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🙂 🔎Take a closer look at this clock🌼 It can be seen on Wardour Street, and the clock face reads “Costumier Perruquier” (...
01/03/2025

🙂 🔎Take a closer look at this clock
🌼 It can be seen on Wardour Street, and the clock face reads “Costumier Perruquier” (French for Costumer and Wigmaker)
🙂 A blue plaque explains that the Theatrical Wigmaker William ‘Willy’ Clarkson (1861-1934) had his shop here.
🌼 Now in the heart of Chinatown , how apt that it has been left in situ, a hop & a skip from many theatres in central London

🙂 The impressive Carlton House Terrace ⭐️ One of London’s finest Georgian treasures, the Terrace was designed by John Na...
27/02/2025

🙂 The impressive Carlton House Terrace
⭐️ One of London’s finest Georgian treasures, the Terrace was designed by John Nash and constructed from 1827 to 1833.
🙂 Constructed on the site of Carlton House, the former home of the Prince Regent, later George IV it consists of two residential blocks separated by the Duke of York’s Column and was designed by Nash to be an impressive backdrop to St James’s Park and the Mall.
⭐️ Carlton House Terrace rapidly became one of the most fashionable addresses in London and is the setting for Oscar Wilde’s play Lady Windermere’s Fan.
⭐️ The architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, himself a Fellow of the Academy, described the Terrace as among ‘the greatest terrace houses ever built in Britain’.
🙂 Now that is high praise indeed!

🙂 The Navigators in Hay’s Galleria⭐️ The current Hay’s Wharf Buildings were constructed in 1856 by Sir William Cubitt on...
23/02/2025

🙂 The Navigators in Hay’s Galleria

⭐️ The current Hay’s Wharf Buildings were constructed in 1856 by Sir William Cubitt on the site of the 18th century wharf. The wharf handled all cargoes except to***co, but specialised in provisions and tea. In the 1860’s the use of cold storage was pioneered here and the area became known as “London’s Larder”. 75% of the bacon, butter, cheese and canned meat needed for London was stored here. In the 1960s the cargo business was revolutionised by the introduction of container ships and it all moved away from the centre of London.

🙂 Glorious sky high view ⭐️ It’s not every day that I am treated to London from above but I can tell you that it never f...
18/02/2025

🙂 Glorious sky high view
⭐️ It’s not every day that I am treated to London from above but I can tell you that it never fails to thrill
🙂 What a day to be - tallest building in the capital

⭐️ Winter Blues Cheer - go & lose yourself in the wonderful ⭐️⭐️ Here are a few examples of the ‘modern’ faces that you...
13/02/2025

⭐️ Winter Blues Cheer - go & lose yourself in the wonderful ⭐️
⭐️ Here are a few examples of the ‘modern’ faces that you can see
⭐️ How many can you name? 🙂

⭐️ If historical characters are your thing , then you will be treated to sumptuous paintings from centuries ago
⭐️ A gloomy day has been totally transformed 🙂

1./ Dorothy Hodgkin
2./ Simon Weston
3./ Mo Mowlan
4./ Paul Smith
5./ Darcey Bussell
6./ Bobby Charlton
7./ David Hare

(With apologies for omitting their honours titles)

⭐️ The wonderful Atkinson building in Mayfair was finished one hundred years ago - it is adorned with details 👉🏼 scroll ...
06/01/2025

⭐️ The wonderful Atkinson building in Mayfair was finished one hundred years ago - it is adorned with details 👉🏼 scroll to see the grasshopper - and references to Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar - How appropriate for Epiphany I thought wanting to add a photo of that detail but sadly the heic format is not to IG’s liking — you will have to go & see it for yourselves 🙂👑🙂
⭐️ Just follow the star ….
( or head to the Burlington Gardens junction with Old Bond Street )

😀 Winter is my favourite time of year😀 Why? Because I love the cold and I love bright clear skies😀 I love how the light ...
03/01/2025

😀 Winter is my favourite time of year
😀 Why? Because I love the cold and I love bright clear skies
😀 I love how the light is so very different
😀 I love incredible views through leafless trees
😀 I love the quiet streets post festive season
😀 I love wandering around knowing I'll see something new

😀 Even when it's grey and damp I love getting out and about to explore and discover new things
😀January is a fresh start - a time to plan exiting new things for the year
😀If you are not convinced - why not join me on a walk and I will give you a new perspective on this glorious time of year?

😀 Think of a reason for loving January AND then...
😀 Let me know what you think in the comments!
👆Click on my bio to join my mailing list and see walk dates for the Spring.

🎉 Goodbye 2024! 👋Hello 2015!🎉⭐️ Wishing you all a fabulous New Year & I look forward to walking with you 🎉
01/01/2025

🎉 Goodbye 2024! 👋Hello 2015!🎉

⭐️ Wishing you all a fabulous New Year & I look forward to walking with you 🎉

🍾 A bit of liquid research today 🙂👏🏼 With huge thanks to for looking after me despite the power cut🍾 Established in 197...
08/12/2024

🍾 A bit of liquid research today 🙂
👏🏼 With huge thanks to for looking after me despite the power cut
🍾 Established in 1972, by Janet and Rodney Pratt, Bolney Wine Estate in West Sussex is one of the first English wine estates. The famous Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris create the classic sparkling Bolney Bubbly and Blanc de Blancs.
🍾 With stormy winds & rains cutting electric power, it was over to Plan B …..no heating, no power, no chance of cooking in the kitchen, so the staff brilliantly adjusted with charcuterie boards, cheese, bread & olives & plenty of wine 🙂
🍾🎄 A great place to visit!

🙂 All Saints Margaret Street is a Grade I listed Victorian church in Fitzrovia, near Oxford Street, London. It is regard...
04/12/2024

🙂 All Saints Margaret Street is a Grade I listed Victorian church in Fitzrovia, near Oxford Street, London. It is regarded as one of the foremost examples of High Victorian Gothic architecture in Britain.

🙂 It was designed in 1850 by William Butterfield, an architect strongly associated with Gothic revival church building and the Oxford Movement. Completed in 1859, the red brick church was built around a small courtyard with an adjoining vicarage and a choir school.

🙂 As you can see the interior is noted for its rich decoration and beautiful fittings – a true “hidden gem” in the streets of central London.

🎄 I’m looking forward to my first carol service of the season 🎄

🙂 Can you see this unusual memorial stone in the foreground? 🙂 It lies in the graveyard of Southwark Cathedral & remembe...
21/11/2024

🙂 Can you see this unusual memorial stone in the foreground?
🙂 It lies in the graveyard of Southwark Cathedral & remembers Mahomet Weynomon an Indian chief who came to London in 1735 to petition for the return of native lands
🙂 When he died in The City of smallpox he was not allowed to be buried there because he was a foreigner & was brought south of the River to an unmarked grave
🙂 This memorial was commissioned at the request of the Mohegan tribe & dedicated by Elizabeth II

🙂 What a stunning sight as I made my way to a brilliant concert tonight 🙂 This is St Margaret’s Church which sits in the...
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

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

🌺 A retro of the stunning poppy display at The Tower of London in 2014🌺 Lest We Forget
09/11/2024

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

🌺 This huge, bronze monument memorialises the women of World War II. It was unveiled in 2005 and the gold lettering on i...
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

🌺At the west end of the Nave of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the Unknown Warrior, whose body was brought from Franc...
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

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