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• 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

• Hawksmoor, Wolfe, and Fuller's Earth: St Alfege Church Crypt

  

  St Alfege Church is a Greenwich landmark, standing in its centre since the eighteenth century when it replaced its collapsed predecessor. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Cabot Cafe, College Green

  

  In the heart of Bristol is a fish and chip shop - not that exciting, until you look up above the modern shopfront. On the upper floors of the facade, beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Dinosaurs up Close!

  

  Crystal Palace is home to the fantastic, much-loved dinosaur park - or more accurately, prehistoric animal park, since it has more than dinosaurs. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Boxing Academy

  

  Dingle's Fairground Heritage Centre is full of eye-catching fairground art, as well as actual working rides. Among its many striking pieces is one which tells... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Tommy Hall, Edwardian Cycling Star

  

  Abney Park Cemetery has a grave decorated with an eye-catching bicycle. The text is less striking against its now-discoloured background, but does include the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (135): Market Lavington

  

  A large Wiltshire Village, Market Lavington's points of interest include the church, wonderful Village Museum full of local history ... and this ghost sign. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Gasholders, Old Kent Road

  

  Once, they were important amenities; now, gasholders have largely lost their function, but remain familiar landmarks. Gasholder No. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2018 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY