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The “Polo Bar” – Bishopsgate-EC2 – London’s Classic Cafes – Pt2

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Geoff Clements Posted in Cafes .

Although this week’s publication onto the ‘London Shoes’ website is brief in its content in comparison to the usual postings – the subject matter in question proudly has its own little niche in post-war history, in terms of its service to Londoners. This week’s blog is the 2nd posting in the London Shoes category of

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“Ronnie Scott’s Club”-Soho W1 – one of the world’s most famous Jazz clubs

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Geoff Clements Posted in Music, People .

  This week’s ‘London Shoes’ topic was a bit special for me, as the visit in question enabled me to tick-off one of the “must do” activities on my personal ‘bucket-list’. Also – it just so happened that I visited the subject matter in question at a special time in its history…its 60th anniversary year

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“Captain Matthew Flinders” – the first man to circumnavigate Australia – & then name it !!

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Geoff Clements Posted in People .

The subject matter for this week’s publication onto the London Shoes website – was influenced by a particular topic that made the national news last week – not just here in the UK, but also on the other side of the world. One of the news headlines from last week covered an archeological discovery in

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“Three Mills” E3 – London’s oldest ‘industrial’ area

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Geoff Clements Posted in Historic Buildings .

This weeks ‘London Shoes’ expedition had me heading off to the good old east end of London, to seek out a little known ‘gem’ of a place that is steeped in history, and known as “Three Mills”…….. The “Three Mills” site is located beside the River Lea, accessible by transport between Bromley-by-Bow and Stratford tube

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London’s historically significant – Pillar/Post Boxes

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Geoff Clements Posted in Street - Fixtures & Fittings .

The ‘London Shoes’ blog this week focused on a topic that has been on my ‘To Do List’ for some time now – but one that I was a little bit self-conscious of doing, for fear of it making me look like the Nerdiest Nerd of Geeksville. However, when researching the subject I was surprised

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all about “Vauxhall” – London SE 11

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Geoff Clements Posted in Bridges, Historic Buildings, Pubs, Transport - Rail .

For the second ‘London Shoes’ escapade of 2019 – the ‘shoes’ took me ‘darn-sarf’ of the River Thames to the district with the strange named of “Vauxhall”. For this jaunt I had the pleasure of being accompanied by my old mate Les Bannell – who I first met way back in 1974, some 45 years

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Vlog – Southwark Bridge & it’s nearby historic landmarks

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Geoff Clements Posted in Video Blogs .

A ‘Video Blog’ of:- Southwark Bridge – ‘Seedy’ Southwark & it’s nearby historic landmarks

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The “Royal Albert Hall” & Jazz in its “Elgar Room” – Xmas 2018

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Geoff Clements Posted in Historic Buildings, Music .

Those that follow the “London Shoes” website and/or Twitter feed, will have probably assumed (like me), that the previous week’s blog about “London’s Xmas Lights”, was the ideal fitting finale to bring 2018’s blog activity to a natural conclusion. However, (and totally unplanned) I just happened to attend an event last week, that not only

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London’s “Christmas Lights” 2018

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Geoff Clements Posted in Quirky Topics, Streets .

Being a Londoner at this particular time of year, there is always a pull on the old conscience, to take a trip ‘up west’ to see first-hand, the traditional annual Christmas Lights displayed on Oxford Street, Regent Street, South Moulton Street, and these days, many other streets in the surrounding area – a seasonal tradition

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“Historic & Notorious Alleys & Passages” – Pt 1 “London-E1”

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Geoff Clements Posted in Pubs, Streets .

  The subject matter for this week’s publication on to the ‘London Shoes’ website, is to be the first of what will be a series of blogs on the topic of London’s “Historic & Notorious Alleys & Passages” To kick-start this series I made my way down to the Spitalfields/Aldgate/Whitechapel districts of my good old

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