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Matthew Kilburn
Matthew Kilburn
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 12:20am

Presumably a library to be used by patients of the Middlesex Hospital, where they could sit and read newspapers and books. A civilized institution left over from the voluntary era, perhaps.

bronxbee
bronxbee
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 3:34pm

and it looks like another old building with character is about to be destroyed by the “march of progress” as exemplified by the background.