Monthly Archives: May 2019
*The Victorian “Gin Palaces” of old London town !!!
In today’s world we are all unfortunately fully aware of the influence the drug culture and drug addiction has on society as a whole, and the social issues it creates around us. However, none of this stuff is ‘new’ as history tells us that back in London some 300 years ago, there was an even ...Read more...
*The legendary “Bud Flanagan” – from ‘cradle-to-grave’ – (an east-end boy done good)
‘Chaim Reuben Weintrop’ (aka Bud Flanagan) was born in October 1896 at no.12 Hanbury Street in the Spitalfields district of Whitechapel, deep in the heart of London’s east-end. His parents Wolf & Yetta Weintrop fled to England following the persecution of Jews in their native Poland. They had paid good money to escape to ...Read more...
*The spectacular “Sky Garden” & the “Garden at 120” – of Fenchurch Street EC3
‘London Shoes’ doesn’t normally visit the more popular tourist attractions and landmarks of the big ‘Smoke’ – however, it made an exception this week, and ventured out to visit 2 locations, both under the same theme of ‘up on the roof’. One of these locations has been around for the past 4 years, and ...Read more...
*Happy 40th Birthday – to London’s “Jubilee Tube Line”
Last week’s London Shoes blog was, (as they say on X-Factor, and other such tv progs) a “journey”. This particular trek out also had me sort of paying homage to the topic in question, on a particular anniversary of its existence. So – this week’s publication onto the London Shoes website-twitter feed & fb page ...Read more...