mr chamberlain has added many recent developments and innovations, for every creative engraver develops an individual approach making his own particular contribution to the artmost of the methods and materials described may be regarded as traditional- and are still the most practical, reliable and flexible
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