Ex-shop (Norbiton)

Ex-shop, 160 London Road, Norbiton, Surrey, 2005 • Another ex-shop resembling fine art, this time Donald Judd. Was later knocked down to build toytown flats.

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Chris Amies says:

2014/01/01 at 12:52

Would this have been by the pub called the White Horse? That must have been pulled down around 2005.

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- Vici MacDonald says:
  
  2014/01/01 at 13:14
  
  It doesn’t look like a pub premises to me – but I am no expert on Norbiton!
  
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  - Chris Amies says:
    
    2014/01/01 at 13:16
    
    Looking at the address the pub would have been a couple of doors down at 164-166. I found a picture at http://gallery.hd.org/_c/places-and-sights/England-London-Norbiton-The-White-Horse-pub-1-DHD.jpg.html?sessionVar=887oqg&sessionVarLiteUI=true
  - Vici MacDonald says:
    
    2014/01/01 at 13:51
    
    Thanks for the link. It’s not like Norbiton was that characterful to start with, and now even those bits are disappearing.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2013/07/22
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2005, Norbiton, Shopfront Elegy, Surrey

demolished, extinct, final closure, net curtains, pink, unknown business

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