To commemorate the 75th year anniversary of the 37 people killed in Sandringham Road by a German bomb during World War Two, Watford Borough Council is hosting a service of remembrance at North Watford Cemetery for those who died in worst loss of life in Watford during the Blitz. On Sunday 30 July 1944, a… Continue reading Remembering a local disaster – The 75th anniversary of the Sandringham Road V1 attack, Watford.
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London named the first National Park City in the World
When you think of a national park, images of sweeping landscapes and rolling hills likely spring to mind. So it may come as a surprise to learn that London has officially been crowned as the world’s first National Park City. In doing so perhaps finally shunning its its reputation as a pea-soup smog-filled metropolis to become… Continue reading London named the first National Park City in the World
The Ice Cream Index of Happiness
It turns out it really is the simple things in life that do the most to uplift you’re feelings, at least if you’re British and it’s summer time. Chocolate and donating to charity give British people the most happiness per £1 during the summer months. Buying a bar of chocolate makes us happiest relative to… Continue reading The Ice Cream Index of Happiness
The West Brompton Time Machine in the heart of London
You can find most things in London but it might not be your first guess as to be the location of what is currently thought to be the most likely candidate for a Time-Machine in the world, if such a thing can really be. And I don’t mean the Tardis from Doctor Who which… Continue reading The West Brompton Time Machine in the heart of London
Brompton Cemetery – Part of The Magnificent Seven
I always love visiting Brompton Cemetery which doubles up as a Royal Park. There is so much to see with the architecture, gothic style tombs and just a vast array of wildlife in this huge open space in the middle of West London. If you want to do some wildlife photography then it offers some… Continue reading Brompton Cemetery – Part of The Magnificent Seven
Putting the stone into Harrow Wealdstone – London’s Neolithic Standing Stone?
I was feeling pleased that I had managed to find the first two little known ancient and even neolithic spots with out any maps and so decided to see one more if I could find it. I had considered Grim’s Dyke which was both the boundary of Mercia (was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon… Continue reading Putting the stone into Harrow Wealdstone – London’s Neolithic Standing Stone?
Looking for and finding Waxwell, a Holy Well in Pinner (London)
Fresh from my success of finding a possible Neolithic burial mound in the middle of densely populated Watford, I was on the lookout for the second in the triumverate of off-beat and ancient sites and it lay just a few miles away, part on foot and part on the Metropolitan Line to the old village… Continue reading Looking for and finding Waxwell, a Holy Well in Pinner (London)
Looking for a neolithic burial mound in my local (Cassiobury) Park
It’s reached the time of year that I’ve gone a bit doolally and I mean more doolally than I generally am from the 1st of January until around the 31st December each year. I’ve not had a day off for years and been out on tour every day for months. I also feel that I’ve… Continue reading Looking for a neolithic burial mound in my local (Cassiobury) Park
The Knollys Rose Ceremony – Paying off a 619 year old rent
London and Britain is full of obscure ancient traditions and on Monday I bore witness to a ceremony that I did know about but never expected to see and it all has its foundations in events 619 years ago. As sometimes dirty as London is these days, in almost every way (except perhaps for air),… Continue reading The Knollys Rose Ceremony – Paying off a 619 year old rent
100 years ago Aviators Alcock and Brown made their pioneering trans-Atlantic flight
Today, millions of people cross the Atlantic every year thanks to commercial air travel, but it’s easy to forget that it had never been done less than a century ago. Glasgow born Arthur Brown was shot down over Germany during World War One, surviving only to be captured by the Germans and imprisoned. (Read about… Continue reading 100 years ago Aviators Alcock and Brown made their pioneering trans-Atlantic flight
Stephen Liddell 