Pinky's Supermarket., 109-111 Tower Bridge Road, Camberwell, Greater London SE1

4:11

Stephanie's, 2 Cazenove Road N16

 

1:19.

Manor Firearms, 421 High St, Newham, London E12, UK

1:35.

The Colombian Shop, 217 Holloway Rd, Islington, London N7, United Kingdom

27 secs. Street Number visible. Shop gone since Streets passed by?

Hairport, 8 High Rd, Haringey, London N15, United Kingdom

27 secs. Street number on door

The Socialist Party, 52 Clapham High St, Lambeth, London SW4, United Kingdom

45 secs. Street Number above the door.

Another view: Polskie Centrum Zywnosci, High Road N15

Hidden by a bus... Polskie Centrum Zywnosci, High Road N15

1:05:00. This took ages to find...

Mini Cab Direct, New Cross Road. London, UK SE14

27 seconds. Quickest ever. First view in Streets.

Bless You Barber, 1 Doggett Road, Lewisham, London SE6

2:42. Rebranded or new business?

Park view, Dinos Hairdresser, 224 Kennington Park Road SE11

3:26

Styles International, Lewisham Way SE14

15 min +. Sometimes Streets & Fronts disagree. Fronts thinks this Barber is in Lewisham Way SE14, while Street says it is at 321 New Cross Road, New Cross, London SE14 6AS. And in this case, Streets is right.

Fulham Appliances, 117 Fulham Palace Rd, London W6, United Kingdom

6:15.

Bargain World, 417 Mare St, Hackney, London E8, United Kingdom

13:45. Another shop that is part of a NoGoo zone.

Is it carping to suggest that Front's work is already being done by other online resources. Or is her site a curatorial act. (Is it worth photographing, if Google and others have made almost exactly the same images? I plan a future series of entries which will compare my snaps of London with the same locations in Streetview.)

Ning Fung, 75 Upper Tooting Road, London SW17 7TW

1:38.

Merrygold Barber Salon, 76 Camberwell Church Street SE5

3:36. Sometimes even thought it is listed in Google Maps - complete with a photo - the location is still wrong - it is in the next street or a block further down the street than Maps thinks it is. Ah, Modern Life!

Kosher Catering Hire, 43 Oldhill St, Hackney, London N16, UK

1:21.

Beijing4 Hampton Street. Southwark, London SE1, UK

57 secs.

London A1 News, 264 Stamford Hill, Hackney, London N16, United Kingdom

35 seconds.

Chinese Herbal Medicine, 368 Mare Street E8

36 seconds.

Sweet Lemon, 6 Manor Parade, Manor Rd, Hackney, London N16, UK

6a Manor Parade on Manor Road. Not Manor Road.

Vietnam Supermarket, 193A Mare St, Hackney, London E8, United Kingdom

1:13. Easy find with the street number in the signage. I must be too used to Victoria Street in Richmond, Melbourne - because it seems odd just to have a Vietnamese business all by itself.

James Street Newsagent, 22 James St, Westminster, London W1U, United Kingdom

7:45. Like any investigator, it's always good to have a backup source.

And I needed one for the likes of James Street - which is one of those Google NoGo areas that didn't get Streetview.

So I turned to my friend, Seety.co.uk, and he delivered the goods.

Washeteria,22a Shepherd's Bush Rd, Hammersmith, London W6, United Kingdom

90 seconds. Ridiculous. (But what a cool modernist 60s store. "Hal, open the clothes dryer door.")

Thought I was seeing double... but I was wrong

The second Abba Business (on the right) was two doors down from the Blenders' Off Licence

Blenders Off Licence, Tooting Bec Rd, London SW17, United Kingdom

1:44. Lucky guesses and that bright blue signage were the clue.

Convenience Store, 12 Hackney Rd, Hackney, London E2, United Kingdom

35 seconds. This is becoming too easy...


I like this inner city dude photographing a stencil or graffito...

Mirror TV, Brooke Road N16

8:07 minutes. I just happened to pick the right way to go down Brooke Road - West towards Stoke Newington High Street where LSF has been before. This shop falls right in the middle of a Street View gap.

Fix-A-Phone, 136 Whitechapel High Street,136 Whitechapel Rd, London, E1 1JE

1:05. When they are listed in Google Maps it is all to easy...

Launderette, 115 Fulham Palace Rd, London W6, United Kingdom

2:50. Listed, incorrectly, in Google Maps.

Pound Saver, 215 Well St, Hackney, London E9, UK

5:12. Browser running slow. Street number in sign.