T 127 South
G 57 East
F 76 West
C 131 South
L 6 North
I 38 North
G 57 East
F 76 West
C 131 South
L 6 North
I 38 North
'Winter 1935. Bermondsy London. A 29 year old woman, standing a shade over five feet tall, is meticulously hand drawing all 23.000 roads and passageways she encounters during her daily walks around the city. She doesnt use a guide, for precious few street plans of London exist and are all woefully innacurate. It will take Phyllis Pearsall an entire year and 3000 miles to complete her navigation of the capital, but when she does it is an instant success. The first copies - the original A-Z London Street Atlas - are delivered to WH Smith in a wheel barrow borrowed from a neighbour.
Leafing idly through my A-Z, i noticed the stream in front of me ran off the map and the field beyond was off the page altogether.
The coverage of the atlas changes with each new addition. Someone, somewhere decides, year by year, where the map should end; which parts of the periphery of London should be included, and which should not.
This book is about the unfortunate places that fall just off the edge.'
Mark Power. March 2007.
Leafing idly through my A-Z, i noticed the stream in front of me ran off the map and the field beyond was off the page altogether.
The coverage of the atlas changes with each new addition. Someone, somewhere decides, year by year, where the map should end; which parts of the periphery of London should be included, and which should not.
This book is about the unfortunate places that fall just off the edge.'
Mark Power. March 2007.