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Monthly Archives: March 2017

All about – “Highgate Cemetery”

My ‘culture’ visit at the very beginning of this week, was to Highgate Cemetery in North London. Now that may appear slightly macabre and strange to some, but it is a place that I have always wanted to visit, but never found the time to do so. The graveyard was opened in 1839, and designed ...Read more...

London’s strange street names – and their origins

This week’s ‘culture’ day was all about unusual street names that are scattered around the City of London – and ‘how’ those names originated. I have literally walked miles today in my quest to locate some of the more interesting ones – and I’ve been up so many peoples passages and alleys, its a wonder ...Read more...

London’s “Ghost Signs” – Pt 1

This week’s ‘culture’ day was more of a quest/challenge to locate some of London’s “Ghost Signs” – Ghost Signs are the faded remains of hand-painted wall adverts that still adorn the fronts and sides of buildings in London. Long before Banksy’s artwork graced the walls of Bristol and beyond, another type of street art was ...Read more...

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