Though the Romans are famed for their roads along with many other things, they didn’t invent the idea of roads but rather vastly improved upon what had gone before with better engineering, money and manpower to it easier for their vast armies to police the empire and to a lesser extent to enable trade and… Continue reading Watling Street – A Roman Road through the heart of Britain
Category: London
Posts predominantly related to London
An ancient Roman road re-opens in London – Watling Street Revived
You might have seen my last post on the London Temple of Mithras or London Mithraeum. As part of the massive building project which has seen the creation of the new Bloomburg Headquarters and the painstakingly restored and relocated Temple of Mithras, a very ancient roadway has been re-opened that had been lost for much of… Continue reading An ancient Roman road re-opens in London – Watling Street Revived
Busting the myth of London being a Rainy city
If there is one thing that tourists ask me when I’m out with them it is Brexit or Donald Trump. If there is a second thing they ask me it is about the weather. For some reason, people have the idea that it always rains in London and really it couldn’t be further from… Continue reading Busting the myth of London being a Rainy city
My New London Roman Walking Tour
You don’t have to go to Rome to see Roman ruins, or even St Albans, Bath or York. Though people were all ready living here, it was the Romans who founded the modern city of Londinium that through the millennia has metamorphosed into today what is possibly the greatest city in the world. Much of Roman… Continue reading My New London Roman Walking Tour
London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.
I wasn’t going to blog again, especially so as I have been out on a tour this morning. It was my inaugrial Sacred, Secret Gardens of London tour today and I was showing round a lovely PhD student studying medicine. Most tourists to London are content with seeing the big tourists sights such as Big… Continue reading London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.
The Mayflower Pub – Rotherhithe
My series of blog posts on Bermondsey and Rotherhithe conclude with perhaps the most famous thing to come out of Rotherhithe even though it is arguably that very few actually know of the connection. Rotherhithe’s with its strong maritime history has played host to all sorts of notable and notorious figures. Anywhere else, being the… Continue reading The Mayflower Pub – Rotherhithe
The Brunel Museum and the first tunnel in the world that goes under water
You might be wondering how much more can be squeezed into this relatively short little walk eastwards from London Bridge through Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. I’m sure you’ll agree that there is something for everyone who visits. Today’s post relates to one of the few things I actually knew about before visiting the area recently and… Continue reading The Brunel Museum and the first tunnel in the world that goes under water
St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe
It would be remiss of me if during this series of posts on my walk through Rotherhithe if I did not mention in some way or other St Mary’s Church. These days Rotherhithe may well be almost right in the middle of London but it wasn’t always the case. Long before the notorious Victorian slums,… Continue reading St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe
The Sands Film Studio of Rotherhithe & The Rotherhithe Picture Research Library.
If there is one thing you might have picked up on during my walk through Rotherhithe, it is that many of the old buildings and locations that were once grimy industrial buildings in unpleasant parts of London have been refurbished and re-purposed for modern use. This walk has been good at showing this, whether… Continue reading The Sands Film Studio of Rotherhithe & The Rotherhithe Picture Research Library.
Dr Alfred Salter – The man who created an NHS before the NHS was created
My walk of discovery along the southern bank of the Thames through Bermondsey and Rotherhithe was proving to reveal all manner of hidden gems of London both past and present. The next discovery however was something or rather someone which I knew next to nothing about. Not far from the manor house and Angel Pub… Continue reading Dr Alfred Salter – The man who created an NHS before the NHS was created
Stephen Liddell 