I very rarely write about things outside of London, but I’m moved to do so today after a short midweek break. Actually, there is a London connection and also a link to two posts that I’ve made on here in the past, so I don’t think I’ve infringed my own draconian rules too badly. Whilst… Continue reading Watts in a name?
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One word Sunday
A Sad Tale of Heroism
Union Street in Southwark is little changed from the late 19th century, although there were many hop warehouses that have now dissapeared situated behind the rows of shop premises. However, the name has changed, as this section was known as Queen Street and laid out around 1747 to provide better access to the Greyhound coaching… Continue reading A Sad Tale of Heroism
The Philpot Lane Mice
Question: What is the smallest piece of public art within the City of London? To answer that question let me take you back to the 1860s and the redevelopment of Eastcheap, the street that runs east from the Monument towards the Tower of London. The block adjoining Philpot Lane was demolished and the architect Robert Lewis… Continue reading The Philpot Lane Mice
The day the music died
There is a man, an entertainer, a singer, who in his heyday was as popular in the Uk as the Beatles were in theirs. Some people will have heard some of his songs without knowing who sung them, but most I suspect will have never heard of him, his name was Al Bowlly. I’d spend… Continue reading The day the music died
How Curious
There is a small area of central London crammed in between Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the Strand and Aldwych. The area is known as Clare Market and is taken up in the most part by the London School of Economics (LSE). The area of Clare Market was originally centred on a small market building constructed by… Continue reading How Curious
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Owen’s Fields
The entrance to this small park was once the entrance to a school playground that separated Dame Alice Owen’s Girls’ School and Owen’s Boys’ School and is now known as Owen’s Field in Clerkenwell. The girl’s school was built in 1890 and was a substantial building with underground cellars. At the outbreak of the Second… Continue reading Owen’s Fields
Confusion!
Sometimes logic goes out the window, especially where London is concerned. Take this example. Q. I’d like to go and see Mansion House in the City. Is Mansion House underground station the nearest? A. No it’s the third nearest, Cannon Street is two minutes walk, Bank is only a minute, while Mansion House station is… Continue reading Confusion!
Bucolic Bonnington Square
Bonnington Square in Vauxhall was built during the 1870s. Only a “six” away from the Oval cricket ground it comprised compact neat rows of London brick houses surrounding a central double terrace primarily used to house railway workers who were employed at Nine Elms Goods Yard close by. Booth’s map has the square marked as… Continue reading Bucolic Bonnington Square
A LONDON MISCELLANY 