Christchurch Greyfriars and the 1666 Great Fire 07/10/2015 donbrown 0 In the post on the Firefighters’ Memorial we talked about the destruction caused by the Blitz – and Christchurch Greyfriars gives a hint of that […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
The Firefighters Memorial, St Paul’s 07/10/2015 donbrown 1 75 years ago George Orwell, the author of 1984 wrote, “as I write, highly civilised human beings are flying overhead trying to kill me”. He […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
St James Garlickhythe 09/09/2015 donbrown 0 With the current building works going on around it, the approach to St James’s is now down Garlick Hill, an indication – along with the church’s […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Cleary Gardens – one of the City’s ‘Pocket Parks’ 09/09/2015 donbrown 2 With so much noise and traffic in the City it’s sometimes nice to take a bit of time out. And that’s what places like Cleary […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
The City and the Guilds 29/08/2015 donbrown 0 Stand on Dowgate with your back to Cannon Street station and you can see the entrances to three of the halls of the City’s oldest […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Dick Whittington’s Church 28/08/2015 donbrown 0 St Michael Paternoster Royal is one of 51 churches rebuilt by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire. St Michael is the archangel Michael – God’s […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Postman’s Park – the Memorial to ‘Heroic Self-sacrifice’ 03/08/2015 donbrown 0 A small bit of green space on the site of the churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph’s, Aldersgate, which opened in 1880. Over the […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
One New Change 30/07/2015 donbrown 0 The architect of One New Change, Jean Nouvel, described his building as a ‘stealth bomber’; it’s something very big – well over half a million […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
The iPlayer London collection 19/07/2015 donbrown 0 If you’re at all interested in the recent history and culture of London (and let’s face it, if you’re not you really have come to […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
Swimming in the Thames 18/05/2015 donbrown 0 Over on Kickstarter, the Thames Baths Project is within a whisker of getting its first stage of funding together to build a swimming pool on […] Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky MoreShare on Tumblr Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like this:Like Loading...
