Archived Blogs - London Shoes

* “Horsleydown Old Stairs”-London SE1 & the ‘Old Justice’ pub-Bermondsey-London SE16
* the “Luminiscence” Experience (2026) – “Westminster Cathedral” – London SW1
* “Manze Pie & Mash” – Tower Bridge Road – London SE1
*”Sparks” – at the “Cliff’s Pavilion”-Southend-on-Sea Essex (2026)
* “Dead Man’s Hole” – ‘Tower Bridge’ – London SE1
*”Upstairs at Ronnie’s”-Frith St Soho-W1 – and the “Art Themen Trio”-(2026)
*”Cranley Mews”-London SW7 – London’s Mews Streets & Houses-Pt9
*the amazing “Michelin House” – Fulham Road-Chelsea-London SW3
* the “Pride in the Quarter” Lion Trail (2026) – in & around Westminster SW1
“Stanhope Mews-South”-London SW7 – ‘London’s Mews Streets & Houses-Pt8’
*the “Dalston Curve Garden” – an oasis of tranquility in London E8
* the “Post Box Eating Tree” of Drayton Gardens-London SW10
* “Queenhithe” and the “Queenhithe Mosaic” – London EC4 (2026)
*”Queen Elizabeth II-Her Life in Style” Exhibition – The Kings Gallery-Buckingham Palace (2026)
* “Chelsea in Bloom” Festival – May 2026
*the “Post Box Eating Tree” of ‘Fitz-George Avenue’-London W14
the “David Bowie-You’re Not Alone’ Exhibition-at the “Lightroom”-Kings Cross-London N1
*”Ramses & the Pharaoh’s Gold” Exhibition (2026)-at the’Neon’-Battersea London SW11
* “London’s “Roof Gardens” (2026)
* “St. George’s Square Mews”-SW1 – “London’s Mews Streets & Houses-Pt7”
*the “Elephant Trail”-at Battersea Power Station London SW11 (2026)
* “Walker’s Court”-Soho London W1-(2026) – ‘London’s-Historic & Notorious Alley’s+Passages’ Pt9
*the “Joe Pettitt Trio” at the “Club Room” of the “Finsbury Park Picturehouse” – London N4
* checking out “Balham” – London SW12
*the “Alfred Hitchcock-Mosaics of Leytonstone Station” – Leytonstone E11
*the “Walk of Fame-Stars” – Kings Cross Station-London N1 (2026)
*”the “East Side Jazz Club”-Leytonstone E11 & the “John Etheridge-Quartet” (2026)
* “Central Hall-Westminster” & the “Fleetwood Mac-String Quartet by Candlelight”
*the history of “Park Crescent” – London W1
* “St. Mary Aldermary” it’s history & it’s ‘Host Cafe’ – London EC4 (2026)
*”Canary Wharf & Me” – my ‘journey’….
*London’s “Mews Streets+Houses”-Pt6 – “Wimpole Mews” – London W1
* ”Now That’s What I Call London Shoes-2025″ – (End of Year Review for 2025)
*the “Snoopy in the City” Trail – the “Fleet Street Quarter”-London EC4 – (2025)
*the Hackney Empire’s-“Cinderella” Panto (Dec 2025) – London E8
*”Southwark Cathedral”-London SE1 – a brief history and a “Carol Service” – (Dec 2025)
*”Pizza Express-Jazz Club” Dean Street W1 & the ‘Chris Ingham Quintet-“Jazz at the Movies/Swinging Christmas” (Dec 2025)
*the “V & A Storehouse” experience (2025)-Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park-London E20
* the “Derek Nash Organ Trio”-at the ‘Club Room’ – ‘Finsbury Park Picturehouse’-London N4 (2025)
*the amazing “Brick Lane Music Hall”-Silvertown London E16 (Nov 2025)
*London’s Lost Music Venues – The “Rainbow Theatre”-Finsbury Park-London N4
* the controversial Swastika symbol – of the Upminster Bridge Station ticket hall – (2025)
*the “Legend of the Titanic” Exhibition-at the ‘Dock X’-Canada Water-London SE16 (2025)
* “The Jazz of Dudley Moore”- by the “Chris Ingham Trio” at the “Finsbury Park Picturehouse-Club Room” (Oct 2025)
* the “Hackney Empire” – London E8 – an “Open Evening-Tour” 2025
* the “Kings Gallery” & the “Royal Mews” – Buckingham Palace (2025)
*”Steely Jazz”-with the ‘”Chris Ingham Quintet”-at the ‘Pizza Express Jazz Club’ – Soho London W1
* the amazing “Dialogue Express Cafe” – Stratford-London E15
* the “Cart & Horses” pub-Maryland Point-London E15 – and its “Iron Maiden” connection
* “Saving St Paul’s: The Watch & the Second World War” exhibition – Cathedral Garden (2025)
* the arrival of the “Saga Farmann” Viking trading ship-at St.Katharine Dock-London E1 (2025)
* “Grotto Passage” – Marylebone-London W1 – ‘London’s-Historic & Notorious Alley’s & Passages’ Pt8
* “Coal Drops Yard”-London N1C – Then & Now
*”Elton John’s….Pinner”-(plus a little bit of mine)!!!
* the London “Turtle Trail”- 2025
*the “Word on the Water” – probably London’s most unique bookshop – London N1
*London’s magnificent “Mews Houses & Streets”-Pt5 – ‘Hyde Park Gardens Mews’ & ‘Bathurst Mews’ London W2
*the story of “Styllou Christofi” – the 2nd from last woman in Britain to be hanged
* “SPARKS” – at the ‘Eventim Hammersmith Apollo’ (formerly the Hammersmith Odeon) – London W6 (19/06/2025)
*the tranquil “Onion Garden” – London SW1
*the colourful “Leake Street-Arches” – London SE1 (2025)
*”Holy Holy” at the – “Shepherds Bush Empire” London W12 – (2025)
*”Ruth Ellis” – (the last women to hang in Britain) – her life and her London
*”Belgravia in Bloom” 2025 – London SW1
*”HMS Sutherland” – the fastest frigate of the Royal Navy Fleet…..visits London (May 2025)
* all about “The Royal Exchange” – London EC3
*London’s “Cabman Shelters” – Revisited (2025)
*the “Ideal Home Show”-Olympia-London W14 – and a brief past history
* “The French House”- & its ‘Pints Day’-1st April 2025 – London W1
*”The National Covid Memorial Wall” London SE1-on the 5th Anniversary of the 1st Covid-19 Lockdown
*all about “Sugar House Island” & the “Eastside Community Heritage” – Stratford-London E15
*The “Rock ‘n Roll Public Library” Exhibition – Farsight Gallery-Flitcroft Street-London WC2
*all about “23 Paradise Street” – Grave Robbing & the St.Mary’s “Watch House” – Bermondsey
*the “Garden Museum” and the “St. Mary-at-Lambeth” Church-London SE1
*last orders called at the “Ye Olde Swiss Cottage” Pub-London NW3-the end of an era
*the famous “Regency Cafe” – Pimlico-London SW1
* the Punk film experience – with “London Shoes” & the “East London Arts & Music” (ELAM) Students
* a “Mary Poppins” themed day – (featuring her controversial ‘Earls Court Square’ mural)
*”Battersea Power Station” – then and now
*”Now That’s What I Call London Shoes-2024″ – (End of Year Review for 2024)
*the “Hackney Empire” London E8 -“Dick Whittington-Panto” Christmas-2024
* “Southwark Cathedral” – London SE1 – a brief history+Carol Service -Dec 2024
*all about “My Exotic Fruit”……the story so far
* a “London-Christmas Tree Tour” – Dec 2024
*the “London Overground Lines” – Named & Coloured – Nov 2024
* the “Penguin Parade” – in the ‘Fleet Street Quarter’ London EC4 (2024)
*the “Poppy Fields at the Tower” – Nov 2024
* Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra-at the Cliffs Pavilion-Southend-on-Sea-Essex 2024
*the unusual “Illusionaires” Immersive Experience – at Canary Wharf-London E14
*”Myddelton Passage” (plus “Myddelton Square”)-London EC1 – London’s Historic+Notorious Alleys+Passages -Pt7
*the “Galeon Andalusia” – visits “St.Katherine’s Dock” – London E1
*the old “Marylebone Town Hall” commemorates its 100th Birthday with 100 weddings in one day
* all about “Kew Bridge” and “Kew Green” – London TW8
* “Jermyn Street” – and it’s Royal Warrants – London SW1
* “Lionel Bart” – from cradle to grave – possibly London’s greatest songwriter
* the “Fragile Beauty” Exhibition-of Sir Elton John’s photographic collection-at the “V&A Museum”
*”Churchfield Road-London W3 – it’s musical links & a bit of ancestry”
*”The journey through the creation of Ziggy Stardust” experience-KEF Gallery-London W1
* the “Duke of Wellington Mounting Block” – Pall Mall London SW1
*the London “Gibson Garage” & “The Starman” – Heddon Street W1
*”Joseph Grimaldi”-the ‘King of Clowns’ – from the cradle to the grave !!!
* the fascinating “Ship Tavern”-Holborn London WC2
* the “London Canal Museum” & the “Regent Canal” at Kings Cross-London N1
* the amazing “Keystone Crescent” – Kings Cross-London
*the “Victoria” Pub – Strathearn Place – London W2
*London’s “Top 5-Most Expensive Streets” – to buy a property – 2024 survey
* the “Bright Lights-Big City” Exhibition-at the “Iconic Images Gallery”-Waterloo Place-London
*London’s Lost Music Venues Pt7 – “The Scotch of St. James” – Mason’s Yard-SW1
*”Mason’s Yard” – off Duke Street-St. James’s – London SW1 – London’s Historic+Notorious Alleys+Passages -Pt6
* the “Little Egg Hunt” (2024) – Sloane Square/Chelsea-London SW1
* the “Since 9/11-Memorial” – Olympic Park-Stratford-London E20
London “Then & Now”- ‘Music Related Locations’
*all about London’s “Millennium Bridge” – also known as the “Wobbly Bridge”
*the newest “Banksy” Mural – ‘Hornsey Road’ London N7 (March 2024)
*”Carnaby Street” – “Then & Now”
*all about “Brixton Prison” – London SW2
* the “Brixton Windmill” – Brixton-London SW2
*the “David Bowie” Mural – Brixton-London SW9
*the premiere of “WILKO” – at the Queens Theatre-Hornchurch-Essex
*all about “London Fields” – Hackney London E8
* the “From the Caribbean to Coventry” Exhibition – Barbican Library-London EC1
* an “Royal Albert Hall” tour – & a ‘Cirque du Soleil’ matinee
*”Tobacco Dock”-London E1-‘Open Day Visit’ (Jan 2024)
*A nice way to spend Christmas & New Year -2023
*”London’s Lost Recording Studios” Pt.3 – the “Ramport Studio”-Battersea-London SW8
*”Edith Grove-London SW10″ – scene of the Rolling Stones first photo shoot !!!
* St. Pancras International Station’s – “Christmas Tree-2023”
* the “Whittington Stone” & all about the ‘real’ -“Dick Whittington”
*all about “Portobello Road” – London W11
*The “Monet-Immersive Experience” – Brick Lane London E1
*”Wapping Old Stairs”-Wapping-London-E1 – London’s Historic+Notorious Alleys+Passages -Pt5
* the “Hackney Empire”-Open Day-Mare Street-Hackney-London E8 (Sept 23)
* all about “Southend Pier” !!!
*the quirky “Snoozebox”-Stratford-London E15
* The “Van Gogh Immersive Experience” – Spitalfields-London E1
*”Goodwin’s Court”-WC2-the inspiration for Harry Potter’s ‘Diagon Alley’ ? – London’s Historic+Notorious Alleys+Passages -Pt4
* Greenwich Park Hill – “Then & Now”
*”The World Reimagined-Globes”-National Maritime Museum Grounds-Greenwich
*”Freddie Mercury – A World of His Own-Exhibition” – at Sotheby’s Auction House-London W1
*all about “CHARLTON” – London SE7
*the unique “SKY POOL” – Nine Elms-London SW11
*”Eel Pie Island” & the “Eel Pie Island Museum” – Twickenham
* “Ziggy Stardust”: The Motion Picture -50th Anniversary-3rd July 2023
*”Come on Eileen”- ‘Then & Now’ (Elephant & Castle-London-SE1)
* Camden Town’s – 3 “Castle” Pubs – London NW1
*“Greek Street”-Soho-W1 – it’s history & it’s Elton John Eyewear pop-up shop”.
* the impressive “Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel” & its “Russell Square” surroundings
*”BARKING RIVERSIDE” – the emergence of a new Town.
* “Aladdin Sane 50” Exhibition-the story behind this now iconic David Bowie image
*Marie Lloyd’s London – from cradle to grave
*London’s magnificent “Mews Houses & Streets”-Pt4 St. Luke’s Mews W11 & Kendrick Mews SW7
* the remarkable “Stretcher Railings” – of old London town.
*“Jimi Hendrix-Then & Now” – & the Montagu Square London W1-experience!!
* “Bank Station” – and a search for its 16 exits/entrances
* the history of “Lovat Lane” EC3
*the “Mosaics of Shepherdess Walk” – London N1
* the history of “Shad Thames” & a stroll to “Bermondsey Beach” & “Greenland Dock”
*the iconic “Ace Cafe” – its history-demise & come back
* “Pop-Goes-The Weasel”-Nursery Rhyme – It’s meaning & London references
* London’s “Portrait Benches” & their “Local Heroes”
*”Cecil Court” WC2 – London’s “Bookseller Row”
*Borough High Street -a “Then-1979 & Now-2023” photo shoot – John Cooper Clarke
* Bow’s “Fish Island”-London E3 – its past history and its current street art
*My London-1938 to date – “Eugenie’s Story”
*the history of “Brown Hart Gardens”-Mayfair W1
*tfl’s “Elizabeth Line”-6th Nov 22-a milestone day in the Line’s history
*London’s “Sculpture-in-the-City” – 2022
* The London locations -“Then & Now” – Re: the closing credits the “Minder” TV Series
* Bethnal Green’s-“YORK HALL” London E2 – quite probably the home of British Boxing
*London’s magnificent “Mews Houses & Streets”-Pt3….”Colbeck Mews”-SW7
*Green Park’s floral tributes to “Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II” – 20th Sept 2022
* The Swedish “Götheburg” – the largest wooden sailing ship in the world-visits London
* the “Superbloom” in the “Tower of London” Moat (July 22)
* the “Chimps Are Family” Trail- conservation exhibition – off Tooley Street SE1
* ‘Old Father Thames’ – on a sunny day in June 2022
* the London “Corgi Trail” – to honour Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee (2022)
*the “Platinum Jubilee” Vibe – June 2022 – Gallery
*the “Elizabeth Line” – official opening for passengers-24th May 2022
*London’s magnificent “Mews Houses & Streets”-Pt2….”Pembroke Mews” & “Lancaster Mews”
* The very first photograph of London – “Then & Now”
* all about “Tobacco Dock” – Wapping-London E1
* “Fassett Square” & the “Cat & Mutton” pub-Hackney-E8 – the inspiration behind tv’s East Enders ‘Albert Square’ & the ‘Queen Vic’ pub
*”Barbican Theatre”-EC3 & Tony Visconti’s ‘All Star Band’- perform their “Best of Bowie”.
* “Nancy’s Steps” – London Bridge…….the literary stairway, that isn’t actually what it purports to be
* the “York Watergate” &in the “Victoria Embankment Gardens”
*“Craven Passage”- Westminster-London WC2 – London’s “Historic & Notorious Alleys & Passages”–Pt 3
* David Bowie’s – “In Memory of a Free Festival” – Beckenham-Kent
*the “Museum of Youth Culture” – Shaftesbury Avenue-W1
* “Born Free Forever” Exhibition – Millennium Green-Waterloo
*”Rupert Court”-Soho W1 – London’s “Historic & Notorious Alleys & Passages”–Pt 2 –
*End of Year Review 2021 – looking back at ‘London Shoe’s’ activities throughout 2021
* the “Welcome Back London” roundels – of London Underground (2021)
* “Baron’s Court”-London W14 – & its historic “St. Paul’s Studios” houses.
*Happy 100th Birthday to the “Becontree Estate” – once the largest public housing estate in the World.
*”Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra” – at the “Cliff’s Pavilion” – Southend-On-Sea
*London’s-“Lost Recording Studios-Pt.2” – 1. Trident Studios – 2. Regent Sound Studio – 3. Command Theatre Studio
*Battersea Power Station….Station – London’s newest tube station
*The “Boundary Estate” – London E1 – Britain’s first ever, and once the World’s largest – Council Estate,
*London’s controversial “Marble Arch Mound”
*The colourful “Lions of London” – (Aug – Sept 2021)
*George Harrison’s 1970 released “All Things Must Pass” Album – 50th anniversary commemorative display-Chelsea (Aug 21)
*the “Ronnie Wood” Art Exhibition – Carnaby Street-London-W1
*Elephants on parade in London’s Green Park
*”Denmark Street” – London’s “Tin Pan Alley”
*”London’s-Lost Recording Studios” – Pt1 – (1. 304 Holloway Rd – 2. Wessex Sound Studios – 3. Britannia Row)
*The “Huguenots of Spitalfields”
*London’s very first “Pavements & Kerbs”
* the “Ronan Point”-Tower Block Disaster of 1968-Canning Town-E16
*Bow-“Pelican Cottage”-Fairfield Road-E3….”Marion’s Story”
*The ‘Horse Hospital’-Bloomsbury-WC1 – London’s only surviving ‘double-decker inner city stable’
* the “Olympic Park” – Stratford-London E20
*all about the:- “Romford Greyhound Stadium”
*London’s “Lost Music Venues”-Part 6-the ‘Hinds Head’ – Chadwell Heath
*London Street Art-Pt3 – The “Bow Bells Pub-Mural”-Bow Rd-London E3
*London Street Art-Pt2 – the ‘Tower Hamlets-Landmarks’ mural-Aberavon Road-Bow-London E3
End of Year 2020-Review – looking back at ‘London Shoe’s’ activities throughout 2020
*London Street Art-Pt 1 the “Mile End-Mural”
* The “Upminster Windmill” – its renovation and the lifting & fitting of its 4 newly restored ‘Sails’
*London’s “Lost Music Venues”-Part 5-the Vortex & the Roxy ‘Punk’ Clubs of Soho
* Remembrance Sunday 2020 & the amazing “Poppy Cabs”
* “Meard Street” -London W1 – the Soho street stuck in a time-warp
* COVID19 & its impact on the LONDON landscape – (wef July 2020)
* The iconic ‘BBC – Broadcasting House’ – Portland Place-London W1
*London’s “Big Ben” & its young brother…..”Little Ben”
* “Leadenhall Market” – one of London’s oldest & most impressive market sites
* Beautiful “Green Park” – the smallest of London’s Royal Parks
*”Finsbury Circus” EC2 – the City of London’s oldest & largest public park
*all about London’s magnificent “Albert Bridge”
*London’s “Most Used & Least Used Stations”
*The “Great London Beer Flood” of 1814 – that occurred in the notorious “St. Giles-Rookery” district of London
* The majestic “Thames Lions”
*The beautiful “City of London Cemetery”-Manor Park-E12 – one of the largest municipal Cemeteries in Europe
*London’s “Lost Music Venues”-Part 4-the “Ruskin Arms”-East Ham and its Mod & Metal connections
*Poplar-London E14 & the ‘Upper North Street School’ bombing tragedy of WW1 – London’s first ever day-time air attack
*the legacy of “Thomas Barnardo” – his ‘Barnardo Village-Girls Home’ & the ‘Ragged School’
*Dame Vera Lynn – a tribute to one of East London’s finest
*London’s “Lost Music Venues” – Part 3-the Chalk Farm Roundhouse & the Dagenham Roundhouse
*all about the old “Hornchurch Airfield”
* The “Romford Brewery”-its history & legacy
London’s “Ghost Signs” – Part 2
*London’s “Lost Music Venues” – Part 2 – the Green Man-Leytonstone – the ‘Hammersmith Palais’ – ‘Alexander Palace’ – the ‘Rainbow-Finsbury Park’ – the ‘Flamingo’ Wardour St.
*London’s “Lost Music Venues” – Part 1
*The real “Del-Boy’s”-London
*The birth of Glam?-“HOLY HOLY” at the 50th Anniversary of David Bowie playing the legendary “Roundhouse” venue-Chalk Farm-London-NW3
*the “Scenes in the Square” sculptures-Leicester Square & the old “Flamingo Club” in Soho
*The “London Police & Crime”-Walking Tour – with ‘The Laughing Policemen’
* ‘A Brief History of Jazz’ gig – on board the ‘Tereza-Joanne’-King George V Dock-E16
*Leyton Orient FC – its history & historic landmarks
*The “Crazy Coqs”club-Piccadilly & “The Jazz of Judy Garland” with Sara Dowling & the Chris Ingham Trio
* the history of the “Tate & Lyle” Sugar Refinery-at Silvertown-London-E16
* The ‘Stone-Alcoves’ of old London Bridge
*“V2 Rocket attacks on London-in WW2″-the ‘first’ the ‘worst’ & the ‘last’
* The Elephants of Marble Arch – have you ‘herd’ about them?
*London’s “Christmas Lights” – 2019
*The Woolwich-“Thames-Foot Tunnel” & the Woolwich “Royal Arsenal”
* “The Music of Gil Evans” – Jazz at St.John’s-Smith Square-Westminster
* “Celebrating Stan Getz” – at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club-Soho- LondonW1
*”Pimlico”-London SW1V……weird name-interesting place
*The 1975 “Moorgate Tube Disaster”-‘the worst peacetime accident on the Underground’
*The amazing history of “The Spotted Dog” Pub-Forest Gate-E7-and its sad demise
*The unique splendour of “Dulwich Village” – London SE21
* “Harry Beck” – the man who drew London
*The “50th Anniversary” of the ‘Beatles’ -“Abbey Road” album
*The history of the “Trebor” sweet factory – Forest Gate-London-E7
*”World Car Free Day”-London 22/09/2019
*’Proms-in-the-Park’ – Hyde Park-London-Aug 2019
*A “Boxing Day” out-(but nothing to do with Christmas)
*The quirky “Thames Tide Recorder” & a beer in “The Two Chairman”
*the epitome of being “Up to your ears in work”
*The unique “Elms Lesters Painting Rooms” building & it’s big front door-WC2
*The history of “Kensington Palace” – one of London’s most magnificent Royal residencies
*The fabulous “Pizza Express Jazz Club”-Soho-W1 & the entertaining Chris Ingham Quintet gig
*A celebratory lunch at the world famous “Groucho Club”-Dean Street-Soho-W1
*The historic “Coldharbour” & the “Blackwall Basin”-London E14
*The “606 Club”- Chelsea-SW11 & and an evening of jazz from John Ethgeridge’s Blue Spirit Trio with special guest Art Themen
*”Bow-London-London E3 – its amazing history & historic landmarks”
*What London cabbies call “Hot & Cold Corner” & the “Kensington Gore”
*The “75th Anniversary of the WW2 D-Day Operation” – & the HMS Belfast’s ‘3 Gun’ commemorative salute
*London’s magnificent “Mews Houses & Streets” – Pt1-some Kensington Mews streets
*The Victorian “Gin Palaces” of old London town !!!
*The legendary “Bud Flanagan” – from ‘cradle-to-grave’ – (an east-end boy done good)
*The spectacular “Sky Garden” & the “Garden at 120” – of Fenchurch Street EC3
*Happy 40th Birthday – to London’s “Jubilee Tube Line”
*Legal London – & the splendours of “Lincoln’s Inn”-“Middle Temple” & “Inner Temple”
*Dagenham’s “Dudley Moore” – his early life & all his “Jazz”
*”Come on you Irons” – An ‘Evening with Pellegrini & Noble’ – 17/04/2019
*”The Dagenham Roundhouse” & the “Village Blues Club’s” 13th Reunion
* London’s “Other Palace Theatre” & a bit of “Jazz At The Movies”
* “Seven Dials”-London WC2…..it’s rise & fall & rise again !!
* “Charles Holden” – legendary tube station architect
* The Victorian “Bath House” in Bishopsgate & a London Walking Tour experience !!
*the Victorian “Stink-Pipes” – of old London town
*the wonders of “Notting Hill”- London W11
* “Billy Bonds – Claret & Blue Army” – the London Stadium’s official naming of the ‘Billy Bonds Stand’
“Happy 150th Birthday” – to the “District Line” tube network
“Holy Holy” perform “The Man Who Sold the World” & “Ziggy Stardust” – ‘live’ at the “London Palladium”
The “Polo Bar” – Bishopsgate-EC2 – London’s Classic Cafes – Pt2
“Ronnie Scott’s Club”-Soho W1 – one of the world’s most famous Jazz clubs
“Captain Matthew Flinders” – the first man to circumnavigate Australia – & then name it !!
“Three Mills” E3 – London’s oldest ‘industrial’ area
*London’s historically significant – Pillar/Post Boxes
all about “Vauxhall” – London SE 11
Video Blog of “Southwark Bridge & it’s nearby historic landmarks”
The “Royal Albert Hall” & Jazz in its “Elgar Room” – Xmas 2018
London’s “Christmas Lights” 2018
*“Historic & Notorious Alleys & Passages” – Pt 1 “London-E1”
*The ‘Link Boys’ & ‘Snuffers’ of old London town!!
The ‘Fake Houses’ of Leinster Gardens, Bayswater-W2
“Beyond the Deepening Shadow” – the Tower of London’s tribute to the fallen heroes of WW1
Shadwell-London E1 – inc The ‘Battle of Cable Street’ & ‘Shadwell Basin’
“Pellicci’s” – Bethnal Green-E2 – London’s Classic Cafe’s – Pt 1
Video Blog of – “The history of Narrow Street and Limehouse” – London E14
Video Blog of :- “Pickering Place SW1 – London’s Smallest Public Square”
“Greenland Dock”-Rotherhithe-London SE16 – then & now
*The life & times of “Daniel Mendoza” (1764-1836) – possibly the ‘father’ of Boxing technique
The “Painted Hall” Greenwich – Britain’s very own ‘Sistine Chapel’!!
London Underground – Some Fascinating Facts – Pt1
The unique “Shell Huts” of Victoria SW1
“Zeppelins” – & the first ever aerial attacks on London – 1915
All aboard the “Epping-Ongar Heritage Railway”
The magnificent “St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church” – & some afternoon Jazz
The “Cross Bones” Graveyard-Southwark-SE1 – & the ‘Winchester Geese’
*The “Oranges & Lemons” – nursery rhyme
The ‘Churchill Arms’ Pub – Kensington-W8 – possibly London’s most colourful pub
*The ‘Bryant & May Match Factory’ in Bow & the ‘Match Girl’ strike of 1888
The Royal Air Force’s – 100th Birthday celebrations, in the skies above London
Sir Alexander Fleming – the founder of penicillin
22 Frith Street, Soho – & the birth of Television
*”Cheyne Walk”-London SW3-and its interesting past residents
*Brunel’s “SS Great Eastern” & the Millwall Ironworks Shipyard
Alexandra Palace (known as the ‘Ally Pally’)
“Kenwood House” & “The Spaniards Inn” – Hampstead
The “Roundhouse”-Chalk Farm & the beauty of “Primrose Hill”
all about…..”Liverpool Street Station”
the history of – “Postman’s Park”
Hammersmith Bridge – & its nearby historic landmarks
* Westminster’s “Jewel Tower & Chapter House”
*The “East London Cemetery” – & its links to historic events
*(Sir) Ray Davies – musically…..possibly the greatest living Londoner!!
*London’s – Oldest Curry Houses
*All about…”Smithfield Market”
*”Holland Park”-London W11- it’s history, and it’s surrounding streets
all about “Wardrobe Place” & “St.Andrews-by-the-Wardrobe”
Southwark Bridge – & its nearby historic landmarks
London – Album Covers (revisited & reconstructed)
The “Ghost” Stations – of London
*The history of – Narrow Street & Limehouse, London E14
The history of – St. James’s Park
“Blackwall Point” & “Cuckolds Point” – & (the Thames) River Pirates
London’s – Oldest Shops/Shop Fronts
*London’s – Oldest Street Name Signs
The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster – 3rd March 1943
London’s “Christmas Lights” 2017 – & the history of the displays
London’s – Historic “Police-Call Posts”
London’s – Iconic Red Telephone Boxes
*London’s – Forgotten Workhouses
Pickering Place SW1 – London’s Smallest Public Square
“God’s Own Junkyard” – Walthamstow E17
London’s – lost Cockfighting Pits
The Savoy Hotel – and its surrounding history
The peace & tranquility of – “St. Dunstan’s-in-the-East
*The “7 Noses of Soho”
London’s – Water Pumps, Drinking Fountains & Horse Troughs
London’s – Cabman Shelters
Nostalgia & Hitchcock
Survivors of the Great Fire of London
*London’s Bong-less Big Ben
Scottish London
Trinity Buoy Wharf & London’s only Lighthouse
Joseph Bazalgette & the construction of London’s Sewers
All about – Brick Lane
*Marc Bolan’s London – from cradle to grave
The Time Benches – of Euston Station
London’s – Oldest Tree
London Tube – ‘Roundels’
London’s ‘Necropolis Railway’
London’s – old Fire Stations
The Houndsditch Murders and the Sidney Street Siege of 1911
* London’s “Chiswick House & Gardens”
* David Bowie’s – London
London’s – Gates
London’s – Notorious ‘Execution Sites’
A “Toilet Tour” of London
Apsley House – No.1 London!!
All about – “Highgate Cemetery”
London’s strange street names – and their origins
London’s “Ghost Signs”
Jimi Hendrix & the Hard Rock Cafe
The Beatles – London
London’s – “Tiny Tour”