In the 1950s London Transport published booklets with the aim of encouraging people to get out and explore the city. and to “Make the most of your public transport”. The one on Christopher Wren is explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-churc...
'Bathed in Gold' Taken shortly after sunrise this morning, walking down from Glastonbury Tor. I can never resist just one more photograph before I leave.
Trig Lane Stairs in the City of London, photographed by my father in 1949, from my post on the historic stairs and Thames Foreshore Erosion at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/t...
Trig Lane Stairs in the City of London, photographed by my father in 1949, from my post on the historic stairs and Thames Foreshore Erosion at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/t...
The Eleanor Cross in Waltham Cross which the body of Eleanor would have passed in 1290 from St Albans to Waltham Abbey, and then from Waltham Abbey back to pick up the road to London, from my post on the route at alondoninheritance.com/cycling-arou...
The Eleanor Cross in Waltham Cross which the body of Eleanor would have passed in 1290 from St Albans to Waltham Abbey, and then from Waltham Abbey back to pick up the road to London, from my post on the route at alondoninheritance.com/cycling-arou...
Today’s new post - The Treachery of Sir George Downing. The man behind the name of Downing Street and his role in capturing three regicides at alondoninheritance.com
Today’s new post - The Treachery of Sir George Downing. The man behind the name of Downing Street and his role in capturing three regicides at alondoninheritance.com
Last Sunday's new post - A Microscopic Examination of the Water Supplied to the Inhabitants of London at alondoninheritance.com/london-infra...
The Grade II listed market cross in Grantham in 1952 from my post following the line of Eleanor Crosses in Grantham, Stamford and Geddington at alondoninheritance.com/cycling-arou...
Eleanor of Castile – A 13th Century Journey to London. My first post of a series following the journey from Harby and Lincoln to London at alondoninheritance.com/london-journ...
Police, Bandits, the Marine Society and Coffee Houses, exploring some of the plaques to be found across the City of London at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
Leake Street named after Dr John Leake who was responsible for the nearby General Lying-In Hospital. Exploring the history of this pioneering hospital at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
Walking the New River – Ware to Cheshunt. The first part of a walk along the 400 year old artificial river, still in use, and for the same purpose. Today, the New River provides around 8%, or 220 million litres a day, of London’s water at alondoninheritance.com/rivers-and-s...
Leake Street named after Dr John Leake who was responsible for the nearby General Lying-In Hospital. Exploring the history of this pioneering hospital at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
Niche audience but this is basically the pub in UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS.. barely 50yds from Eaton Pl, in a mews, full of servants, exactly the sort of ground-floor-of-a-house room depicted
The Grenadier in Wilton Mews, near Upper Belgrave Street: from my post on Early 20th Century London in Photos at alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
“one of London’s lunch-time gathering grounds” from my post Early 20th Century London in Photos at alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
The Grenadier in Wilton Mews, near Upper Belgrave Street: from my post on Early 20th Century London in Photos at alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
Today's new post - water from the Chelsea and Southwark Companies in 1850. A Microscopic Examination of the Water Supplied to the Inhabitants of London at alondoninheritance.com
Today's new post - water from the Chelsea and Southwark Companies in 1850. A Microscopic Examination of the Water Supplied to the Inhabitants of London at alondoninheritance.com
Last Sunday's new post - His & Hers Hairdressers, Middleton Road, Hackney, photographed in 1986. Exploring the story of the shop and street at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...
As featured in a booklet from my favourite album, Quadrophenia (1973) by The Who.
Exploring the history and construction of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel in my post at alondoninheritance.com/under-london...
The George, looking towards Borough High Street, with a sign above the entrance to the offices of the Great Northern Railway, from my post exploring the history of this historic Southwark coaching inn at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/g...
The George, looking towards Borough High Street, with a sign above the entrance to the offices of the Great Northern Railway, from my post exploring the history of this historic Southwark coaching inn at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/g...
Sans Walk, a Fenian Outrage and the Edge of London. Stories from a historical area of Clerkenwell explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...
Sans Walk, a Fenian Outrage and the Edge of London. Stories from a historical area of Clerkenwell explored in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...
Today’s new post - 1980s hair from His & Hers Hairdressers, Middleton Road, Hackney at alondoninheritance.com
Today’s new post - 1980s hair from His & Hers Hairdressers, Middleton Road, Hackney at alondoninheritance.com
