Churches

  This week’s entry onto my London Shoes website also had a little touch of nostalgia in it for me – for not only was the subject matter a place that I’ve always wanted to visit and learn more about – the venue also enabled me to recollect and catch-up with 2 aspects from my ...Read more...

My entry published onto the London Shoes (londonshoes.blog) website this week, involved me adopting a slightly different approach, in terms of the subject matter – as the topic focusses on a very old children’s ‘nursery rhyme’, that has been sung by children in London, and no doubt elsewhere, for hundreds of years……. namely “Oranges & ...Read more...

  There are so many locations and landmarks scattered throughout London that are possibly little known and as a result, don’t always get top-draw billing – but, although not necessarily significant historical landmarks – they still retain that sense of being an important part of London’s history, as their original character still remains. For this ...Read more...

For my ‘culture’ gig this week my London shoes took me to a location that could be described as an ‘oasis of tranquility in a desert storm’ (very much like me, I guess ) – and that is “St. Dunstan-in-the East” – a small church site tucked away down a little side street, about 5mins ...Read more...

For this weeks ‘culture’ trip I had the pleasure of being accompanied by the dear old GLW (eg good lady wife), as we set out to locate London’s ‘oldest’ tree – an ancient, gnarled, withered and stunted old thing………but she’s good to the kids (boom boom) The subject matter is a thriving Yew tree that ...Read more...