Walk Finds: Kensington and Chelsea Branch

Balloon Fragment, Long Thin Red

2007-11-23T10:14:00.000Z

Found in Westfield Park, 11.29am, 11/07/07

Hairband, with Hair

2007-11-23T10:13:00.000Z

Found in Sloane Gardens, 18/7/07

Long Thin Balloon, Black

2007-11-23T10:12:00.000Z

Found in Chelsea Physic Garden, 18/7/07

Square Sample of Plastic

2007-11-23T10:11:00.000Z

Found in Royal Hospital Road, 18/7/07

Fragment of Gnawed Traffic Cone

2007-11-23T10:10:00.000Z

Found in Westfield Park, 11.24 am, 11/7/07

Latex Natural Rubber Condom, Wrapped

2007-11-23T10:09:00.000Z

Found in Sloane Garden, 18/07/07

Plastic Lioness

2007-11-23T10:07:00.000Z

Found in Flood Street, 18/7/07

O2 Wristband

2007-11-23T10:05:00.000Z

Found in Kensington High Street, 1.14pm, 11/7/07

TalkTalk envelope

2007-11-21T20:44:00.000Z

wire

2007-11-21T20:38:00.000Z

small bent piece of wire, found on the King's Road 18th July 2007

Piece of bark

2007-11-21T20:25:00.000Z

This chunk of bark was found on the corner of Tite Street and Royal Hospital Road, 18th July 2007

Stone and Leaf from the Gingko Bilbao Tree

2007-11-21T19:48:00.000Z

Found in the garden, by a volunteer worker, 18th July 2007

Piece of asphalt

2007-11-21T19:39:00.000Z

Found on Tite street, 18th July 2007

Pricey paving stone (fragment)

2007-11-21T19:32:00.000Z

Found by Rosie, the curator of the garden, at lunch time on the 18th July. Workmen in the street outside chipped this piece off accidentally - sending it flying in the air - before remarking that it cost £100 per m/sq!

Cut flowers

2007-08-24T10:53:00.000+01:00

Found on 18th Juy 2007. Found near by CHelsea and Kensington Town Hall, suggesting that they may have been part of a wedding bouquet.

Drawing

2007-08-24T10:47:00.000+01:00

A sketch brought to us at The Chelsea Physic Garden, 18th July 2007. This sketch has an architectural quality suggesting that its artist had some knowledge of building techniques and was using the rough diagrams to either explain something to someone or to problem solve for his/herself.

Fragment of a letter

2007-08-24T10:40:00.000+01:00

Brought to us on 18th July 2007. This small scrap of paper found on the Chelsea Embankment bears fragments of the words 'please' and 'relationship', leading us to hypothesise that this is one of many fragments that the letter was torn up in to in a fit of passion or rage.

Champagne Cork

2007-08-24T10:36:00.000+01:00

Brought to Chelsea Physic Garden on 18th July 2007.

Granny's green pen

2007-08-24T10:25:00.000+01:00

Brought to Chelsea Physic Garden by Bella, who had found the pen on her way to the Garden. She told us a fabulous story of how her Granny only wrote in green pen. Apparently the story goes that her Granny had found a fountain pen when she was a child and being a good child had decided to take it to the police station. In those days if the lost property wasn't retrieved by its rightful owner within 3 months then the person that handed it in could claim it as their own. 3 months passed and no one retrieved the fountain pen, on receiving the pen Bella's Granny discovered that it was filled with green ink and from that day onwards she has writtern in green ink!

Poppy

2007-08-22T22:25:00.000+01:00

Remembrance poppy, found 18th July 2007 and handed in to Chelsea Physic Garden

Oyster Shell

2007-08-22T22:21:00.000+01:00

Found by Rosie, in Chelsea Physic Garden, in the far south east corner near the former boathouse, now the education centre, on the 18th July 2007

Hairband

2007-08-22T22:18:00.000+01:00

Brought to Chelsea Physic Garden, 18th July 2007, broken black hairband

2 Yellow Pages

2007-08-22T22:10:00.000+01:00

2 copies of the yellow pages, found by Frank on the 18th July and handed in to the archive at Chelsea Physic Garden

A-Z Page

2007-08-22T22:03:00.000+01:00

A-Z page

Dilapidated fake flower

2007-07-17T10:25:00.000+01:00

Found in Kensal Green Cemetery, 15 July 07, in the Kensington and Chelsea side of the Cemetery
Possibly from grave flowers
Pictured are nearby sights: an elaborate grave, the main avenue of the Cemetery with the most substantial graves, a badly decayed grave with 'Danger Keep Out' sign, a grave with flowers in a jug made from a bleach bottle

walkwalkwalk

2007-07-14T20:39:00.000+01:00

Animal masks - Badger, Hedgehog, Rabbit - from Party Party (?) High Street Kensington
Stones in bottle (home made rattle) from Holland Park, near Dog Toilet at High St. Ken entrance

Wrist-Band

2007-07-14T20:30:00.000+01:00

Found 11th July 2007, 1.14pm on Kensington High Street, outside Party Party on the north side of the road. The fluorescent yellow wrist band has 'The O2' printed on it, as well as the number 08737. click here to view the location on streetmap.

envelope (part of)

2007-07-14T20:29:00.000+01:00

This torn corner of an envelope was found on the 11th July 2007, at 12.02pm on Lots Road. Part of the franking is visible, including a code 'PB818800'. Click here to view the find location on streetmap.

Jesus Sticker

2007-07-14T20:26:00.000+01:00

little man?

2007-07-14T20:25:00.000+01:00

We're not sure what this small plastic component is, or does (was, or did?). 2 cm long, with the 'head' measuring 1.1cm across and the 'body' 0.6cm across, it is a moulded (possibly injection moulded) thermoplastic part in bright yellow. Evidence of attachment to another piece or part is present in the side nodules. Has sustained some superficial damage to the surface - scratched and slightly distorted in places. Found on the corner of Lots Road and Tadema Road, 11th July 2007, 12 noon. click here to view the location on streetmep.

During the course of our day at Chelsea Physic Garden many visitor made suggestions as to the origins and purpose of this perplexing plastic piece - though one of the last visitors of the day came up with an answer that we believe to be correct - that this is in fact the component of a disposable lighter that one depresses in order to release gas from the lighter fluid chamber.

1980s exercise

2007-07-14T20:22:00.000+01:00

conker

2007-07-14T20:12:00.000+01:00

Immature green conker, found on the Thames Path opposite St Mary's Church Battersea on the 11th July at 11.49 am. We must assume that the inclement weather of the past couple of weeks knocked this conker down before it had a chance to fully ripen. Click here to view the location on streetmap.

During the course of our research we discovered that the horse chesnut - of which the 'conker' is the nut, is not native to the british isles but originated in a small mountainous region of the Balkans, being cultivated and transported around the world for its spectacular candle-like flowers.

balloon

2007-07-14T20:11:00.000+01:00

Park Rules

2007-07-14T20:04:00.000+01:00

Huge Donkey-Dog

2007-07-14T20:01:00.000+01:00

Cone Bits

2007-07-14T19:56:00.000+01:00

More Chewed Cones

2007-07-14T19:54:00.000+01:00

Chewed Cones

2007-07-14T19:38:00.000+01:00

Small metal disc

2007-07-10T12:01:00.000+01:00

Found 10th July 2007, on the pavement, lodged between raised bumps and engraved circle design of 'non-slip' surface, leading to pedestrian crossing (pictured). The find is a flat disc of bronze coloured metal, smooth on both sides, approximately one inch in diameter. The special surface of the pavement on which it was found is perhaps due to proximity of Royal Hospital, residence of Chelsea Pensioners (one Chelsea Pensioner is pictured using the crossing). It is probably this special surface which has trapped the find and prevented it from being cleaned away. The location is Royal Hospital Road, North side, opposite Royal Hospital.
click here to view the location in streetmap.

Double-sided note

2007-07-10T11:50:00.000+01:00

Found 5 July 2007 on Kensington Church Street, lower end near the Church. This small square of paper was discovered leant upright against the stone wall, as if purposefully left. On examination it proved to be a double-sided note; one side of plain paper, inscribed with 'Argos' and a six digit number; the reverse pre-decorated with coloured (predominately pink and yellow) images of cartoon characters, hand written notes and diagram in two sections, possibly in Spanish. Decoration of hearts. Additional note in second colour of pen (blue rather than black) - 'salade' - perhaps a shopping list.
click here to view the location on streetmap.

These cartoon characters are in fact the Powerpuff Girls - or Meninhas Superpoderosas as it might be more appropriate to refer to them as - considering that this notelet has come all the way from Brazil, from a stationery manufacturer outside of Sao Paulo that licenses cartoon and other characters to produce home and office stationery. This leads us to believe that the writing on the notelet is in portuguese rather than spanish, and does indeed consist of a shopping list.
Grafons are the largest greetings card manufacturers in Brazil with 380 employees, their export marketing was only initiated in 2000, though the company was founded in 1972.

Heart Shaped Object

2007-07-10T11:27:00.000+01:00

This object was found embedded in the grit in between the cracks in the pavement surrounding a yellow grid. It is about 1.5cm long, flat, shiny on one side and dull papery on the other. Perhaps it came from a cheap locket. The location of the find was Kensington Church Street - we have included some landmarks to place the area more precisely. On the opposite side of the road nearby was 'Mrs M.E.Crick' Chandelier shop; and directly opposite was the house of Muzio Clementi, Composer and sometime musical dueler to Mozart. On the find's side of the road was a pub, The Churchill Arms, the sign of which is pictured. Found 5th July 2007.

2007-07-09T17:53:00.000+01:00

Clear plastic sticker found on Pembridge Gardens, 5th July 2007.

2007-07-09T17:41:00.000+01:00

Another Magnum lollistick found a few feet from the other two sticks. 5th July 2007.

Lolli pop sticks. White paper stick for a boiled sweet type confectionary next to it a wooden stick used to hold Magnum ice creams. Found on Pembridge Gardens, 5th July 2007.

Workmens red plastic and cloth fabric glove. Found on the fence of Pembridge Square. 5th July 2007.
click here to view the location on streetmap.

2007-07-09T17:33:00.000+01:00

Also found in the 'Pembridge Square ditch' (as we now affectionately call it) was this page from a map of Brighton. Found 5th July 2007.

This find appears to be a shutter hinge of some description but this needs to be researched and examined in much more detail to deduce its true function. Found on the perifery of Pembridge Square, 5th July 2007.
click here to view the location on streetmap

2007-07-09T17:27:00.000+01:00

Black Plastic coated Bike Lock, Large, found on the perifery of Pembridge Square, on 5th July 2007.
We decided to leave the lock on top of the sign post as it seemed to have been placed there for its rightful owner to retrieve.

Find number four

2007-07-09T17:24:00.000+01:00

Mother of Pearl Button, found on Kensington Place, near the corner with Kensington Church Street, 5th July 2007. click here to view the exact location on streetmap.

Find Three

2007-07-09T16:57:00.001+01:00

Red elastic band, Kensington Place, found 5th July 2007 on double yellow lines oppostite No.1B click here to view the find location on streetmap.
Included here are pictures of rare sitings, for this location, of graffitti and rubbish in the street

Second find of the archive

2007-07-09T13:13:00.000+01:00

Monday 2nd July 2007, found at approximately 1.40pm on the north side of Westbourne Grove, on the pavement outside Denbigh House. Silver chain 12.2cm long, each link 3mm x 2mm.
The chain is fairly lightweight, and I doubt that it is real silver. Click here view the location of this find on streetmap.

First Find of the Archive

2007-07-06T16:53:00.000+01:00

Found Friday 8th June, 3.45pm
This is the first item found for the Kensington and Chelsea Branch of the walkwalkwalk archive.
It was found on the pavement on Turks Row in front of the Memorial Plaque to the seventy seven people killed nearby by a bomb in 1944.
The find is a small leaf from the trees nearby, which shows some signs of disease.
Click here to view the location of this find on streetmap.

A return to the site of these find, and a more detailed examination of the tree from which the leaf came leads us to conclude that this is an apple tree, thus an apple tree leaf.