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Category Archives: London
London’s Biggest Explosion. Silvertown 1917
Tomorrow will see the 105th anniversary of the biggest explosion that London has ever seen and considering all of the industry, terrorism and world wars then that is saying something. However as is often the way with these things, to … Continue reading
Posted in history, London, WW1
Tagged WW1, Lest We Forget, Disasters, East End, Silvertown explosion 1917, Explosion
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Lady Florence Norman – The Scooter riding Suffragette
In London and many other cities, they are the either a much needed liberating ‘last-mile’ mode of transport or the latest bane on urban life. Scooters, particularly those standing e-scooters are loved by riders and seemingly hated by many others … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London
Tagged EScooters, Lady Florence Norman, Scooters, Suffragetes
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My Project for 2022
I hop everyone has had a Happy New Year and festive period. I can’t believe this is 2022 and yet I can so clearly remember 1982! The summer of 2022 will see my 10 year anniversary of writing this blog … Continue reading
Were public toilets used to oppress ladies?
It’s the bane of many a city but finding a public toilet can be one of the biggest annoyances in modern life and in London they are relatively few and far between and one visit to some of them might … Continue reading
Wooden Spools of times past outside a beautiful old Spitalfields House
I’ve written countless posts over the years about Spitalfields, Whitechapel and Aldgate and many of them have been on less than savoury subjects but recently when I was out and about walking through the area I decided to revisit one … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Huguenots, Loom, Silk, Spitalfields, Streets
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Snooping around a Charnel House (House of the dead) in Spitalfields, London.
Whilst I was out looking for my beigel a few weeks ago in Spitalfields, I decided to do a bit of a detour to look for an old ruin which if not quite in plain sight then is at least … Continue reading
Posted in history, London, Religion and Faith
Tagged Archeology, Charnel House, Death, ruins, Spitalfields, Spitalfields Market, St Mary Spital
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Theodora Grahn – The heavy drinking, transgendered celebrity of Regency London
Whatever else Regency London has going for it (and there was a lot), breaking the gender stereotypes was not one of them. Much more than race was ever an issue in London, people from the LGBT community such as it … Continue reading
Posted in history, London
Tagged Eccentric, Homophobia, John de Verdion, Regency London, Theodora Grahn, Transgendered
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Coronavirus Diary 81: Visiting London’s oldest Beigel Shop
For many if not most people, life is well on the way to being back to normal, in deed from what I can tell many peoples lives were barely impacted at all aside for a few weeks. For myself and … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Life, London, Travel
Tagged Bagel, Beigel, Brick Lane, Coronavirus Diary, East End, ExcludedUK, ExcludedUnity, food, Jewish
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Charles McGhee – The penniless Crossing Sweeper with a heart and pot of gold.
Today sometimes if you’re unlucky enough to be driving in London, you might get harassed in traffic jams around junctions to have your windscreen cleaned whether you want it or not by road-side workers who seem oblivious to the fact … Continue reading
Posted in history, London
Tagged Black History, Charles McGhee, Crossing Sweeper, Jobs, Ludgate
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150 years of disasters at Liverpool Street Station
It is nearly 150 years old and the third busiest railway station in the U.K. and only behind London Waterloo and London Victoria Station with around 64 million passengers every year acting as a London gateway and exit to travellers … Continue reading
Posted in history, London, Travel, WW1, WW2
Tagged Bedlam, Iraq, Liverpool Street Station, London Terrorism, The Blitz
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