Six Word Saturday The Hoop and Grapes was built in 1721 on part of the historic burial grounds of St Bride’s Church. As an inn, it gained notoriety as a location for illegitimate Fleet weddings. In the 1990s, it underwent several changes and was eventually closed down and scheduled for demolition. However, as the last… Continue reading Wrapped up just like a parcel
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“Lord have mercy upon me, I am killed”
Last week I posted about my failure to check out some details with regards to an audio tour I was in the process of publishing and how it was costly in terms of wasted time. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail laments the fact that due to construction work a favourite part of the tour… Continue reading “Lord have mercy upon me, I am killed”
Similar crimes, different outcomes
Recently I posted a picture that made me smile due to the strange use of punctuation. Overzealous use of the full stop is a picture of the entrance to Ludgate Square near to St Paul’s Cathedral and to me there seems to be an issue with carving of the name. Having explored it I found… Continue reading Similar crimes, different outcomes
Glass
One Word Sunday
Overzealous use of the full stop
Six Word Saturday
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
I’ve just added the City of London Schedule of works and road closures website to my favourites. Not exactly bed time reading, but as I found out this week invaluable if you don’t want to waste valuable time and disrupt your plans and schedules. This all came about because this week despite all the warnings… Continue reading Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Mr Pattypan
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
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!
A LONDON MISCELLANY 