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The Supreme Court and Tothill House of Correction

03/12/2022 donbrown 0

On the south west corner of Parliament Square, directly over the road from Westminster Abbey, is the Supreme Court building. The final court of appeal […]

The Citadel – Central London’s real wartime bunker

16/11/2022 donbrown 0

Squatting next to the elegant Queen Anne revival of the Old Admiralty Building (and more on that at some point) on the north side of […]

A Visit to Bow Street Police Museum

06/11/2022 donbrown 0

On 14 July 2006 the magistrates’ court opposite the Royal Opera House on Bow Street tried its final cases before being closed and redeveloped as […]

The Battle of Britain Bunker, Uxbridge

26/10/2022 donbrown 0

In a bomb-proof concrete bunker 60 feet below the ground of what was once RAF Uxbridge is one of the most important sites in 20th […]

About Me and this Blog

29/08/2022 donbrown 0

Welcome, thanks for discovering this blog and taking the time to find out more. It is a pretty random collection of posts of curiosities, museum […]

Queen Anne’s Gate: Higgledy-Piggledy in SW1

29/08/2022 donbrown 0

Apparently the expression “higgledy-piggledy” is not much known in the US; my use of the phrase to an American tour group as we passed a […]

The Statue of General Wolfe, Greenwich Park

28/08/2022 donbrown 0

WHAT: Statue of James Wolfe WHERE: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (map) BY WHOM: Robert Tait McKenzie WHEN: 1930 From the statue of James Wolfe, next […]

The Wondrous Pelicans of St James’s Park

22/08/2022 donbrown 0

Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican!His bill holds more than his belican.He takes in his beakFood enough for a week.But I’ll be darned if […]

The South Bank Lion

20/08/2022 donbrown 0

For the past several months I’ve been taking groups of cruise passengers on a Winston Churchill tour – five days encompassing Chartwell, Bletchley, Blenheim, the […]

An American Patriot?: Benedict Arnold in London

18/08/2022 donbrown 0

Americans are genuinely surprised by how little the Brits know or, indeed, care about what they call the Revolutionary War and what we call the […]

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The Supreme Court and Tothill House of Correction

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The Citadel – Central London’s real wartime bunker

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A Visit to Bow Street Police Museum

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The Battle of Britain Bunker, Uxbridge

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About Me and this Blog

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Queen Anne’s Gate: Higgledy-Piggledy in SW1

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The Statue of General Wolfe, Greenwich Park

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The South Bank Lion

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An American Patriot?: Benedict Arnold in London

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