Victoria Cafe

Victoria Cafe, 11 Terminus Place, Victoria Station, City of Westminster, London SW1, 2002 • Old-school eaterie dwarfed by grime-encrusted belle epoque station arcade now (sadly) being redeveloped.

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Penny Nibbs says:

2017/01/04 at 11:09

A great photo Vici!

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- Vici MacDonald says:
  
  2017/01/04 at 11:21
  
  And named after me, as so many things are 🙂
  
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By Vici MacDonald
On 2013/07/28
2 Comments

2002, City of Westminster, London, Shopfront Elegy, SW1

eaterie, grandeur, grimness

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