A few weeks ago I was musing on the rat infestation around the Strand in 1903. Well that seemed bad enough, but I found an incident some two hundred years earlier which really made my skin crawl. During July 1707, the 8th of July to be exact, there was if records are to be believed… Continue reading Musca domestica Linnaeus
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Wordless Wednesday
Silent Sunday
Wandering around the Wandle
Earlier this week I found myself in Wandsworth (I really am turning into a South Londonophile!). I was researching a tour I’m putting together that takes in a stretch of the Thames Path between Putney and Battersea Pleasure Gardens. I was particularly keen to take a look at one of London’s rivers, the Wandle. Although… Continue reading Wandering around the Wandle
Thursday Doors
Just gone two and Smithfield sleeps
Six Word Saturday
Searching For Old King Lud
Ok, let us start with the supposition of Geoffrey of Monmouth the 12th century chronicler of the British Isles. King Lud was a pre-Roman King of the Britain’s. He founded the city of London and when he died he was buried close to the site of where the main western entrance to the city was… Continue reading Searching For Old King Lud
A LONDON MISCELLANY 