The York House Watergate and the 1st Duke of Buckingham 12/02/2023 donbrown 0 When Joseph Bazalgette created his marvellous (and still used) sewer system the 1860s, he pushed back the banks of the Thames and buried his main […] 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...
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 […] 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 Monarch’s Champion 15/03/2021 donbrown 0 If you ever have a tour of the Houses of Parliament it is in Westminster Hall where you meet your guide. This is the 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...
The Soho grave of Theodore I, King of Corsica 05/03/2020 donbrown 1 St Anne’s churchyard is a small patch of open ground at the Shaftesbury Avenue end of Wardour Street, Soho. Once the hang out of druggies […] 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 Blue Plaques and famous names of Putney, SW15 05/02/2020 donbrown 2 A short piece I did for Essential Surrey on Putney’s history, and some of the famous people associated with the area. Now a thriving, popular […] 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...
What’s the meaning of “Commit no nuisance”? 25/06/2017 donbrown 0 As you wander around London you might see, either on an old sign, or painted up on a wall, the message “commit no nuisance”. There’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...
Bradley’s Spanish Bar 19/11/2015 donbrown 2 [Update: the good news, if you read the comments below, is that Bradley’s is safe until at least 2018. So even I might get around […] 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...
