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 ...Read more...

  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 ...Read more...

  This week’s venture out for the London Shoes website posting, was short & sweet, but one that provides a typical example of the more unusual and quirky historic landmarks scattered across this metropolis. The subject matter is all about the “fake houses” of Leinster Gardens, Bayswater W2 – and an interesting little topic it ...Read more...

  Cheyne Walk (pronounced ‘Chainee’) is a historic, unique and extremely prestigious road located on the northern bank of the River Thames in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. For nearly 300 hundred years, the houses, mansions and flats contained within this relatively small road, have been home to a ridiculous number of historically ...Read more...

Following last week’s fun and games with the weather – I was pleased to be able to bung on my London Shoes and get back out on the road in search of more unusual aspects of the ‘smokes’ history. This week’s adventure took me across to west London to explore a specific district of London ...Read more...

  There are so many locations and landmarks scattered throughout London that are possibly little known and as a result, don’t always get top-draw billing – but, although not necessarily significant historical landmarks – they still retain that sense of being an important part of London’s history, as their original character still remains. For this ...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...

For this week, the entry on to my London Shoes website is about a small specific area of London right alongside the Thames and not very far away from where I worked in Carnary Wharf – but, although small, a place that has a wealth of nautical and social history. The subject matter for my ...Read more...

      For this week’s ‘culture’ gig my entry onto my London Shoes website blog got me researching and exploring a particularly dark and macabre topic that is a fascinating part of London history that you wouldn’t necessarily find covered off in great detail, in any history book. The subject matter this week focussed ...Read more...

My little bit of history ‘culture’ for inclusion on my website this week, focussed on a quite a simple subject matter, that some would probably view as not too exciting – however, upon closer research, it is one that is steeped in history, going back some 300 years in some cases, and it’s remarkable to ...Read more...