Aug 25, 2025
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Chequer Street Wooden Paving
When one thinks about what the streets of London are paved with, once the jokes about gold or pigeon droppings are out of the way, the most common materials that come to mind are the older cobblestones and flagstones, and the newer tarmac. However, for a good portion of the 19th Century, wooden paving was a popular choice. Horseshoes and cart wheels striking stone paving makes a lot of noise – a nuisance for those living and working in the capital. Wood, on the other hand, was thought to have sound-dampening qualities. After some initial experiments, with varying levels of success, a method was developed in which first a thick bed of concrete as cast, followed by a layer of planks, and then wooden blocks set upright in parallel rows on top, with asphalt and pitch poured in between to hold the wood in place.
Though the wooden streets proved to be quieter than stone alternatives, and by some accounts easier for horses to travel over in wet conditions, they did come with the drawback of absorbing horses’ excretions, leading to the problem of noise being replaced by the problem of stench. With the rise of car ownership after the First World War, newer road materials were needed, and the wooden blocks were soon being dug up and replaced.
There are still a few sections of wooden paving left; it’s unclear why some of these remain – though it may be to do with the piecemeal ways that paving was replaced by the various local authorities responsible for the roads. The most “famous” section (though not the last as some claim) is on Chequer Street in Islington, where a short stretch of wood-block paving can be found at the entrance to the road, across from Bunhill Fields burial ground. Interestingly though, there is some suggestion that these are not original 19th Century blocks, but may be much more modern replacements laid in the 1990s!
From: American Home. New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., June 1929
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Samsö Bay Marina by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: The rain had just started to pour when I got this pic! It was taken in Djursholm, Stockholm, where some of the wealthiest people live. For instance, just out of the frame to the right, you'd see the home of Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA.
Dog tangle in Cleveleys. Unless they all move off in the same direction at the same time, they are going nowhere.
my knees sink into the grass
the heat of the afternoon shimmers into the air the earth and I are spinning in space
and I am wondering who is kneeling here
— Steve McDonald, from “Flagstones,” published in Tupelo Quarterly