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Six Word Saturday Clifford’s Inn Passage London EC4 #6WS #History #London

Six Word Saturday Window Cleaner Arundel Street WC2 #6WS #London #Walking

If you walk along the south side of Cheapside heading towards the Bank of England, a little way beyond Bow Church is a narrow opening...

I’m actually writing this piece on the train home from London. Today’s date has been highlighted in my diary for several weeks and the...

One word Sunday Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London #History #London #OWS #Walking

Six word Saturday #6WS #History #London #Walking

With Halloween only a couple of days away, I thought I’d try to come up with a relevant post. Do you recall the 2008 EU Consumer...

The Victorians have always fascinated me. Such drive and inquisitiveness they moved the country forward with their technological...

In a previous life I was involved in the processing and sale of sugar and associated products and so I’m always interested in sticky...

Browsing through a volume on London history I came across a word “Cnihtengild“, a typo obviously, but no just my ignorance. King Edgar...

Today the bridge officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, which is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crosses...

A sun kissed tropical white sandy beach, a hammock strung between two coconut palms and a large iced rum and coke in hand? No. Lambeth...

From the Cockney rhyming slang, Turkish Bath (laugh) “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”, said the preacher John Wesley in the late 1790s...

One word Sunday A very touching piece of street art that can be found set into the pavement in Marchmont Street near to Russell Square...

Six Word Saturday A bit early for Halloween and obviously its not a ghost it’s me. I was trying to get a picture of the remains of...

This is the forth post about the wards that make up the the City of London. These links will take you to the post about Aldersgate,...

I recently came by a fascinating old book called Passing English of the Victorian era, a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and...

One word Sunday Looking out along Cromwell Road on a rather wet autumn evening. #London #OWS

There have been many violent and disturbing crimes committed in the Capital over the centuries, some single incidents, and others of a...

There’s nothing more exciting for me than discovering a new alleyway or court in London, so much so that I document each one on a Google...