Monthly Archives: April 2022

A slightly different ‘Shoes’ blog from the usual stuff I publish – but in my opinion, the subject matter is just as interesting historically, as it portrays a classic “Then & Now” scenario. The earliest (surviving) photograph of London was taken in 1839 by a Frenchman named “Monsieur de St. Croixin” – who used a ...Read more...

Last week, under an overcast London sky, my London Shoes headed off to a place called Wapping-London E1 – a very historic area of East London, on the northern banks of the River Thames not that from Tower Bridge to its west and Canary Wharf to its east – a place steeped in history, particularly ...Read more...