One of the places I really enjoy visiting on my Secret Churches, Gardens and Ruins walk in the City of London is Postman’s Park. The small park was converted in the 19th century from being a cemetery for the adjoining church and is largely unvisited by the swathes of tourists to London. Apart from the… Continue reading The Memorial To Heroic Self-Sacrifice At Postman’s Park
Category: history
Posts predominantly history related.
A visit to Clava Cairns
Everyone knows I like my history and the older it is the better. I spend much of my time visiting prehistoric and neolithic monuments. Everyone knows of Stonehenge but there are hundreds of other stonecircles across Britain as well as countless other monuments. In fact as I write, I am preparing to go to Avebury… Continue reading A visit to Clava Cairns
An Outlander Day Tour of Scotland
During my recent 9 day tour of Scotland with 7 lovely ladies from the USA, one of the top priorites was to see as many Outlander sights as we could. For those who are unfamiliar with Outlander (and that is most people in the UK) it follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse… Continue reading An Outlander Day Tour of Scotland
All about driverless cars!
Today (or yesterday when you read this), I was taking a walk outside Parliament and I had the opportunity to jump in a driverless car! More about that later but it made me think of how in just a few years, autonomous cars have gone from science fiction fantasy to reality or at least very nearly… Continue reading All about driverless cars!
Photos of Edinburgh
This week I’ve been away from my usual haunts in London and leading a 10 day tour around Scotland. Naturally the place to start of at is the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Like many other great cities, Edinburgh takes great pride in remembering those who made great impacts on the world or who contributed positively… Continue reading Photos of Edinburgh
Trooping The Colour
This saturday sees the annual national event known as Trooping The Colour and is the centrepiece for the official birthday celebrations of The Queen and will see The Mall, royal parks and Horseguards Parade backed with Union Jack waving crowds hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen and members of the Royal Family, The… Continue reading Trooping The Colour
A Death Warrant from King Henry VIII
The little tat that King Henry VIII is one of the most famous arguments in history, it not only pitted one of the most powerful men of all time the representative of God on Earth, or the Pope but it also led to the creation of a major world religion in the shape of Anglican… Continue reading A Death Warrant from King Henry VIII
2,000 years on Bath Abbey is set to use the famous hot water that the Romans did!
Long before the Romans, it was the ancient Celts who lived across the British Isles who first noticed the hot waters spewing forth from deep beneath the the surface of the Earth, In fact, they used to pray there. When the Romans arrived, they built a complex of baths and steam rooms to harness the… Continue reading 2,000 years on Bath Abbey is set to use the famous hot water that the Romans did!
Is the Queen descended from the Prophet Muhammad?
It is said that most of us have hundreds or thousands of living relations, if only we knew who they were. On one line of my family tree I have found to be descended from such people such as the brother of King Harold of 1066 fame, Robert The Bruce and various old Saxon and… Continue reading Is the Queen descended from the Prophet Muhammad?
London VE Day Photos from 8th May 1945
Today is VE Day and I wasn’t going to post anything in particular but a quick search came across countless incredible photos and so I thought, why not! VE Day is a public holiday in several European countries such as France though incredibly not in the UK as though the 8th May 1945 saw the… Continue reading London VE Day Photos from 8th May 1945
Stephen Liddell 