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Monthly Archives: May 2021
The terrible murder of Fanny Adams which gives us a phrase we still use today.
Last I wrote about the attempted murder of Victorian Prime Minister Robert Peel that led to the concept that people suffering from extreme mental illness, may not be responsible for their acts. This was a time of great reform in … Continue reading
The fall and rise of St Pancras Clock
Railways have become synonymous with time keeping as their successful operation is measured through following a timetable. Before the railways time was a much more local matter based on the 24hr rotation of the earth resulting in East Anglia being … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Heritage, history, London
Tagged clocks, Railway Time, St Pancras Station, Time
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Did a lunatic try to kill a Prime Minister Robert Peel or was it all a cover story?
Most people know Sir Robert Peel as the man who founded the first modern police force in the world, London’s Metropolitan Police. It must have been a good move as he went on to become Prime Minister, living in the … Continue reading
Posted in history, London
Tagged Assassination, Crime, Daniel M'Naghten, Edward Drummond, Insanity, Murder, Robert Peel, Westminster, Whitehall
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My new St Albans 360 degree Virtual Video Tour
As almost everyone who reads my blog must know, I’m in my 16th month of no tour work or any government support whatsoever so during the winter I started creating video tours in and around London. Virtual Video Tours They … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged 360 video tour, St Albans, Verulamium, Video Tour, Virtual Video Tour
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Micky Davies – the little man with the heart of a giant
Michael (Mickey) Victor Davies (sometimes mentioned as Davis) was born in Stepney in East London on the 22nd April, 1910. Sadly as a result of some sort of spinal defect, he only grew to the height of 4 feet 6 inches tall … Continue reading
Posted in history, London, WW2
Tagged Air Raid Protection Officers, Bombs, Mickey The Midget, Micky Davies, Spitalfields, The Blitz, WW2
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67 Hopton Street – an island of antiquity in a sea of modernity
Everyone knows I like to explore all the nooks and crannies in London and find the less well known places and remnants of times past. One such old place is hidden away behind the Southbank and despite almost the whole … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged 67 Hopton Street, Hopton Street, Lambeth Walk, Old House, Travel, walking tours
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Practical Georgian Dating Advice from ‘Black Jackie’ Johnson
You know how it is; at best you’ve been living miserably, having minimal social contact and at worst you’ve been Excluded from all help and Shielded at home alone for 16 months. With some of freedoms tantalisingly close to … Continue reading
Coronavirus Diary 78 – Selling your belongings because the government has left you #ExcludedUK for 15 months
As the world continues to go back to normal for many of us, at varying degrees, I’ve just had my second Oxford vaccine on Friday 30th April and am pre-writing this post in anticipation of feeling as ill as I … Continue reading
Stamping your mark in history
I noticed a few days ago an announcement of a new set of commemorative stamps from the Royal Mail. I’m not one to be obsessed over stamps but the theme of these ones caught my eye as they are all … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, News
Tagged Royal Mail, Shakespeare, St Albans, Stamps, War of the Roses
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