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• How Do You Pronounce Canonbury?

  

  If you ever pass through Canonbury Square on a TfL 271 bus you will hear the automated announcement for the next stop. This bemuses me every time because the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• More Coal Hole Cover Plates – This Time in Marylebone

  

  Last week I was looking up at demons and here I am looking down again, but it's far from gloomy... I was recently on a mission to check up on some 'Art Deco'... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Devils, Demons and Dragons

  

  Oh how my eyes roll when I hear that daft story about why these delightful demons leer down over Cornhill in the City of London. If you don't know what I talkin... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Coal Hole Covers in Canonbury Square, N1

  

  Last week I delivered a talk about coal hole cover plates at London Historian's History in the Pub night. This meant I had to wade through my photos to choose... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Criminal Damage at Gilray House, 146-150 City Road

  

  Earlier this year I wrote about the vile plans for Willen House in Bath Street, Moorfields, and how a horrible coating of dull grey paint will soon be covering ... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A New Architectural Style in Spitalfields, E1 - Revivialist Pasticheism

  

  Walking from Aldgate to Old Street last weekend via Spitalfields market, I cut across Wentworth Street and into Toynbee Street. Ahead of me, on the right, I... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Following a Bloody Trail of Footprints Between N19 and N4

  

  Early this morning I made the effort to get out for a walk and back home again before it got too hot out there. I was doing well, having been up to Hornsey... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Mudlarking with Thames21 at Broomhouse Dock

  

  In my last post I mentioned I recently visited the foreshore at Broomhouse Dock, right (Google Streeview pic). This event was an initiative created by Thames21... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Parson's Green Ghostsign – Let's Go to the Palace!

  

  Way back in the dim distant past, in November 2008 (wow and ouch, that's almost 15 years ago!) I took some photos of a huge hand-painted sign on the side of... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Gillespie Park Nature Reserve – If the Flowers Start to Grow, Do You Pick Them?...

  

  I went for a wander around Gillespie Park earlier this week. I often do when I am close by. It's lovely there. It's like entering into an old woodland or part o... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The Old Operating Theatre – a Delight

  

  Last month, after years of walking past The Old Operating Theatre and thinking, 'I must go in there some day soon' I walked past and thought to myself, 'I must... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Marvellous Manicule in NW5

  

  The Way To Church LandsWalking along Gordon House Road a few months ago I spotted a directional panel at low level here just to the right of the protuding block. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Homepride Wallpapers Ghostsign, Walworth Road, SE17

  

  Every time I pass this Homepride Wallpapers ghostsign at 214 Walworth Road it brings a smile to my face because it takes me back in time to the 1970s when many... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Old Shops Ain St Pauls, Road, Highbury and Islington

  

  I am often to be seen walking from Holloway to Canonbury and back, and this means I use the stretch of St Paul's Rd between the two terraces of shops at the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Co-operative Ghostsign in Walthamstow

  

  I little while ago, I heard that a Co-operative ghostsign in Walthamstow had been overpainted. I'd assumed it was this one below, on the side of Tommy's... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• The [marvellous] World of Stonehenge at The British Museum– Until 17th July...

  

  I am a bit late behind here – I went to see this marvellous British Museum exhibition back in March and I really thought I'd posted about it, especially as I... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Cornelia Parker at Tate Britain, 2022

  

  Yesterday I went to my favourite London art gallery, Tate Britain, to see the marvellous works by the wonderfully talented Cornelia Parker. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• A Day Trip to Leigh-On-Sea

  

  Thanks to my guided tours and online talks these past few years, I have met some lovely people who have become friends. Last month, after leading my 'Arcades an... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Reframed: The Woman In The Window at Dulwich Picture Gallery

  

  Ooh this is a good idea, and something I hadn’t noticed or thought about until I heard about this show – the repeated motif that can be seen throughout centurie... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS

• Coal Hole Cover Plates Made by the Luxfer Company of Finsbury

  

  Striding up Sackville Street earlier this week, cutting through from Piccadilly to Vigo Street, I happened upon these two unusual coal hole cover plates made... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2022 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS