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Monthly Archives: August 2020

*The “Great London Beer Flood” of 1814 – that occurred in the notorious “St. Giles-Rookery” district of London

This particular London Shoes topic is definitely one of the lesser known historic incidents that has happened on London’s streets – I had certainly never heard of it before, and I’m guessing that many others haven’t either – it certainly is an interestingly weird story. So – this week’s article published on Shoe’s website/facebook/twitter feeds, ...Read more...

* The majestic “Thames Lions”

This week’s London Shoes venture out took me into central London for the first time in quite a few months – and its true to say that things have changed somewhat since those halcyon days way back in March when I was last in the heart of the ‘Smoke’. Anyway – this little blog topic ...Read more...

*The beautiful “City of London Cemetery”-Manor Park-E12 – one of the largest municipal Cemeteries in Europe

Although the temperatures in the ‘Smoke’ this week were a bit bonkers, there was a serious need for London Shoes to build up the old fitness levels, and so I braved the heat and headed-off on a short 15min train journey to the site of this week’s chosen subject matter. Anyone who has travelled by ...Read more...

*London’s “Lost Music Venues”-Part 4-the “Ruskin Arms”-East Ham and its Mod & Metal connections

This week ‘London Shoes’ didn’t have to travel too far to reach its subject matter location – just a short 15mins train journey from my home base to East Ham–London E12. The topic in question represents Part 4 of the London Shoes series entitled “London’s-Lost Music Venues” and takes a look at a place that ...Read more...

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