Off Topic - Cromwell Buildings, London SE1.

 Nothing to do with wargaming this one, but following on from my previous post re the house I was born in my research tells me that by 1962 -  then aged 3 - I was living with my parents on the third floor of  Cromwell Buildings, Southwark London. Built in 1864 this was an early example of Social Low Cost Housing in London. Strange to think these were built 20+ years before Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of the East End of the city across the River.

Still look the same today and you can see them if you pass on the train between Waterloo East and Charing Cross ( You can see the railway bridge in the third photo). My abiding memory is of the stench of vegetables from Borough Market a stones throw away! 

I hope that some find this of interest?

A busy February ahead!

Sorting through what I have here this morning, lots to do. A quick rundown:

2 more Wars of The Roses Factions for Noel ( huge bag of Peter Pig figures).

WW2 German resin gliders for Noel. (These are in kit form)

ACW Black Powder command stands for Noel - 2 packs of metal Warlord command strips and 4 sprues for the rear ranks.

Assorted Wagons for Old John - plastic kits and very fiddly to put together with the ttraces etc!

Resin Cossack  command figures, a Cossack wagon and load, a couple more Winged Hussars (3D) and numerous assorted other figures etc.

I also have a few Epic sprues to do for new customer Tim, just a couple of Black Powder units per month going forward and that's me at full capacity now for several months ahead :).

I have also had another week adding to my own C&C Napoleonic figures to replace the wooden blocks.

Lots of photos!