It was not my intention to mention turtles again so soon after my last post on the subject titled Cowabunga dude, but I came across some additional information while researching pubs within the area of the Bank of England. I was reading about a wine bar named Birch’s in nearby Angel Court which existed up… Continue reading Mr Pattypan
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Hi, I'm Steve, a London tour guide and owner of A London Miscellany Tours, a guided walking tour company who specialise in small number tours of the greatest city in the world!
Dual
One Word Sunday
Time to sit back and relax
Six Word Saturday
Cowabunga dude!
“On the contrary! I had two flagons of claret and a double helpingof curried turtle! I can assure you: it’s no holds barred withus at the annual communion-wine tasting.” So says Lord Melchett in an episode of Blackadder. The claret was obviously readily available, but where would you have gone to purchase the main ingredient… Continue reading Cowabunga dude!
Summer
One Word Sunday
A wheelie bright sunny Sunday afternoon
Six Word Saturday
Ready, aim, fire!
I’d like to share a short story of an incident that happened in 1322. Foster Lane near to St Paul’s Cathedral was at the time known as St Vedast Lane. Today there is a very small and strangely shaped Costa Coffee (other coffee outlets are available) at one end of the street. Just where the… Continue reading Ready, aim, fire!
Matching
One Word Sunday
The Duke, his magician and a windmill
Old Jewry is a street that runs north to south connecting the Guildhall to Cheapside. In the 1600s an Inn used to stand at the north end of the street known as the Windmill, there is not much known about the building except for its role in a rather bizarre occurrence that happened in the… Continue reading The Duke, his magician and a windmill
“Which service do you require?”
Hopefully, one telephone number that you won’t dial too often will be 999, unless KFC have run out of chicken, as some idiot did during the shortage back in 2018. The number will give you access to the four emergency services, Police, Fire, Ambulance and Search & Rescue. It’s a number that’s ingrained into most… Continue reading “Which service do you require?”
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