I’ve lived in my new house now for almost 2 years but due to being Excluded and without income or any government support, things that in normal times I could get done in weeks are currently taking years. My house is split into two sections. The original chuck of the house from about 1824 and… Continue reading Covid Diary 82: Warming up a 200 year old house
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67 Hopton Street – an island of antiquity in a sea of modernity
Everyone knows I like to explore all the nooks and crannies in London and find the less well known places and remnants of times past. One such old place is hidden away behind the Southbank and despite almost the whole area being bombed out in the 1940s and since reconstructed, sometimes several times, 67 Hopton… Continue reading 67 Hopton Street – an island of antiquity in a sea of modernity
Coronavirus Diary 43 – Self Isolating without electricity
My Coronavirus Self-Isolation took a step further towards feeling further like a solitary confinement in prison last week as I managed to get an electrician who was able to come into my new but ancient house. Initially I only wanted some very minor work doing but as is the way with things, it all escalated… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 43 – Self Isolating without electricity