Streets

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...

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...

On Remembrance Sunday 2020 – London Shoes experienced a ‘first’, when my London cabbie mate Lee, asked me if I wanted to accompany him into London to ‘be there’ for the occasion. This year’s Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph was a unique occasion, for 2 reasons:- 1. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ...Read more...

Last week’s jaunt out saw my London Shoes head ‘up west’ to the Soho district of the ‘Smoke’, for the specific purpose of exploring a famous street that is virtually next door to the Barclays Bank branch in Wardour Street, where I worked from 1974 to 1978 when I was a teenager – and yet ...Read more...

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

Under a rare beautifully sunny London sky for this time of year, last week, London Shoes ventured out to the far west of the west-end district – for the specific purpose of viewing a magnificent building, which in my opinion – is one of London’s most unappreciated and undervalued architectural masterpieces:- “Broadcasting House” – in ...Read more...

Under a dull, grey, damp and miserable London sky last week, London Shoes took the short train journey from its base – into the City’s ‘Square Mile’, for the purpose of exploring a historic London landmark that’s been a ‘constant’ since the 1300’s and quite possibly since Roman times………..the structurally magnificent and splendid:- “Leadenhall Market”-London ...Read more...

Throughout its 3.5yrs existence, there have been a number of instances where ‘London Shoes’ has (totally unintentionally) just happened to be in the right place at the right time – when something unusual, newsworthy or historically interesting has happened. Such an occasion happened last week, when ‘Shoes’ visited a long standing and notable London landmark ...Read more...

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...

This week’s London Shoes venture out took me into central London for the first time in quite a few months – and its true to say that things have changed somewhat since those halcyon days way back in March when I was last in the heart of the ‘Smoke’. Anyway – this little blog topic ...Read more...