London 1981

Peter MARSHALL


St Mary Overie Wharf Offices, Southwark, 1981
29u-36: cobbles, street, warehouses,

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A large notice on the corner of the building has faded to become unreadable, apart from the word 'OFFICE', I think indicating it is around the corner, and above it possibly the word 'WHARF'. When I photographed this corner two years earlier it had been fairly recently repainted, and I think an attempt has been made to remove it.A large notice on the corner of the building has faded to become unreadable, apart from the word 'OFFICE', I think indicating it is around the corner, and above it possibly the word 'WHARF'. When I photographed this corner two years earlier it had been fairly recently repainted, and I think an attempt has been made to remove it. Formerly it read
 
G L STANSALL LTD
St MARY OVERIE
WHARF
OFFICES
 
The company G L Stansall (Wholesale Grocers) Ltd was dissolved in 1981, which probably led to the attempt to remove its notice.
 
The corner has some iron strips to prevent lorries damaging the brickwork. On the opposite of the road the doors are labelled 'R 2', and is probably a part of the R warehouse of Pickfords Wharf, built as Stave Wharf. On it are the initials by four recent visitors from Ampthill Square in Somers Town. A second frame from a little further back tells me the 'G' at left is simply from a very large 'NO PARKING' sign. Formerly it read G L STANSALL LTD St MARY OVERIE WHARF OFFICES The company G L Stansall (Wholesale Grocers) Ltd was dissolved in 1981, which probably led to the attempt to remove its notice.
 
The corner has some iron strips to prevent lorries damaging the brickwork. On the opposite of the road the doors are labelled 'R 2', and is probably a part of the R warehouse of Pickfords Wharf, built as Stave Wharf. On it are the initials by four recent visitors from Ampthill Square in Somers Town. A second frame from a little further back tells me the 'G' at left is simply from a very large 'NO PARKING' sign.