Do you ever get a feeling about a location? It doesn’t have to be something outwardly disturbing, just a nagging notion that something historic at some time in the past might have happened on a particular spot. I know that sound a bit vague, but there is a certain piece of central London that has… Continue reading Amongst these dark Satanic Mills
Tag: River Thames
Silent Sunday
Silent Sunday
Ship Ahoy! in Shaftesbury Avenue?
“….that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” I believe is a lyric by Joni Mitchell and very succinct when applied to the rather tatty looking shop premises in the picture. Shaftesbury Avenue, which is where this shop is located slices diagonally through the fringes of Covent Garden, Soho and Chinatown to end… Continue reading Ship Ahoy! in Shaftesbury Avenue?
New Tours For 2022
I always like to keep things interesting, not just for the people who come with me on my tours, but also for me. If things get a bit routine, then this comes across in the delivery and that’s the last thing I want. So for this seasons tours I sat down and looked at each… Continue reading New Tours For 2022
Not a Scooby (Update)
A few weeks ago I posted about a piece of masonry that I’d found on the Thames foreshaw. Certainly it was from a high status medieval building, that’s what was going on in my head. Well today I got an email back from the archaeological team at the Museum of London and guess what…..? “I’m… Continue reading Not a Scooby (Update)
Mudlarking
I’m actually writing this piece on the train home from London. Today’s date has been highlighted in my diary for several weeks and the anticipation has been steadily building as the days passed, for today I have been down on the Thames foreshore “Mudlarking” A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, a term… Continue reading Mudlarking
Time and tide wait for no man
A saying that perhaps conjures up visions of King Canute, though some scholars attribute it to Geoffrey Chaucer. I’ve used it in the context of if you wait long enough then something that you’re waiting for will wash up at your feet. Actually it’s been a week of having long standing mysteries solved just by… Continue reading Time and tide wait for no man
Watch your step!
I recently wrote a piece titled Left High & Dry on how the River Thames has been restricted over the years by the widening of its banks. Here is another reminder of the days when the river was a lot wider than it is today.Whitehall Palace was begun by Henry VIII and by the end… Continue reading Watch your step!
Amongst these dark Satanic Mills
Do you ever get a feeling about a location? It doesn’t have to be something outwardly disturbing, just a vague notion that something historic at some time in the past might have happened on this spot. I know that sound a bit vague, but there is a certain piece of central London that has always… Continue reading Amongst these dark Satanic Mills
A LONDON MISCELLANY 