Monthly Archives: October 2018

An eerie old mortuary from Jack The Ripper and the world’s oldest Police.

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst out on one of my walks and whilst taking some photos for Mondays post on The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, I made it my business to hunt out a new (for me) location related to Jack The Ripper. Hidden away … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged East End, Elizabeth Stride, halloween, Jack The Ripper, Murder, River Police, River Thames, St George In The East Church | 4 Comments

The Ratcliffe Highway Murders

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It’s Halloween and I’ve done a number of related posts on the origins of Halloween, hauntings, the modern day Enfield Poltergeist and of course the infamous Jack The Ripper. Real life figures such as the Victorian poisoner Mary Cotton and figures … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Popular Culture | Tagged halloween, Limehouse, London, Murder, Police, Ratcliffe Highway Murders, Shadwell, St George In The East Church, Wapping | 12 Comments

My latest ‘mini’ horror movie – Bad Dream?

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It’s become something of a tradition for my friend and I to make a Halloween inspired video and I thought I would share this years effort. Bizarrely, whilst all the other young children would and still do watch cute shows, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, Movies and Films, Popular Culture, television, writing | Tagged Bad Dream?, Film, halloween, Home Movie, Horror, V1 Vixen, writing | Leave a comment

Æthelflaed – Lady of the Mercians

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Every now and then I like to write a post about one of the important and often overlooked women in history and British history in particular. Sometimes they appear in the most unexpected places such as the Wrestling Mongolian Princess … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Anglo-Saxon, Æthelflaed, England, history, Mercia, Mercians, Queen, Vikings | 9 Comments

The evocative gardens of Arundel Castle

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the wonderful little Sussex town of Arundel whose centrepiece is one of the most imposing castles in southern Britain. The castle is the ancestral home of the Dukes of Norfolk … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Arundel, Arundel Castle, Arundel Castle Gardens, Duke of Norfolk, English Landscape Garden, garden, Gardening, Sussex | 3 Comments

The ticking timebomb shipwreck that could damage half of London

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Every now and then a newly made discovery of a long-lost shipwreck makes the news with everything from RMS Titanic to the lost ship of Captain Cook and everything in between. There are a few shipwrecks however that are well … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, WW2 | Tagged Bombs, Life, London, River Thames, S.S. Richard Montgomery, Shipwreck, war | 6 Comments

Ratcliffe Cross Stairs – Where fires raged, explorers set sail and pirates hung

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Last week whilst scouting out a new walking tour of just a small part of East London, one of the places I most wanted to visit is the slipway which was once known as Ratcliffe Cross Stairs. The village of … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Limehouse, London, Martin Frobisher, Ratcliffe Cross Stairs, River Thames, Town of Ramsgate, Wapping | 8 Comments

The Kazakhstan art exhibition in a disused London power station

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst out and about scouting a new walking tour in the East End of London, I had the good fortune to come across one of those hidden treasures which I still do so regularly even after all my exploration. Going … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, London, News, Travel | Tagged Art, Kazakhstan, London, Wapping, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping project | 4 Comments

There but not there

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Last week whilst in the Sussex town of Arundel, I unexpectedly came across a very moving art installation. It is something I had heard about a few years ago and fleetingly throughout 2018 but for some reason had not expected … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith, WW1 | Tagged Art, Arundel, Cathedrals, church, Lest We Forget, Remembrance, There But Not There, WW1 | 2 Comments

London – The first National Park City in the World

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

One way or the other, London is famous for many things. Whether it be History, finance, empire, culture or just the weather. One of the things that might not spring to mind when you think of London, however, is just … Continue reading →