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At Dirty Dick’s
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Click here to buy tour gift vouchers for your family and friends . These are the dead cats that once hung behind the counter of...
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The Language Of Printing
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Click here to buy tour gift vouchers for your family and friends . Charles Pertwee of Baddeley Brothers, the longest established...
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London Salt-Glazed Stoneware
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Click here to buy tour gift vouchers for your family and friends . As one who thought nobody else shared my passion for old...
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Jimmy’s London
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Click here to buy tour gift vouchers for your family and friends . Excerpts from ‘This is London‘ produced as a guide for...
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At S. Festenstein & Sons, Furriers
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Click here to buy tour gift vouchers for your family and friends . Observe this young woman peering from the upper window of...
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George Cruikshank’s London Summer
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Click here to buy tour gift vouchers for your family and friends . JULY 1838 – Flying Showers in Battersea Fields Should you...
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Hopping Season
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Traditionally, this was the time when East Enders headed down to the Hop Farms of Kent & Sussex, embracing the opportunity...
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At Waltham Abbey
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . I cycled along the River Lea to Waltham Abbey. On my approach, even from the riverbank, I could see the majestic tower rising...
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Tex Ajetunmobi, Photographer
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Bandele Ajetunmobi – widely known as Tex – took photographs in the East End for almost half a century, starting in the late...
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Roland Collins, Artist
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . My portrait of Roland Collins At ninety-seven years old, artist Roland Collins lived with his wife Connie in a converted...
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Inside The Model Of St Paul’s
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . Simon Carter, Keeper of Collections at St Paul’s In a hidden chamber within the roof of St Paul’s sits Christopher Wren’s 1:25...
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My Pub Crawl From Smithfield To Holborn
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . What could be a nicer way to spend a lazy late summer afternoon than slouching around the pubs of Smithfield, Newgate, Holborn...
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At Walton On The Naze
Click here to book for my tours through August, September and October . . All this time, Walton on the Naze has been awaiting me, nestling like a forgotten jewel cast up on the Essex coast, and less...
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At Canvey Island
Click here to book for my tours through September and October . Inspired by a brochure given to me by Gary Arber, I decided to go for a day trip to Canvey Island. Printed by W.F.Arber & Co Ltd in...
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Fourteenth Annual Report
. Next ticket availability Saturday 2nd September . . Fourteen years ago this week I began publishing daily in these pages with the ambition of reaching at least ten thousand posts, which would take...
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Pollock’s Toy Theatres In Spitalfields
. Next ticket availability Saturday 2nd September . Next weekend, Pollock’s Toy Theatres return to their roots with a two day pop up at House of Annetta in Spitalfields including performances,...
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William Morris In The East End
. Next ticket availability Saturday 2nd September . William Morris spoke at Speakers’ Corner in Victoria Park on 26th July & 11th October 1885, 8th August 1886, 27th March & 21st May 1888 If...
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A Walk Along The Ridgeway
. Tickets available next Saturday 2nd September . . They say it is the oldest road in Britain, maybe the oldest in Europe. Starting from the highest navigable point of the Thames in prehistoric times,...
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At James Ince & Sons, Umbrella Makers
. Click here to book for tour through September and October . Richard Ince, 11th generation umbrella maker The factory of James Ince & Sons, the oldest established umbrella makers in the country,...
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At 195 Mare St
. Click here to book for my tour through September and October . . Click here to discover more about this autumn’s blog course . 195 Mare St . I remember the moment I first caught a glimpse of 195 Mare...
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