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Monthly Archives: October 2018
An eerie old mortuary from Jack The Ripper and the world’s oldest Police.
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
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
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My latest ‘mini’ horror movie – Bad Dream?
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
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Æthelflaed – Lady of the Mercians
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
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The evocative gardens of Arundel Castle
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
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The ticking timebomb shipwreck that could damage half of London
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
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Ratcliffe Cross Stairs – Where fires raged, explorers set sail and pirates hung
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
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The Kazakhstan art exhibition in a disused London power station
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
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There but not there
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
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London – The first National Park City in the World
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
Posted in geography, Life, London, Photography
Tagged Environment, Hampstead Heath, London, National Park City, Park, Pocket Parks, Richmond Park, Wimbledon Common, Ye Olde England Tours
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