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• Snack on the Track

  

  After the surprising elegance of the National Railway Museum's Victorian urinal, here's a bit of rather less elegant 1980s nostalgia. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Railway Relief

  

  This elegant piece of railway cast-iron comes from Curthwaite Station on the Maryport Carlisle Railway. Its purpose may not be obvious at first, but it is in... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (105): Improving with Age

  

  When I photographed this Newington Green ghost sign in 2009, the graffiti were more obvious than the old advertisement. A few days ago, it was looking a little... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ally Pally, People's Palace

  

  After the Great Exhibition of 1851, its Crystal Palace moved to Sydenham and offered Londoners all sorts of educational and entertaining activities. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (104): Puck Matches, Leeds

  

  A colourful sign looks over Harehills Road, Leeds, from Conway Road (not to be confused with neighbouring Conway Drive, Street, Avenue, Mount, View, Grove or... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Fraud and the Press Gang in Deptford

  The Morning Chronicle of 25 January 1812 reported a rather unpleasant deception: A man has resided at Deptford for some time past under the name and title of Si... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Colourful Foreshore

  

  The character of the Thames foreshore changes dramatically as it curves through London. At Rotherhithe - visited last weekend with Jane's London - there is... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• London Ice Sculpting Festival

  

  Chisels and chainsaws to the fore, artists from around the world are taking part in the London Ice Sculpting Festival in Docklands this weekend. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (103): Earlsfield

  

  Just opposite Earlsfield Station in South-West London, two ghost signs are almost facing each other. The first is extremely cryptic: only "S.P.O. " remain... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• London Lights

  

  The festive season is now officially over, but who needs decorations when night-time London looks like this? One of those annoying moments on public transport... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• 2013 Favourites

  

  Here's a little bit of self-indulgence: having looked at the most popular posts of 2013, I'm now going to share some of my favourites. Well, as best as I could... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• More Reviews of 2013

  

  Having shared my own look back at 2013, here are similar reviews from some favourite blogs. What better way to gently see in 2014 than by looking back on some o... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Review of 2013

  

  As the new year approaches, it's time to look at what has happened here in the last year. First, this year's top five most-read posts:Walking Rotherhithe... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Time and Talents, Bermondsey

  

  The Time and Talents association has rather special premises in a former Rotherhithe mortuary - but used to occupy an equally interesting building in nearby... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Seasonal Gift Ideas

  

  If you're looking for the perfect gift for a London history enthusiast, then here are just a few ideas.The first is actually international in scope: the Ghost... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• A 'Victorian' Serial Novel

  I've always greatly enjoyed, and learned much from, the comments on this blog. Perhaps the best response yet is that to the post Victoriana and the... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Gladstone's Orphans

  

  William Ewart Gladstone, four times prime minister, is known for his championing of Irish Home Rule, his rivalry with Benjamin Disraeli, his enthusiasm for... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Victoriana and the Telectroscope

  

  There are still a few days left to catch Guildhall Art Gallery's Victoriana exhibition, which ends on 8 December. I finally visited today, and enjoyed it very... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• The Charterhouse

  

  The Master's Cloister, looking into the Tudor Great HallAmong London myths, 'built on a plague pit' is perennially popular. The Charterhouse has a better claim... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Grand Central Hotel

  

  Great Central Street is neither great nor central, being a short road opposite Marylebone Station. Instead, it was named for the Great Central Railway, whose... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY