Monthly Archives: May 2021

This week’s blog highlights a lesser known historic fact about London, regarding the ‘immigration’ of refugees/migrants/asylum seekers into the capital. Now – most of us are fully aware of the arrival and mass integration of various nationalities and cultures throughout the past couple of centuries – where London itself, and particularly the ‘east-end’, has witnessed ...Read more...

The whole essence of London Shoes is to track down and highlight some of the more unusual and lesser known aspects of London’s wonderful history – and this week’s subject matter certainly falls into the ‘lesser known’ category. Near the top of ‘Whitehall’, just a 100yrds or so from Nelson’s Column – there is a ...Read more...

On the 16th of May in few days time, it will be the 53rd anniversary of a terrible tragedy that rocked London’s east-end – a disaster that influenced major changes in the construction industry and in particular, building regulations and standards. Last week London Shoes set out to track down (as near as possible) the ...Read more...

This particular London Shoes blog is rather special – as it is certainly one of the most enjoyable and interesting of the 300+ blogs I’ve published on the London Shoes website (& Facebook page) to date. As any follower or reader of London Shoes work will know, all my blog postings are accompanied by literally ...Read more...