Tag Archives: Victorian

Alice Ayres – A Victorian Heroine

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

A few weeks ago I wrote on Postmans Park – The Memorial To Heroic Self-Sacrifice and I’d taken it upon myself to look some of the names whose valour has been memorialised her. At random I picked the unassuming sounding Alice … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London | Tagged Alice Ayres, Borough Market, Cross Bones, Heroes, Newspapers, Postman's Park, Remembrance, Self Sacrifice, Victorian | 7 Comments

Christmas through the ages

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

It seems unavoidable, the big day has almost arrived. Whereas last year I wrote a post on debunking myths surrounding Christmas and in 2015 on the history of Father Christmas and Santa Claus this time around I thought I would write … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Christmas, Father Christmas, Medieval, Neolithic, Saturnalia, Solstice, Stonehenge, Tudor, Victorian | 8 Comments

The Limehouse Golem – Film Review

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I haven’t spent much time at the cinema this year, that is mostly because I have been so busy but also due to the proliferation of those dreadful in my opinion comic book movies which rather take over the big … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Movies and Films, Popular Culture | Tagged Bill Nighy, Film Review, Jack The Ripper, London, movies, The Limehouse Golem, Victorian | 2 Comments

When to take the Christmas decorations down? Or When Christmas used to last until February!

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Many people are back at work or at least thinking of doing so whilst for me, this is actually my first day off of Christmas and it is sooooo nice! Whilst I am enjoying my Christmas lights in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Advent, Candlemas, Christmas, Christmas Decorations, Epiphany, Lent, New Year, Twelfth Night, Victorian | 21 Comments

Cross Bones Graveyard – A resting place for the ‘Single women’ of London

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Today whilst conducting a private Charles Dickens Walking Tour with a colleague, I took a little detour through the back streets of Borough and Southwark to visit two very special and unique places. This area of London lies just south of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Borough, Charles Dickens, CrossBones, Death, history, Life, London, Slums, Southwark, Victorian | 8 Comments

Mary Seacole – The Greatest Black Briton

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Many of us are familiar with the accounts of Florence Nightingale, the British nurse who worked tirelessly and in the most trying of circumstances during The Crimea War and who in many ways pushed forward and pioneered modern day healthcare … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life | Tagged 19th Century, Florence Nightingale, history, Jamaica, Life, London, Mary Seacole, Medicine, The Crimean War, Victorian, war | 9 Comments

The more things change – Photos of then and now

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Following from my popular post earlier in the week Then and now – How sights have changed in 130 years I have collated some more of the old colour photographs from the 1890s cataloging interesting sights around England and then using … Continue reading →