Dark passageway of London by artaddict2
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Hatton Garden, the centre of Londons Diamond and Jewellry trade. Number 15 is where diamonds are fingerprinted, Da Beers' diamond merchants are round the corner at Holborn Viaduct. However we are slipping through a dark passageway between numbers 8 & 9 it makes a far more spooky image lol. Halfway through the passage we passed The Mitre pub and we surfaced on the other side into Ely Place.
ELY PLACE a private road which used to be the residence of the Bishop of Ely. Its now owned by the Crown and is not subject to the London Mayer and is indeed NOT PART of The City of London that surrounds it! (somewhat like the Vatican). The police can only enter if invited by the commissionaire.
Here SHAKESPEARE sited one of his most famous speeches 'This sceptered Isle"... by John of Gaunt who actually lived here in 1381.
The Bishops residence frequently entertained Royalty... one notable Banquet in 1531 included 4,000 Larks !
all information credited to this link -
http://www.londontourist.org/citywalk1.html
Comments (38)
beachzz
Quite a story behind this place--must be pretty spooky at night!!
Milouv
Beautiful perpective. Excellent environment of London and interesting comments.
MrsLubner
Really nice tunnel-type shot. good back lighting.
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.thank you for sharing the information.
cfulton
Is that a sparkle at the end of the tunnel?? Great work, Clive
durleybeachbum
Great place for a strangler attack! Super shot, gives a real feel of being there.
artaddict2
Steady on Andrea! lol
fredster66
Looks great. Great perspective and lighting.
BessieB
Great POV and lighting, excellent capture
helanker
WOW ! It looks almost of a one way passage :))) Excellent shot indeed.
rainbows
A wonderful moody shot, dear Alan. Wonderfully taken. I would find a place like this very scary..... Hugs Di. xx
delaorden_ojeda
fantastic story and great capture, excelent pov and light !
JeffG7BRJ
I'm with Andrea on this Alan, a place like this on a misty night, you could bump into Jack the Ripper or Mr Hyde. Lol. Excellent capture and narrative Alan, I have never toured London, the only times I have been there I was driving a delivery wagon way back in 1969. I have no intention of going back there either, it was bad enough then, with the traffic that is. Superb work. Bravo!!!!!
Alz2008
Wonderful image and capture Alan looks rather spooky, Excellent well done..
Meisiekind
Great image Alan - leading the eye into the light! These are difficult to capture and you did a great job!!! Well done. :)
PD154
Great shot Alan, I have walked this path many times as a Londoner, remarkable that a Norther man, using a server in America, enlightens an old Londoner to facts he didn't know, about something just around the corner.. :))...Oh well I guess when you live with it, you take it for granted...Nice work mate... PS: Did the website also stress that this was a popular short cut for Saucy Jackie..It always entrigues me, that they couldn't catch him, yet knew all his haunts :)...Or is that just the tourist industry tagging on the info for poularity?...Wo can know?
bmac62
"I see the light, I see the light..." Your photo puts the words of an old song into my mind. Kind of a neat reaction to your shot, don't you agree? I like it. Bill
virginiese Online Now!
very nice shot and interesting informations. I didn't knox this place.
thecytron
Great color contrast!
MrsRatbag
Wonderful shot!
auntietk
Wonderful shot! It does have a sort of creepy feeling, even in full daylight with the lights on.
prionbrain
WOW!!! Superbe!!!
lucindawind
excellent !!
kimariehere
wonderful compo =just love the contrast and light !!! beautifully done!!!!!
CavalierLady
Great pov and effort managing the light. Interesting narrative, what a historic part of London this is! Wouldn't want to be there alone late at night!
Optiramma
Fantastic and claustrophobic photo! Great light and POV and spooky quality!
Tanglimara
I love these vanishing point type photo's, great capture and lighting. Always nice to read your ssociated commentary with your upload. Tony.
emmecielle
Splendid shot!!! :)
jeroni
Excellent composition
jocko500
part of history here. a wonderful shot