The London Daily Newsletter Thursday 18 May

Epping
Epping, situated in the Epping Forest district of Essex, is a market town and civil parish.

Epping is located three miles northeast of Loughton, five miles south of Harlow and 11 miles northwest of Brentwood. It enjoys a picturesque setting surrounded by Epping Forest and working farmland. The town is characterised by its collection of ancient buildings, many of which hold Grade I and II listings. Preserving its historical traditions, Epping still hosts a weekly market dating back to 1253, which takes place every Monday. Although the renowned Epping Butter, sought after in the 18th and 19th centuries, is no longer produced, Church’s Butchers, a local institution operating since 1888, continues to craft the equally famous Epping sausages at their long-standing premises. In 1856, the Eastern Counties Railway introduced a double-track railway line connecting Stratford and Loughton, with a subsequent extension to Ongar in 1865. Responding to its popularity, the track between Loughton and Epping was doubled in the 1890s. During its prime, the line offered a robust service with 50 daily trains operating between London and Loughton, an additional 22 continuing to Epping, and a further 14 reaching Ongar. On 25 September 1949, the section from Loughton to Epping became part of the London Underground Central Line. This transition left the single-track line from Epping to Ongar as the final steam-operated segment. British Railways operated the service until 1957 when the line was electrified and incorporated into the Central Line. However, as the services were not integrated with the rest of the Central Line network, passengers traveling beyond Epping had to change platforms at that station. Epping station remained the transfer point for the single-track line to Ongar via North Weald and Blake Hall stations until 30 September 1994. Since 1981, Epping has been twinned with Eppingen, a town in north-west Baden-Württemberg, Germany, fostering cultural exchange and friendship between the two communities.

TUM Book Club: Tube Mapper Project
Photographer Luke Agbaimoni created the Tube Mapper project allowing him to be creative, fitting photography around his lifestyle and adding stations on his daily commute.

The Underground is the backbone of the city of London, a part of our identity. It’s a network of shared experiences and visual memories, and most Londoners and visitors to the city will at some point have an interaction with the London Underground tube and train network. Photographer Luke Agbaimoni gave up city-scape night photography after the birth of his first child, but creating the Tube Mapper project allowed him to continue being creative, fitting photography around his new lifestyle and adding stations on his daily commute. His memorable photographs consider such themes as symmetry, reflections, tunnels and escalators, as well as simply pointing out and appreciating the way the light falls on a platform in an evening sunset. This book reveals the London every commuter knows in a unique, vibrant and arresting style.

London Omnibus (1914) Chevalier Fortunino Matania (1881–1963) was an Italian artist noted for his realistic portrayal of First World War trench warfare and of a wide range of historical subjects.

Fortunino Matani

Video: Flying into LCY
A simulated flight into LCY courtesy of Google Earth Studio.