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• Memorials to William Huskisson, Liverpool MP

  

  Imagine having a successful political career, including spells as a cabinet minister and Leader of the House of Commons, yet only being remembered nearly two... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (138): Gravesend Ghosts

  

  Two very diferent shop signs survive in Gravesend, neither ghost signs in the strict sense. Rather than being painted, one is tiled and the other a faint trace... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (137): The Grave Maurice

  

  Engraved letters are all that mark a once-famous East End pub, the Grave Maurice. Established in 1723, it was - as the sign says - rebuilt in 1874. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Deptford, Cradle of Power Generation

  

  Think of power stations in London, and you probably think of the iconic Battersea towers; the reborn Bankside, now Tate Modern; maybe Lots Road or, if you... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Pirates to Patriots: St Malo's Corsairs

  

  As a walled town surrounded by sea, St Malo made a tempting home for pirates. Since the sea is full of rocks and difficult for outsiders to navigate, it was... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Deptford and the Pirate Flag

  

  This skull and crossbones sits on the gatepost of St Nicholas’ Church, Deptford. You can see why, according to legend, the 'jolly roger' pirate flag was inspire... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Venice in the City of London

  

  Belying the stereotypes, Chartered Accountants' Hall has one of the quirkier interiors to be found in the City of London. Its library may have the expected... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• St Johns' Conduit, Bristol

  

  Walking up Park Street, Bristol, there are plenty of distractions: the steep walk, the interesting cafes and shops either side, the Wills Building ahead. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• A Very Elderly Eagle

  

  Croydon Minster's lectern has a personality-filled eagle, but his rather jolly and amiable expression is not the most notable thing about him. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Carnival, Behind the Scenes!

  

  On a guided walk with London Historians (about which, more in a future post) we got the amazing chance to look around the premises of Mahogany Carnival group.... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Happy 125th Birthday, Tower Bridge!

  

  My favourite London bridge (as distinct from London Bridge) is 125 today. To celebrate, here are a few less-usual views. Here, we're looking down from one of th... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Gold Corner: Wartime Engineering in Somerset

  

  Gold Corner Pumping Station has a rather stylish 1930s look, so it's a bit of a surprise to notice that the date on a drain hopper is 1942 - right in the... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Britain's First Multiplex

  

  The multiplex cinema is now common throughout Britain, but do you know when and where the first one opened?Does the hint that it's a very old shape in a very ne... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Walking Mail Rail

  

  One of the most exciting new museums is the Postal Museum, which opened its doors - and its legendary railway - in 2017. The Mail Rail had transported letters... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Painted Hall: Revealing the Ceiling

  

  In the heart of historic Greenwich, the Old Royal Naval College's Painted Hall has been filled with scaffolding for some time - but next weekend, it triumphantl... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Sylvia Pankhurst in Ethiopia

  

  Sylvia Pankhurst is strongly associated with the East End of London: she co-founded the East London Federation of Suffragettes in 1914. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Growing Underground in Clapham Common

  

  Clapham Common Deep Level Shelter was one of eight air raid shelters built below London during the Second World War and completed in 1942. Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Arrested Decay: Ally Pally Theatre

  

  Alexandra Palace's East Court is newly reopened, with an exhibition, coffee bar ... and theatre. Through the huge glass atrium is a very special space,... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (136): You Wait Fifteen Years...

  

  There's a ghost sign practically at the end of my road, and it has been obscured by a hoarding all the time I've lived here. They did change the hoarding once,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Greenwich Town Hall

  

  Greenwich no longer has a town hall: when the borough was merged with neighbouring Woolwich, the new authority took the latter's town hall as its base. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY