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14/11/2024

🙂 What a stunning sight as I made my way to a brilliant concert tonight
🙂 This is St Margaret’s Church which sits in the shadow of
🙂 St. Margaret’s, known as ‘the Church on Parliament Square’, is a 12th-century church
🙂 It’s also sometimes called ‘the parish church of the House of Commons’
🌺 The foreground shows part of the Field of Remembrance
🌺 This is free to visit and open until Sunday 17th November

11/11/2024

🙂 A wonderful tour of a very historic school - thank you for the Verrio Tour
👉🏼👉🏼 Scroll to see the famous uniform

🙂 Christ’s Hospital (CH) is one of the famous Royal Hospitals of London, whose foundation marked the beginning of the social services in Tudor England.

🙂Inspired by a sermon by Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, the young King Edward VI instructed the Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Dobbs, to appoint a committee of leading citizens to consider remedies and relief for the City’s homeless and poor.
🙂Their work, and subsequently their philanthropy, led to the founding of the five great Hospitals all supporting different needs.
🙂CH, established in the monastery of the Grey Friars in Newgate Street, embraced the task of educating and nourishing the destitute children of the City and took children of all social backgrounds and ages.

🙂In November 1552, CH opened its doors to 380 pupils and, within a year, the number had increased to over 500

09/11/2024

🌺 A retro of the stunning poppy display at The Tower of London in 2014
🌺 Lest We Forget

09/11/2024

🌺 This huge, bronze monument memorialises the women of World War II. It was unveiled in 2005 and the gold lettering on it is said to mimic the font of wartime ration books.

Around the outside, you can see 17 different sculpted uniforms and helmets. These uniforms represent hundreds of vital jobs undertaken by over 7 million women during the Second World War. However, when the war ended and the men returned to their jobs, women had to quietly hang up their uniforms

09/11/2024

🌺At the west end of the Nave of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the Unknown Warrior, whose body was brought from France to be buried here on 11th November 1920. The grave, which contains soil from France, is covered by a slab of black Belgian marble from a quarry near Namur.
🌺This is an ordinary man buried amongst 30 kings & queens & HIS is the most important grave
🌺 The Flanders poppy was first described as the ‘Flower of Remembrance’ by Colonel John McCrae, a medical officer with the Canadian army. At the second battle of Ypres in 1915 he wrote his well known verses ‘In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row...’. He died of his wounds in 1918. The first Poppy Day in Britain was held on 11th November 1921
🌺 LEST WE FORGET

06/11/2024

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04/11/2024

🧸Am wondering whether this famous bear should be re-named given that this fabulously cheerful mural is based by Waterloo station 😃
👉🏼 Scroll for close up of the quote
🧸🙂 Nothing better than some wonderful street art to lift the spirits
🧸🙂 If you are in the area make sure to look out for it

29/10/2024

🙂 Richmond House is a Grade II* listed building built in the 1980s, incorporating the 18th century Richmond Terrace.

🙂 Richmond Terrace is built on the site of Henry VIII's White Hall Palace bowling green looking north towards the Privy Gardens.

🙂The first Richmond House on this site was built around 1660 and occupied by Charles Stuart, 3rd Duke of Richmond from 1668. After the Duke's death in 1672 his wife continued to live in it until her death in 1702. As there were no heirs it was taken over as an official building first by the Secretary of State and then by the Comptroller of Army Accounts.

🙂 On completion in 1986 the building was occupied by the Department for Health and Social Security (DHSS) and named Richmond House.

🙂 You can find it on Whitehall!

27/10/2024

🙂🌞 The perfect autumn day in central London.
🌞🙂 With Nelson’s column soaring 52m / 159ft towards the blue sky & the church of St.Martin in the Fields in the distance - what’s not to love about London?

06/10/2024

https://mailchi.mp/737579d5e92a/a-quick-update-and-hello

06/10/2024

🙂 A great day to listen to the wonderful Saul David talk about his book Sky Warriors
🙂 The venue was the amazing - a medieval manor house where the is being filmed
📽️🎬 Filming was taking place and as I explored the house not only did I bump into Saul (he’s the one who is not a cardboard cutout !) but had to keep stopping & remaining totally silent as the cameras rolled
👏🏼👏🏼 Great talk by Saul - such an engaging speaker
👉🏼👉🏼 Scroll the photos to admire the Raleigh staircase

05/09/2024

🎉 A complimentary coffee is on offer this Saturday 7th September!
🌸 Join me to discover Marylebone Village on The Elm Tree Walk at 10.30am
🎉 As well as a free drink, you will receive a goodie bag
🌸 You can book by clicking on my bio above 👆🏼
🎉 Hope to see you there!

27/08/2024

Not long to go .... - https://mailchi.mp/3b8ed23a01bb/just-to-quickly-say-16514462

15/08/2024

A Heads Up for you regarding Open House Festival - https://mailchi.mp/4ada431ce7cc/just-to-quickly-say-16513746

08/08/2024

🌸 Isn’t London amazing?
😃 Full of contrasts as shown here with the Hopton Almshouses and the backdrop of the modern world.
🌸 Built in the 1740s, these homes were for “26 poor persons”.
😃 Seriously damaged in the war, they were rebuilt and re-opened in 1988.

05/08/2024

Oops! I forgot. List of dates and times included! - https://mailchi.mp/5d64d0438041/just-to-quickly-say-16513046

04/08/2024

Really? Only a month to go? - https://mailchi.mp/2a7fac7542be/just-to-quickly-say-16513018

25/07/2024

😃 Have you ever seen Tate Modern from any of view than riverside?
🌸 The brick ‘cathedral’ had an extension by Herzog & de Meuron which is really rather fabulous
😃 The façade uses brick to match the surface of the existing structure, while creating something radically new – a perforated brick lattice through which the interior lights glow in the evening. Windows and the terrace appear as cuts in the brick surface.
🌸The building rises 64.5 metres above ground in 11 levels, its height responding to the iconic chimney of Giles Gilbert Scott’s power station.
😃🌸 Glorious!

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😃This bust of Shakespeare reveals the heros we have to thank for all the plays we still enjoy today 😃

😃🌸😃 Oh my! 🌸😃🌸 To be on the roof of Westminster Abbey is one of the most exciting things I have done in London. 🌸😃🌸 Take a look at my next post for more photos

😃 What a view!

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😃🌸😃 A wonderful sneaky look at original Roman remains in The City of London 😃🌸😃 The wall is part of the Roman Fort which was then incorporated into the city wall 😃🌸😃 It is Kentish ragstone held together with Roman cement 😃 At nearly 2,000 years old - this is just incredible 😃 😀 Hello - my name is Rosalind and I aim to open your eyes to a different side of London. Join me for an inspiring walk to discover little gems and things that often get unnoticed - even by locals. My walks are relaxed and friendly and I specialise in small groups leaving plenty of time for questions and conversation. 😀 👆 Click on my bio to join my mailing list for monthly updates. #romanlondon #cityoflondon #archeology

Glorious Mayfair

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Out of my comfort zone again!

🌼It was lovely to be back in the real world with real clients walking around Mayfair last week. There are lots of fun art installations to discover all around the area. 🌼This is in Grosvenor Square. 🌼If you are interested in coming out to explore Mayfair with me, drop me a line by emailing me [email protected]🌼