Think of this section as a visual scrapbook dedicated to the number 26. If you come across a street sign, piece of graffiti, a picture in a magazine or any other unusual manifestation of 26, we’ll pop it up here. We may be words people, but we like our pictures too…
You can send submissions to admin@26.org.uk. Click on the photos for credits and a closer look.
Wendy Jones fought of a waiter to capture this!
Mike Reed found these in the Spanish Quarter in Naples
Mike Reed found these in the Spanish Quarter in Naples
Cathedral in Bern, Switzerland by Jill Hopper
Disused pub in Hoxton by Andy York
Photo by Lucy Beevor
Image by Tony Linkson
Found on the island of Giglio, Italy by Chris Bird.
I live at number 26, and this is my bin! Rebecca Thomas
Captured in Venice by Elen Lewis
Here’s a double 26 for you: 26 King Street, formerly a medieval Hanseatic League merchant’s house, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. Now ingloriously home to an accountancy firm, but in better times it would have been stuffed with treasures from Hanseatic trade. Seriously wealthy… Image by Jane Chittenden
Distance markers on a disused railway in East Sussex. The Cuckoo Line. By Tony Linkson
Distance markers on a disused railway in East Sussex. The Cuckoo Line. By Tony Linkson
Distance markers on a disused railway in East Sussex. The Cuckoo Line. By Tony Linkson
Spotted by Marin Lee at the Serpentine in Hyde Park
Spotted in Copenhagen by Helen MacKinven.
Spotted on the airfield of Tivat airport in Montenegro by Martin Lee
I took this picture in a fabulous vegan and raw food restaurant in Turin – Ezri Carlebach
Spotted in Capri by Laura Hunter
Woods near Jouqueviel, Midi-Pyrenees, 10 minutes after I had told my walking group about 26. They gave me a funny look. By David Mathews
Image by Ed Pritchard
Spotted in Belfast by Jonathan Holt
From Christmas travels in Krakow by Lydia Thornley
Night time lamp from Christmas travels in Krakow by Lydia Thornley
Daytime lamp from Christmas travels in Krakow by Lydia Thornley
No, not Italy, but a postbox along the road from the friends we stayed with in Venice Street, Mornington, Victoria, Australia (Passed it every morning on our way to our walk along the beach).
Spotted near Lavigny, Switzerland. Image by Linda Cracknell.
Spotted in Leipzig by Angus Grundy. ‘A gorgeous prize-winning renovated 1930s Art Deco villa.’
26 on a wheelie bin in Godalming – Andy Hayes
The house number on this wrought iron gate in a west London suburb is set against a red background, similar to the colour of a cricket ball. I happen to know cricket enthusiasts (and at least one cricket player) live here. Below the number 26, three of the vertical iron bars plus one horizontal bar are picked out in cream to look like cricket stumps.
Spotted in South Korea by Martin Lee, ‘In Seoul, all the blocks of flats (of which there are literally thousands like this one) have a massive number on the side. It was only a matter of time before I saw one with 26 on it…’
Image by Laura McIntyre
Image by Laura McIntyre
Image by Laura McIntyre
Image by Laura McIntyre
Tom Lynham in Hoxton, ‘Please knock hard using knocker’
‘Well look at that. My order number while working on a @26characters project at @cooperandwolf #clapton’
by Roshni Goyate
A baroque 26, shaped in terracotta on the brickwork, on an old house in the historic centre of Seville by Jane Chittenden
26 hand-stencilled on plaster, from a street in Cordoba, only a short distance away from the Great Mosque-Mesquita by Jane Chittenden
26 on the train that took me from Newcastle to Oxford by Michelle Nichol
By Elise Valmorbida
Seville – Rob Self Pierson
Taken just off The Strand London – Tim Rich
Image Carretare Plaza, Cordoba – Irene Lofthouse.
Hej hej. 26 on a factory floor in Sweden snapped – Sarah Brownrigg
26 spotted on a bullet train in Japan – John Simmons
26 spotted in a car at the Tall Ships festival in Falmouth – Suzie Cunliffe.
26 in Genoa – Tim Rich
26 at Goodwood 72nd Member’s Meeting – Giles Calver
Ryanair boarding pass – no choosing seat. Happened to be 26 and E – Elise Valmorbida
…spotted in Carlisle, just the place to spark off a poem – Vivien Jones
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Halkadiki – Jim Davies
26 gets raunchy! Spotted on a WHSmith middle shelf – Jim Davies
Shoreditch – Tim Rich
Shiodome, Tokyo – Tim Rich
Noodle Bar Floor, Tokyo – Tim Rich
Greenock, Scotland – Martyn Clark
Garden fence – Charlotte Overton-Hart
Middle England
Hoxton – Tim Rich
Charlotte Overton-Hart
Southam, Warks – Jim Davies
Beach Hut #26 in Lyme Regis – Sara Dean
Here’s a summery 26 on a beach hut – Shanklin. Isle of Wight – Lydia Thornley
Image by Andy Hayes
Tim Rich – London
26 on a cricket pavilion in Norwich – Tim Rich
26 in Rovinj, Croatia – Laura Hunter
26 French curves – Kirsten Irving
London – Tim Rich
26 emails – Jigna Umeria
Saturday 22nd March: a couple of hours before Chelsea beat Arsenal 6-0 – Francis Glibbery
26 on the Llangollen steam railway, Santa Express – Elen Lewis
Freebee Christmas gift magazine – Jim Davies
Whitechapel – Tim Rich
26 on diversion – Andy Hayes
Aix-en-Provence – Lydia Thornley
Image by Tom Lynham
26 in Rome – Elise Valmorbida
Room 26 at Senate House – Ezri Carlebach
Image by Andy Hayes
Image by Elen Lewis
Miravet, Spain – Anne Aylor
Image by Tom Lynham
John Simmons’ front door
London EC1 – MIke Reed
26 on the pavement in Farringdon – Sarah Butler
Lewes, Sussex – Tim Rich
Jurien Bay, Western Australia – Tim Rich
Cuckoo Line, Sussex – Tim Rich
Penhurst, Sussex – Tim Rich
Soho, London – Jim Davies
Helsinki Airport – Jim Davies
Jim Davies – Amsterdam
Image by Tom Lynham
Beach huts at Littlehampton – Fiona Thompson
Bike racks at Marylebone Station – Jim Davies
British Words House, surely? North of Oxford Street, London W1 – Jim Davies
Zeeland, Netherlands – Jim Davies
Spotted this one in Bruges at the weekend – Mark Noad
Alghero, Sardinia – Jim Davies
Watchet in Somerset – Jim Davies
Helsinki – Jim Davies
Helsinki – Jim Davies
Helsinki – Jim Davies
Helsinki – Jim Davies
My studio. Guess the date and time – Jim Davies
Image by Paul Readman
26 in the 19me, Paris – Fiona Thompson.
St John’s Restaurant, London EC1 – Mike Reed
Fife – Liz Doig
Fife – Liz Doig
Greenwich – Jonathan Holt
Wall and projection, Tokyo – Tim Rich
Liguria – Tim Rich
Whitechapel – Tim Rich
Liguria – Tim Rich
Liguria – Tim Rich
Liguria – Tim Rich
Liguria – Tim Rich
Fowey Boat Yard – Tom Lynham
Hoxton – Tom Lynham
Edinburgh Book Festival – John Simmons
Alghero, Sardinia – Jim Davies
Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Galvin Restaurant, Baker Street – Jim Davies
Kingsland Rd, Hoxton – Tim Rich
A sneaky one – Mike Reed
Eurostar to Brussels – Jim Davies
Three for the price of one. Sheffield – Jim Davies
Sheffield – Jim Davies
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Enkhuizen, Holland – Jim Davies
Enkhuizen, Holland – Jim Davies
Homebase, Leamington Spa – Jim Davies
Edam Harbour – Jim Davies
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Outside the Anne Frank Huis in Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Pula, Sardinia – Jim Davies
Zeeland, Holland – Jim Davies
Mike Reed
26 on the Norwich to London train – Martin Lee
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Amsterdam – Jim Davies
Edam, Holland – Jim Davies
Museum poster, Den Haag, Holland – Jim Davies
Poster, Edam, Holland – Jim Davies
Bouncy castle, Warwickshire – Jim Davies
Halkadiki, Greece – JIm Davies
Halkadiki, Greece – JIm Davies
Lukje Davies Halkadiki, Greece – Jim Davies
Halkadiki, Greece – Jim Davies
North Quay, Padstow – Mike Reed
Amsterdam – JIm Davies
Amsterdam – JIm Davies
Royal Mail Yearbook 2010 – (written by) Jim Davies
House in Islington – Jonathan Holt
Temporary street sign in Southwark – Jonathan Holt
Kingly Street, London W1 – Jim Davies
Kings Arms, Roupell Street – Andy Hayes
London SE19 – Sue Rogers
London SW1 – Sue Rogers
Scheveningen, Holland – Jim Davies
Clerkenwell, London – Jim Davies
Wharf Road, London N1 – Mike Reed
Covent Garden, London – Mike Reed
Tim Rich – London N6
Googled it – Jim Davies
Victoria Square, Birmingham – Jim Davies
Osmington Bay PGL, Dorset
On a stag weekend in Vejer, Andalucia – Mike Reed
On a stag weekend in Vejer, Andalucia – Mike Reed
Anghiari, Tuscany – Mike Reed
Anghiari, Tuscany – Mike Reed
A 26 found in Toulouse – David Matthews
Image by Mike Reed
Image by Mike Reed
Special delivery – Jim Davies
Paphos, Cyprus – Jim Davies
26 in the 19me, Paris – Fiona Thompson
Moorfields Eye Hospital Pharmacy – Tom Lynham
Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Sicily – Tim Rich
Edam, Holland – Jim Davies
Chiltern Line train, London to Banbury – Jim Davies
Queue – Tom Lynham
Regent Street, London W1 – Jim Davies
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Image by Rishi Dastidar
Long-standing 26 fan Bryan Ferry – Jim Davies
26 miles homepage – Andy Hayes
Shepherd’s Bush – Tim Rich
Skip – Rishi Dastidar
Southwark – Tim Rich
Spotted in an antique shop in Falmouth, Cornwall – Suzie Cunliffe
Paphos, Cyprus – Jim Davies
London SE1 – Jim Davies
Mallaig lifeboat – Tim Rich
Bethnal Green – Tim Rich
Travelodge poster – Tom Lynham
Bouncy castle, Warwickshire – Jim Davies
North Quay, Padstow – Mike Reed
Spotted in Red Lion Square, London (hard to miss, really).
Spotted by Elena Bowes on Cheyne Walk, London SW3.
Snapped by Sabine Harnau through the window of an Amsterdam bus
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