To make a Peacock Pye. Pick it, and leave the Feathers on the Neck, cut the Neck off close to the Body, skin the Neck close to the Head, and cut it off; put a Stick tight into the Skin up to the Head, dry it in an Oven; cut off the Legs, and keep… Continue reading A Cock And Pye Story
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A House of ill repute
I recently came across this story while researching a new audio tour around Southwark. I have to admit as a born and bred North Londoner I’m a bit sniffy about anything Souwf of the river, but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised about what I turned up. Hopton Street is situated between… Continue reading A House of ill repute
The Yorkshire Stingo
At the Lisson Grove end of Marylebone Road you will find Westminster Magistrates Court. What to my mind is a rather drab building has been enlivened by the addition of an art installation by artist and blacksmith Bex Simons. The artwork references Marylebone life and in particular the former building that sat on the site… Continue reading The Yorkshire Stingo
The Sign Of The Two Headed Swan
I was prompted to take this uninspiring photograph after coming across an old image of the same location. The first picture is Gresham Street in 2020 and the second image is the same street a hundred years earlier in 1920. The most prominent building in the second image is Pickfords the removal company and I… Continue reading The Sign Of The Two Headed Swan
Milo The Cretonian
Apparently Milo was an ancient Greek wrestler and strongman sometimes depicted carrying a bull on his shoulders. His link with London is that his feats are celebrated on a rather strange adornment that graced the front of the Queens Hotel built in 1830. The hotel was situated on the corner of St Martin Le Grand… Continue reading Milo The Cretonian
The Sign Of The Two Headed Swan
I was prompted to take this uninspiring photograph after coming across an old image of the same location. The first picture is Gresham Street in 2020 and the second image is the same street a hundred years earlier in 1920. The most prominent building in the second image is Pickfords the removal company and I… Continue reading The Sign Of The Two Headed Swan
Cock And Pye
To make a Peacock Pye. Pick it, and leave the Feathers on the Neck, cut the Neck off close to the Body, skin the Neck close to the Head, and cut it off; put a Stick tight into the Skin up to the Head, dry it in an Oven; cut off the Legs, and keep… Continue reading Cock And Pye
The Yorkshire Stingo
At the Lisson Grove end of Marylebone Road, you will find Westminster Magistrates Court. What to my mind is a rather drab building has been enlivened by the addition of an art installation by artist and blacksmith Bex Simon. The artwork references Marylebone life and in particular the former building that sat on the site… Continue reading The Yorkshire Stingo
A LONDON MISCELLANY 