{"id":872,"date":"2014-10-21T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T18:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=872"},"modified":"2014-10-30T07:11:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T14:11:06","slug":"station-to-station-edwin-smith-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"Station to Station &#8211; Edwin Smith commission."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/smithkentish.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/smithkentish.jpeg?resize=300%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"smithkentish\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/smithkentish.jpeg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/smithkentish.jpeg?resize=1024%2C741&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/smithkentish.jpeg?resize=788%2C570&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/smithkentish.jpeg?w=1430&amp;ssl=1 1430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/smithkentish.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/walthamstow.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-874\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/walthamstow.jpg?resize=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"walthamstow\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/walthamstow.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/walthamstow.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/walthamstow.jpg?resize=788%2C589&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/walthamstow.jpg?w=1179&amp;ssl=1 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Edwin Smith commission is turning out to be a detective story&#8230;.nothing is what it seems&#8230;this photo is not Kentish Town station as represented in his catalogue..it is Walthamstow Central and it still standing.\u00c2\u00a0Wonder how RIBA will take the news.<i class=\"_4-k1 img sp_LWp1MpKGrs1 sx_35a5d8\"><\/i> Shame I spent two days researching Kentish Town station and linking it to George Orwell.<br \/>\nThe clue was the angling shop in background..there hasn&#8217;t been a river above ground in Kentish Town for over a hundred years.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3j.1:3:1:$comment10152808724349882_10152808728169882:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3j.1:3:1:$comment10152808724349882_10152808728169882:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".3j.1:3:1:$comment10152808724349882_10152808728169882:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\">I now know that the photo probably taken late evening as the line goes due north-east-south-west\u00c2\u00a0and the light illuminating the posters&#8230;deliberately chosen I suspect by Smith for that reason.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for the poem&#8230;.I think it might turn into a series \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edwin Smith commission is turning out to be a detective story&#8230;.nothing is what it seems&#8230;this photo is not Kentish Town station as represented in his catalogue..it is Walthamstow Central and it still standing.\u00c2\u00a0Wonder how RIBA will take the news. 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