Monthly Archives: December 2018

The “Royal Albert Hall” & Jazz in its “Elgar Room” – Xmas 2018
Those that follow the “London Shoes” website and/or Twitter feed, will have probably assumed (like me), that the previous week’s blog about “London’s Xmas Lights”, was the ideal fitting finale to bring 2018’s blog activity to a natural conclusion. However, (and totally unplanned) I just happened to attend an event last week, that not only ...Read more...

London’s “Christmas Lights” 2018
Being a Londoner at this particular time of year, there is always a pull on the old conscience, to take a trip ‘up west’ to see first-hand, the traditional annual Christmas Lights displayed on Oxford Street, Regent Street, South Moulton Street, and these days, many other streets in the surrounding area – a seasonal tradition ...Read more...

*“Historic & Notorious Alleys & Passages” – Pt 1 “London-E1”
The subject matter for this week’s publication on to the ‘London Shoes’ website, is to be the first of what will be a series of blogs on the topic of London’s “Historic & Notorious Alleys & Passages” To kick-start this series I made my way down to the Spitalfields/Aldgate/Whitechapel districts of my good old ...Read more...

*The ‘Link Boys’ & ‘Snuffers’ of old London town!!
This week’s blog for publication onto the ‘London Shoes’ website, in some ways falls into the category of ‘quirky’ – however, historically, the topic provides today’s world with a remarkable insight into an aspect of every day London life well over 200 years ago. This week’s blog is all about the “Link Boys & ...Read more...