‘Then & Now’-Streets/Places/Buildings

The other day, my London Shoes trotted off to the Soho district of London’s West End for the specific purpose of visiting a particular alleyway that has a load of history behind it – namely:-           “WALKER’S COURT” – LONDON W1 Walker’s Court is a small narrow pedestrian alleyway in the heart ...Read more...

In keeping with my London Shoes way of covering off lesser known and the more unusual aspects of London and its history – last week Shoes visited a historic, well known and much used building in Westminster – specifically for the purpose of attending a music event very different from the norm……namely:-       ...Read more...

The 2nd London Shoes blog of 2026 – takes the form a little nostalgic trip out. A couple of weeks back, at the beginning of the year – my former work colleague Tony, from my Canary Wharf days – text me to say that he fancied a day out-on-the-road with ‘Shoes’ – and with Tony ...Read more...

A week or so back, my London Shoes were in the Finsbury Park district of North London, putting together a blog article (not this one) and whilst down there I just had to seek out a historic music venue that once operated there – a place where the young teenage me, saw loads of the ...Read more...

For the next few blog articles, my London Shoes will be knocking-out some ‘quickies’ in succession – for no particular reason other than that’s just the way the topics in question have presented themselves. Last week on the 27th of August 2025 – a boat, very different from the norm – sailed under Tower Bridge ...Read more...

“Sir Elton Hercules John” is up there as probably being one of Britain’s most successful music artists of all time. A globally recognised, highly acclaimed singer, pianist, and composer – who, in partnership with his long-time co-songwriter, lyricist Bernie Taupin – has sold in excess of 300 million records worldwide. But Elton John hasn’t always been ...Read more...

On the 2nd Jan – kicking off 2025, my London Shoes made a trek down to South West London, and in particular the district of Battersea – for the purpose of undertaking its first blog publication of the new year. The purpose of the visit was to explore the historic, iconic London landmark that is….. ...Read more...

One of the many good things I find about doing my London Shoes stuff, is that every now and then I will do a bit of trivial insignificant research on a place or a building or a person – but then that specific subject matter/topic ends up taking me on a totally unexpected ‘journey of ...Read more...

My ‘London Shoes’ have always been fascinated in the ‘Then & Now’ aspects of the London and in some weird geeky way, I’ve always got a buzz out of checking out certain landmarks – taking photos – and then comparing them with old photos of the same views. I often attempt to check out and ...Read more...