Street – Fixtures & Fittings

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...

The ‘London Shoes’ blog this week focused on a topic that has been on my ‘To Do List’ for some time now – but one that I was a little bit self-conscious of doing, for fear of it making me look like the Nerdiest Nerd of Geeksville. However, when researching the subject I was surprised ...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...

  For my culture day out this week, my London Shoes had me seeking out a topic that I knew very little about, but a subject that played a massive part in the mechanics around how the City was policed, in times gone by……….the subject matter being “Police-Call Posts”!!!! I personally had no idea of ...Read more...

  My London Shoes ‘culture’ gig this week got me researching and exploring the history behind what was, (and to some extent still is -as it is still emblazoned on many items of souvenir merchandising) – a major London related cultural visual icon, that is instantly recognisable across the globe – and that is the ...Read more...

My little ‘culture’ venture out for this week focussed on a particular aspect of London landmark, that we have all probably passed by on many occasions but never really noticed or given too much thought about – however, these particular landmarks have been around a long time and have certainly seen a bit of life ...Read more...

My ‘culture’ visit for this week was a short & sweet trip – and focussed on something that I, and many several thousand others, would have walked past on many occasions when journeying by rail – but never even knew they were there, never gave a second thought to, and therefore never took any notice ...Read more...

This week’s ‘culture’ day was more of a quest/challenge to locate some of London’s “Ghost Signs” – Ghost Signs are the faded remains of hand-painted wall adverts that still adorn the fronts and sides of buildings in London. Long before Banksy’s artwork graced the walls of Bristol and beyond, another type of street art was ...Read more...