Bridges

A week or so back, just before the recent cold spell kicked in down here in London (even though it’s now turned a bit warmer again) – my London Shoes legged it all the way down to the far reaches of the South West London part of the River Thames, for the specific purpose of ...Read more...

This week’s ‘London Shoes’ publication concerns a topic I knocked-out a few weeks back now – but it has been stored away in the Shoes ‘vaults’ and I completely forgot about it!!! Anyway – as Shoes followers will already be aware – I don’t normally ‘do’ well known topics of London’s history – but because ...Read more...

Sometimes – just sometimes – when the weather is good and the vibe is good……there’s no better place to be !!! Ole’ man River, that ole’ man River – he just keep rolling along…….

Last week my London Shoes took a trek out down to London Bridge – for the purposes of covering a topic that is, in reality……….‘ a complete and utter lie’ !!!! There’s been a river crossing at the site of the current London Bridge since 43AD. There’s been several different London Bridge’s throughout the centuries ...Read more...

Amazingly there are a total of 35 bridges that span the River Thames between Tower Bridge & Hampton Court – my personal favourite is Hammersmith Bridge, which has featured quite a lot in the local London news lately, because it’s falling apart and being viewed as potentially unsafe. My 2nd favourite bridge is the Albert ...Read more...

The most regular type of feedback London Shoes receives every week, is from people who express their surprise and concern that they have walked past a certain historic landmark that ‘Shoes’ has covered-off – hundreds/thousands of times in their lives, and yet never noticed something or never knew what it was or the history behind ...Read more...

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 ...Read more...

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

The main blog for my website this week, was all about a specific ‘bridge’ across the Thames – and some interesting historic landmarks that are ‘local’ to it. Yes…you’ve got your Tower Bridge, your London Bridge and your ‘Wobbly’ Bridge – all of which are recognised and popular tourist attractions – but for me, my ...Read more...

     For this week’s London Shoes blog walkabout, even though it was still very parky, I was fortunate enough to select a rare day lately where the sun was shining, creating such a completely different backdrop to the wonderful London scenery. The main subject matter for this week’s blog was ‘Southwark Bridge’ – but ...Read more...