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Tag Archives: River Thames
The 900 year old Swan Upping ceremony is cancelled
It is an historic Royal ceremony that has taken place annually for the last 900 years but the Coronavirus means that for only the second time, this ancient practice of counting the swans on the River Thames has been cancelled … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Coronavirus, London, Queen, River Thames, Social Distancing, Swan Upping, The Dyers, The Vintners
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York Watergate – The ceremonial gateway to the River Thames, out of sight of water.
Following on from Mondays post on the Lions of the River Thames, not to far away is one of the last remnants of an era of grandeur on the Thames that has largely been swept away. The York Water Gate. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Architecture, Embankment, London, River Thames, The Strand, York Watergate
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The Thameside Lions that guard against flooding
There is always something to look out for in London, even in the most unlikely places. One might not know that you’re seeing but there are points of interest all over the place. Should you happen to to be near … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Embankment, Floods, London, River Thames, Sewers, Thames Lions
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The Great Stink of 1858
If like me, you suffered through the blazing London summer of 2018 with seemingly wall to wall sunshine heat and humidity from Easter to the end of September, squashed on your commute in airless tube trains and wondering how you’d … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London
Tagged 1858, Greenwich, London, River Thames, Sewers, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, The Great Stink
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An eerie old mortuary from Jack The Ripper and the world’s oldest Police.
Whilst out on one of my walks and whilst taking some photos for Mondays post on The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, I made it my business to hunt out a new (for me) location related to Jack The Ripper. Hidden away … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged East End, Elizabeth Stride, halloween, Jack The Ripper, Murder, River Police, River Thames, St George In The East Church
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The ticking timebomb shipwreck that could damage half of London
Every now and then a newly made discovery of a long-lost shipwreck makes the news with everything from RMS Titanic to the lost ship of Captain Cook and everything in between. There are a few shipwrecks however that are well … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London, WW2
Tagged Bombs, Life, London, River Thames, S.S. Richard Montgomery, Shipwreck, war
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Ratcliffe Cross Stairs – Where fires raged, explorers set sail and pirates hung
Last week whilst scouting out a new walking tour of just a small part of East London, one of the places I most wanted to visit is the slipway which was once known as Ratcliffe Cross Stairs. The village of … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Limehouse, London, Martin Frobisher, Ratcliffe Cross Stairs, River Thames, Town of Ramsgate, Wapping
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King Edward III Manor House
This my second post resulting from my scouting out a new tour I have been wanting to start offering to my lovely tourists. As well as the regular tourist hotspots, I really enjoy taking people to the lesser visited parts … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Bermondsey, Kind Edward III, Mansion House, River Thames, Rotherhithe, royalty
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The lost and hidden rivers of London
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
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