Cafes

The “Polo Bar” – Bishopsgate-EC2 – London’s Classic Cafes – Pt2
Although this week’s publication onto the ‘London Shoes’ website is brief in its content in comparison to the usual postings – the subject matter in question proudly has its own little niche in post-war history, in terms of its service to Londoners. This week’s blog is the 2nd posting in the London Shoes category of ...Read more...

“Pellicci’s” – Bethnal Green-E2 – London’s Classic Cafe’s – Pt 1
One of the e-mails received into the London Shoes in-box this week, was from a lady in New Zealand, who said how much she enjoyed following the website, especially reading about the London she emigrated from many years ago. She enquired as to whether I had considered ‘blogging’ some of the old east end café’s ...Read more...

22 Frith Street, Soho – & the birth of Television
My ‘London Shoes’ blog for this week took me to ‘Frith Street’ in deepest Soho, an area where I spent 4 happy years working for Barclays Bank in my late teens, from 1974 to 1978. However, throughout the time I worked there, although I knew about the actual ‘place’ of my visit, and had ...Read more...