Thursday doors – 23 May 2024 – Doors from Highgate, London

Doors 265 – Doors from Highgate, London, November 2023 (Part V)

Forgive me if I appear a little distracted this morning, but I am still processing yesterday’s announcement by Rishi Sunak our Prime Minister, that we will be having a general election on 4 July (a special day on both sides of the pond), which is a little earlier than most were expecting. I’ll say no more about it, as Thursday Doors is a refuge from such matters, and instead focus on the final set of doors from a trip to Highgate in North London in November 2023, where I had lived for the majority of my teenage years.

I have also included a picture of the urinals in the public gents loo in Pond Square, simply because in spite of their function, they are elegant – they don’t make them like that any more (the old man in me says).

Most of these doors are from the Pond Square area, which is at the heart of Highgate ‘village’. When I was growing up, it was a place where teenagers would congregate to chat and make plans for which pubs they would try to get served in. It was also the focal point for the Pond Square Punks – it was the punk era, after all. I hope you enjoy the doors.

Blue doors of the Highgate URC Church, Highgate, London, November 2023
Blue doors of the Highgate URC Church, Highgate, London, November 2023
Pond Square public convenience and green door, Highgate, London, November 2023
Pond Square public convenience and green door, Highgate, London, November 2023
Black and white doors with flat-roofed awnings, Highgate, London, November 2023
Black and white doors with flat-roofed awnings, Highgate, London, November 2023
Yellow door with flat-roofed awning, Highgate, London, November 2023
Yellow door with flat-roofed awning, Highgate, London, November 2023
Cream and blue doors with flat-roofed awnings, Highgate, London, November 2023
Cream and blue doors with flat-roofed awnings, Highgate, London, November 2023
Had there once been a wider door to Burlington Court? Highgate, London, November 2023
Had there once been a wider door to Burlington Court? Highgate, London, November 2023
Unpainted door and an autumn feel, Highgate, London, November 2023
Unpainted door and an autumn feel, Highgate, London, November 2023

So that rounds things off nicely for this trip down memory lane, which I have really enjoyed sharing on Thursday doors. I have a great many folders of doors waiting in the wings but will keep my plans for next time as a surprise (mainly because I haven’t decided yet).

Have a great weekend, and if you live in the UK, batten down the hatches for six weeks of relentless electioneering.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj

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