Churches

The magnificent “St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church” – & some afternoon Jazz
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...

*The “Oranges & Lemons” – nursery rhyme
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...

all about “Wardrobe Place” & “St.Andrews-by-the-Wardrobe”
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...

The peace & tranquility of – “St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East
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...

London’s – Oldest Tree
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...