Reginald Warneford – first destroyer of a Zeppelin
In Brompton Cemetery stands a wonderful monument to Reginald Warneford, the first man to destroy a Zeppelin in combat, over Belgium on 7 June 1915. He didn’t shoot it down, […]
In Brompton Cemetery stands a wonderful monument to Reginald Warneford, the first man to destroy a Zeppelin in combat, over Belgium on 7 June 1915. He didn’t shoot it down, […]
The closing of a small estate agent’s office in South West London is hardly big news (some might even raise a cheer), but the closure […]
At the beginning of June I did the Nightrider challenge – 100km cycling around London overnight. It was exhausting, tiring, but great fun (a full […]
I’ve always loved the sign for this laundrette on the Wandsworth Bridge Road. It’s lovable partly for the involuntary snigger it always causes, but mainly […]
40 metres or so beneath Chislehurst, a pleasant little suburban village close to Bromley, are the Chislehurst Caves. In fact ‘Caves’ is something of a […]
Directly across the road by the Tower of London, hard by the tube station is the Tower Hill Memorial to sailors of the merchant navy […]
So, there I am, walking up Chelsea Bridge Road towards Sloane Square. “Look at this!” says a man who has just passed me, “Look what […]
“The Proud City” is a wonderful bit of film freely available on the Internet Archive. Made to sell the idea of the Abercrombie plan for […]
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