{"id":37186,"date":"2026-11-06T05:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=37186"},"modified":"2026-11-06T05:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:32:16","slug":"notting-hill-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/notting-hill-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"Notting Hill Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used to work at a cinema <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Notting Hill Gate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now occasionally<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch a new webcam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Situated near the tube station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My memories of the cinema <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still fill me with happiness <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life was so easy then <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then things changed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As things tend to do <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this webcam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is to be believed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then my Notting Hill <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has changed for the worst <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is busier and now  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much more threatening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If is unlikely that I will return <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My cinema has closed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I have lost contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With my passing friends <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is all very sad <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But something <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That has remained constant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is the sound <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of my washing machine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working silently <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After six in the morning <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I programme it that way <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I like to wake up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To its gentle and soothing hum <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Especially during <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The darker months <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has not changed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since my days<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At number forty six<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And like then<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I still find it comforting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to work at a cinema In Notting Hill Gate And now occasionally Watch a new webcam Situated near the tube station My memories of the cinema Still fill me with happiness Life was so easy then Then things changed As things tend to do If this webcam Is to be believed Then my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37186"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37191,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37186\/revisions\/37191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}