Sometimes I stand at a location and think how far away even recent history can feel. Some places have been so changed that without some research there would be no inkling as to what once stood on the site. Here’s a good example, Limeburner Lane just off Ludgate Hill. The lane and it’s name are… Continue reading A Jack of all trades and a savage bell
Author: endean0
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!
Evocative
When I have a few minutes to spare I do like to just stand (or sit with a pint) in a location, let my mind wander and try to imagine what the area was like fifty, a hundred, a hundred and fifty years ago. Sometimes this can be quite difficult as modern life always tries… Continue reading Evocative
Peep(s)
One Word Sunday “Up betimes and hence to the work machine to create the one word postage upon the Sabbath. Sorely vexed upon failing to compose such a piece so then resulted to roguish knavery and therefore did cheat by contrivance of word play”.
A Winters Morning Clifford’s Inn Passage
Six Word Saturday
In a bit of a tangle
Six Word Saturday
Fit for a King
If you walk along the south side of Cheapside heading towards the Bank of England, a little way beyond Bow Church is a narrow opening leading to Crown Court. The actual footprint and name of the passageway has been there since at least the early 13th century and was once the private entrance for the… Continue reading Fit for a King
Mudlarking
I’m actually writing this piece on the train home from London. Today’s date has been highlighted in my diary for several weeks and the anticipation has been steadily building as the days passed, for today I have been down on the Thames foreshore “Mudlarking” A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, a term… Continue reading Mudlarking
Dark
One word Sunday
Low tide beneath the Millennium Bridge
Six word Saturday
Let’s talk about Hex
With Halloween only a couple of days away, I thought I’d try to come up with a relevant post. Do you recall the 2008 EU Consumer Protection Regulations? No me neither but I expect that it’s a real page turner. The reason I bring it up is because it incorporated the Fraudulent Mediums Act of… Continue reading Let’s talk about Hex
A LONDON MISCELLANY 