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Wilton’s Music Hall – Victorian London Comes To Life!

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

If you read my review of The Limehouse Golem earlier this week, you’ll remember how much of the plot revolves around a Victorian era music hall. Music Halls were once widespread around the entire country but eventually became all but … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged East End, Limehouse Golem, London, Music, Music Hall, Theatre, Wilton's Music Hall | 2 Comments

The Limehouse Golem – Film Review

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I haven’t spent much time at the cinema this year, that is mostly because I have been so busy but also due to the proliferation of those dreadful in my opinion comic book movies which rather take over the big … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Movies and Films, Popular Culture | Tagged Bill Nighy, Film Review, Jack The Ripper, London, movies, The Limehouse Golem, Victorian | 1 Comment

The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894.

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

As a species we can be a pretty gloomy bunch. Capable of brilliance but just as likely incapable of seeing almost the blinding obvious. These days we are seemingly doomed on a whole host of issues. Climate change, the break … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London | Tagged climate change, horses, Life, London, Pollution, Predictions, Taxi, The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894 | 3 Comments

The lost and hidden rivers of London

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

It’s easy to see London as one big mega city with just one river, what Londoners fondly call old Father Thames. When the tide of the river rises and falls it is almost as if you can see the city itself … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London | Tagged Charles Dickens, London, Maps, River Thames, Roman, Sewers, Sloane Square, Waterways | 6 Comments

The London fences made from stretchers

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Famously many of the iron and steel railings in the U.K. were removed and melted down to help the war effort in WW2. Whether a large city park or a private residence, chances are if there was a traditional style … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Science and Engineering, WW2 | Tagged Air Raid Protection Officers, ARP Stretcher Fences, history, Life, Stretcher Fences, The Blitz, Ye Olde England Tours | 6 Comments

Of Mice And Men – The smallest monument in London

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve known about the mice of Philpot Lane for a year when I started researching for a forthcoming London Attractions book which I am working on but it was only on Tuesday that I finally set my eyes upon it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Philpot Lane Mice, The Great Fire of London, The Monument | 3 Comments

My new tour – Sacred, Secret, Gardens of London

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

One of the joys of doing walking tours around London is that I often come across new areas, secret oasis almost, in the midst of one the largest and busiest cities in the world. I find that my tourists often … Continue reading →