Turning on the tap and getting fresh water has to be one of the top things we take for granted, possibly up there with breathing. Although this is a relatively new “Given”, with water sources in London still dubious until the mid 20th Century, our London ancestors would have been more concerned with finding a… Continue reading “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”-Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
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Tottenham Court Road 5.45 am
This was written last year before Covid engulfed us all…….. As I’ve got older I seem to have shaken the habit of staying within the warmth and comfort of my bed in the mornings. Today, up at 4.45 am as excited as a schoolkid going on an outing. The reason, a fact-finding trip, coupled with… Continue reading Tottenham Court Road 5.45 am
Name Theory
English as a language is a pretty difficult one to master, even if you were born in the UK! There is always something that’ll try and trip you up, some words sound the same but are spelt differently like, awe, oar, or, ore. Ok, with a bit of thought you can probably deduce which one… Continue reading Name Theory
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 Britains. 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
Patrick Hamilton
If I’m being honest, I’d never heard of Fitzrovia until about twenty years ago. Then one afternoon, I caught the back end of a play on Radio 4 called Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky. Not a lot on the Dial-Up Internet back then, only the authors’ name, Patrick Hamilton. I called in at my… Continue reading Patrick Hamilton
A LONDON MISCELLANY 