Monthly Archives: February 2020

*The “London Police & Crime”-Walking Tour – with ‘The Laughing Policemen’
Last week was quite a unique one for ‘London Shoes’, when I received an invitation from 2 highly acclaimed ‘London Walking Tour’ guides, asking me if I would like to accompany them on a ‘new’ tour they’ve designed – as they would value my feedback of the tour, its content and its delivery – before ...Read more...

* ‘A Brief History of Jazz’ gig – on board the ‘Tereza-Joanne’-King George V Dock-E16
Last week on a bitterly cold and windy day, but a beautifully sunny one –‘London Shoes’ took up the opportunity to attend another ‘live’ music event – that was held at an unusual and certainly unique venue – a place that I had never visited or even heard about before…… the ‘Tereza-Joanne’!!! The gig itself ...Read more...

*Leyton Orient FC – its history & historic landmarks
Last Saturday (8th Feb 2020) saw a ‘first’ for my ‘London Shoes’ – as it was the very first time I had ever undertaken a blog on a football club. The subject matter was East London’s “Leyton Orient FC”. Another ‘first’ fore this particular blog, was that I had 3 people accompanying me for the ...Read more...

*The “Crazy Coqs”club-Piccadilly & “The Jazz of Judy Garland” with Sara Dowling & the Chris Ingham Trio
This week’s London Shoes trek out focussed on one of its favourite blog topics – ‘live’ music. As with a number of my previously published music related blogs, this week’s subject matter originates from my association with ‘Gentleman’ George Double, my old drum tutor from my days when I was working at Barclays in Mare ...Read more...