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The Staff Of Life

I’ve recently written a piece about George Orwell’s favourite pub in Soho, and hadn’t any plans to introduce him into anything else for the foreseeable future. So I settled down to write a piece on the Aerated Bread Company, or as they were known in their heyday, A.B.C., however Mr Orwell manages to make an… Continue reading The Staff Of Life

The oldest original statue in London

Six Word Saturday Hurrying along Fleet Street, you might notice the statue that adorns the archway in St Dunstan’s in the West church. You might even notice that it depicts Queen Elizabeth I, but what you might not know is that it is London’s oldest statue and the only one remaining that was carved in Queen… Continue reading The oldest original statue in London

The Hurdy Gurdy Man

Sometimes without realising you get into a rut, do the same things the same way and miss out on new opportunities. For instance, I always exit Charing Cross station turn right and walk along the Strand on the right hand side of the road. This recently highlighted the downside of sticking with what you know.… Continue reading The Hurdy Gurdy Man

Captain Ralph Douglas Binney

On Saturday I posted a picture of a spoof sign that I’ve passed many times and never stopped to read. A matter of feet away is another sign, which again I was aware of but had never taken the time to look at closely, this one has a bit more gravitas. It concerns this man,… Continue reading Captain Ralph Douglas Binney

Missing

One word Sunday I wonder if she nose?

Look at Me, Look at Me!

Six word Saturday I’ve passed this noticeboard many times and never stopped to read it. It’s situated at the entrance to Bengal Court just off Birchin Lane in the City of London. It wasn’t until I actually took the time to stop that I realised it’s a spoof sign. Firstly, the court is so narrow… Continue reading Look at Me, Look at Me!

ABC of City of London Wards

This is the second post about the wards that make up the the City of London. You can find the post about Aldersgate HERE The City of London is divided into 25 wards. These wards are a survival of the medieval governmental system that allowed very small areas to exist as self-governing units within the wider city. The wards… Continue reading ABC of City of London Wards

1984 and all that

I’ve been catching up on my reading lately, George Orwell in particular. I’d read Animal Farm at school and hadn’t thought much of it until years later when I reread it and started to understand what was going on. I know exactly when I read 1984 it was in 1984, due mostly to the film… Continue reading 1984 and all that

A Tall Story, but a good one.

There’s not a more evocative street name in London than “Bleeding Heart Yard” nearby to the jewelry district of Hatton Garden. Charles Dickens knew it well, using it as the home and workshop of the impoverished plasterer Mr Plornish and his family in Little Dorrit, but there’s a more sinister and evil tale connected to… Continue reading A Tall Story, but a good one.

Urban

One Word Sunday Part of the now defunct London “Pedway” system from a time when we were all going to live and work in Streets in the sky.