Food

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 FRENCH HOUSE” 49 Dean Street – London W1 ************************* Pubs have never been a main theme for my London Shoes blog topic criteria – even though Shoes followers will be fully aware that I always attempt to conclude each blog publication with a visit to a pub in close proximity to the subject matter ...Read more...

The subject matter of this week’s London Shoes publication is somewhat different from the sort of topics I usually publish – as this blog article is actually all about what is a relatively new, and very interesting business venture. In terms of the London Shoes criteria – this particular topic has a strong London connection ...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...

Those of you with a ‘sweet tooth’ may enjoy this particular London Shoes topic – a topic which is stirring and sometimes a bit lumpy. This week’s London Shoes publication is about a particular factory that has been churning out its product for over 140 years, and is still very much doing so to this ...Read more...

  London Shoes received an e-mail last week from one of its followers in Australia, who enquired as to whether I knew anything about the old sweet factory that used to be located in Forest Gate–London E7 – as his grandfather had once worked there, and as a child, he remembers his grandad telling him ...Read more...

  My London Shoes website blog for this week was a bit unusual as it had a bit of a gastronomical theme about it – as the subject matter is all about London’s ‘oldest’ Indian restaurants. I had always believed that London’s first Indian restaurants came on the scene in the 1960s and ‘70s, but ...Read more...

My London Shoes quest for this week was a bit different from my normal jaunts out, as it was necessary for me to be up and out ‘on the road’ at the crack of dawn, in order to witness the subject matter in all its glory. The topic in question is actually a place that ...Read more...