Cafes

In the context of my London Shoes approach of checking out London’s lesser-known landmarks be they historical or simply a little bit more unusual than the norm – the location I sought out and visited last week, really impressed me, a far exceeded my expectations. The subject matter in question of this particular London Shoes ...Read more...

In keeping with my London Shoes doctrine of tracking down and exploring London’s lesser known and more unusual history – this particular blog topic fits perfectly in to that category. So – the subject matter of this Shoes article is an old Church located in the City of London – namely:- ST, MARY ALDERMARY – ...Read more...

The other day my London Shoes ventured down to the Stratford E15 district of East London, for the specific purpose of checking out a new and unique initiative: – the “DIALOGUE EXPRESS CAFÉ” Based in the Dennison Point Car Park of the massive Carpenters Estate – Stratford E15 – the ‘ Dialogue Express Café ‘ ...Read more...

Earlier this week, under a gloriously hot sunny London sky, my London Shoes set-off to the Westminster district of old London town, for the specific purpose of locating a relatively new and quite unusual (for its surroundings) place that I’d recently been made aware of – and here’s how my day unfolded. The ‘Onion Garden’ ...Read more...

The – “REGENCY CAFÉ” – Pimlico – London SW1 Last week, under a bitterly cold but gloriously sunny, blue London sky, my London Shoes headed off to the district of Pimlico situated down on the northern shores of the River Thames in SW London – the reason for going there was for the specific purpose ...Read more...

Last week London Shoes had a very enjoyable and interesting day out, trekking all the way over the far reaches of West London, to one of the Smoke’s busiest road infrastructures – the Hanger Lane Gyratory-the North Circular & Western Avenue. The subject matter of this blog sits within the existing Shoes category of “Cafes” ...Read more...

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 ...Read more...

One of the e-mails received into the London Shoes in-box this week, was from a lady in New Zealand, who said how much she enjoyed following the website, especially reading about the London she emigrated from many years ago. She enquired as to whether I had considered ‘blogging’ some of the old east end café’s ...Read more...

  My ‘London Shoes’ blog for this week took me to ‘Frith Street’ in deepest Soho, an area where I spent 4 happy years working for Barclays Bank in my late teens, from 1974 to 1978. However, throughout the time I worked there, although I knew about the actual ‘place’ of my visit, and had ...Read more...