Quirky Topics
*The ‘Horse Hospital’-Bloomsbury-WC1 – London’s only surviving ‘double-decker inner city stable’
Last week (pre-the easing of Covid restrictions on 12th April) London Shoes decided to hop on a train and venture out to a destination a bit further afield, than those I had visited the past few months – and so I boarded a Piccadilly Line tube to Russell Square tube station in the Bloomsbury WC1 ...Read more...
*all about the:- “Romford Greyhound Stadium”
This week’s London Shoes blog activity saw Shoes’ continuing to adhere to the Government’s Covid19 non-essential travel directive, by selecting a ‘local’ subject matter, that is within walking distance of my home-base. The topic in question is all about a place where I have spent many a brilliant night out over the years, and it ...Read more...
*London Street Art-Pt3 – The “Bow Bells Pub-Mural”-Bow Rd-London E3
With the UK Government’s Covid19 current ‘lockdown’ restrictions, rules and regulations still in place, and ‘non-essential’ travel still (quite rightly) not being encouraged – London Shoes is unfortunately still unable to get out there ‘on-the-road’ to undertake and produce any new topic material for 2021. However – as with the previous and initial Shoes post for ...Read more...
*London Street Art-Pt2 – the ‘Tower Hamlets-Landmarks’ mural-Aberavon Road-Bow-London E3
With the UK Government’s Covid19 current restrictions, rules and regulations in place – ‘non-essential’ travel is not encouraged – as a result, London Shoes is unable to get out ‘on-the-road’ to start this new year of 2021, with a brand new blog topic. However – all is not lost, as just before the ‘lockdown’ instigated ...Read more...
End of Year 2020-Review – looking back at ‘London Shoe’s’ activities throughout 2020
At the end of any year, it’s often customary to take a look back of where you’ve come from and where you’ve got to – and my little ‘London Shoes’ initiative is no exception to that approach. It goes without saying that 2020 has most probably been the most challenging year ever for everyone – ...Read more...
* The “Upminster Windmill” – its renovation and the lifting & fitting of its 4 newly restored ‘Sails’
Not essential travel I know, but this week London Shoes decided to take a short 10min bus ride from its Romford base to the neighbouring town of Upminster, for the purpose of witnessing a unique event, that you certainly don’t see happen everyday on a street of a London borough. The town of Upminster is ...Read more...
* COVID19 & its impact on the LONDON landscape – (wef July 2020)
This is a gallery of photos that I have put together, and will continually add to – that shows the impact the Covid19 Virus has had on the landscape of wonderful London
*London’s “Big Ben” & its young brother…..”Little Ben”
Anyone visiting the ‘Smoke’ during the past couple of years will be aware that one of the capital’s most globally recognised landmarks ‘Big Ben’ has been scaffolded and boarded up whilst it undergoes 4 years of essential repairs. In fact back in August 2017 my London Shoes website published a blog entitled “Bong-less’ Big Ben” ...Read more...
*London’s “Most Used & Least Used Stations”
For this week’s activity, my London Shoes took advantage of a glorious day of weather, and with my 60+Oyster-Free Travel Card in my hand, I travelled across the ‘Smoke’ to track down:- London’s ‘Most Used’ & ‘Least Used’ Stations – and this is the result >Roding Valley: London Underground’s quietest, least used tube station is ...Read more...
*The “Great London Beer Flood” of 1814 – that occurred in the notorious “St. Giles-Rookery” district of London
This particular London Shoes topic is definitely one of the lesser known historic incidents that has happened on London’s streets – I had certainly never heard of it before, and I’m guessing that many others haven’t either – it certainly is an interestingly weird story. So – this week’s article published on Shoe’s website/facebook/twitter feeds, ...Read more...