Quirky Topics

Even though this week’s London Shoes trek out to the ‘Smoke’ was only a short & sweet quickie, the subject matter was nonetheless an interesting one, as it perfectly epitomises the ‘Shoes’ doctrine of being a ‘lesser known & more unusual’ aspect of London’s history. In fact, ‘Shoes’ only recently became aware of the existence ...Read more...

  This week’s ‘London Shoes’ trek out, was a little bit different from the ‘norm’ – as it was all about having ‘lunch’ at an excusive world renowned private members club, deep in the heart of London’s Soho district – a far cry from the ‘Egg, Bacon, Beans & a Fried Slice’ that London Shoes ...Read more...

  The topic for this week’s publication onto the London Shoes website, Twitter feed and Facebook page, came about as a result of a conversation with my London cabbie mate Lee, whilst he was ferrying me through a very busy Kensington the other week – when Lee suddenly pointed out a particular landmark that London ...Read more...

This week’s ‘Shoes’ activity was slightly different from the norm – as not only did it involve the usual touch of historic culture, it also incorporated yet another ‘first’ in the world of “London Shoes”. Although the weather on my chosen day out was really lousy, and certainly not conducive to wandering London’s streets – ...Read more...

It could be said that the London Shoes topic this week caused a bit of a ‘stink’. Undertaking this particular task had me thrashing the life out of me faithful old free-travel ‘60+Oyster Card’ and also caused me to wear away a bit more of the soles of my actual (London) ‘shoes’ – as I ...Read more...

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...

  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...

  This week’s venture out for the London Shoes website posting, was short & sweet, but one that provides a typical example of the more unusual and quirky historic landmarks scattered across this metropolis. The subject matter is all about the “fake houses” of Leinster Gardens, Bayswater W2 – and an interesting little topic it ...Read more...

The great thing about London, and like most cities – is that it’s not just the ‘big’ stuff in terms of history, that is interesting – there are so many ‘quirky’ landmarks scattered across the metropolis, that people probably take no notice of, or don’t even know are there – and last week I stumbled ...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...