tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12907240749737982432014-10-13T21:05:06.553+01:00London Guided Walks BlogLondon Tours for youHazel Bnoreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-26422650801042942922014-08-10T22:54:00.000+01:002014-08-10T23:04:51.479+01:00Tonight's supermoon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you seen the supermoon tonight?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BNuQ_WtT15Q/U-foeBJp_OI/AAAAAAAACtI/ODjTcEcYZLw/s1600/Supermoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BNuQ_WtT15Q/U-foeBJp_OI/AAAAAAAACtI/ODjTcEcYZLw/s1600/Supermoon.jpg" height="255" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What makes tonight's full moon different from other full moons this year?</span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the closest full moon of the calendar year. The moon orbits around the Earth but it's not a perfect circle so this is it's closest approach. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What kind of moon can I see?</span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The perigee moon will seem 14% larger and 30% brighter than the smallest full moon of the year. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How many supermoons are there this year?</span></h4><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is only one supermoon, ie the closest to the Earth and it is tonight!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ut3nBWIdyJU/U-fsN3G8AuI/AAAAAAAACtU/g3Z6PSDq-mg/s1600/Supermoon_and_laser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ut3nBWIdyJU/U-fsN3G8AuI/AAAAAAAACtU/g3Z6PSDq-mg/s1600/Supermoon_and_laser.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Supermoon2014 and Spectra</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-lamps-are-going-out-all-over-europe.html" target="_blank">The lamps are going out all over Europe - SpectraLondon</a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back to London Guided Walks website</span></a></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-5096804888181976252014-08-10T11:00:00.000+01:002014-08-10T11:00:00.617+01:00London 2012, a distant memory<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ta7T722TvFQ/T8cPAocOLpI/AAAAAAAACE0/t06WfnREyEk/s1600/IMG_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ta7T722TvFQ/T8cPAocOLpI/AAAAAAAACE0/t06WfnREyEk/s1600/IMG_0036.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's grey rainy days like this where I like to reflect on all the amazing opportunities London has provided me and many thousands of others.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Highlights of 2012</span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/when-elizabeth-streb-came-to-london.html">When Elizabeth Streb came to London</a><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/watch-olympics-at-hyde-park-victoria.html">BT London Live - Free Event for 1,000s</a><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/see-paralympic-agitos-in-london.html">Paralympic Agitos in London</a><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/experience-houses-of-parliament.html">Houses of Parliament Projections</a><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/an-free-evening-of-romance-on-southbank.html">It's all happening on Southbank</a><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/enjoy-thames-festival-this-weekend-8-9.html">Thames Festival</a></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/enjoy-thames-festival-this-weekend-8-9.html"><br /></a><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/world-record-breaking-music-marathon.html">World record breaking music marathon</a><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/athletes-parade-monday-10th-september.html">Athletes Parade</a> - well done to all involed</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/">Back to London Guided Walks website</a></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0London SE1 2AA, UK51.5048514 -0.07869249999998828651.5023804 -0.083734999999988291 51.5073224 -0.07364999999998828tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-90752425542167872542014-08-10T08:55:00.001+01:002014-08-10T09:11:48.163+01:00Top Victorian Blog Posts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sLrSTJXTZVs/U-cpOr3zUjI/AAAAAAAACs4/e32dk8QB5cE/s1600/Victorian_Piccadilly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sLrSTJXTZVs/U-cpOr3zUjI/AAAAAAAACs4/e32dk8QB5cE/s1600/Victorian_Piccadilly.jpg" height="248" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dickensian London</span></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-311134915067011906" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 578px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dickens started to write Oliver Twist in 1837, the same year the Victorian era began, when the Anti-Poor Law agitations had reached their peak. He was a fierce critic of the poverty and social layering of Victorian society. <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/dickensian-london.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></div></div></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victorian London in Oliver Twist</span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Oliver Twist is a novel all about the gritty realism of everyday life in London. Many of Dickens’ contemporary critics and reading public feared that novels could be too realistic, and that naïve readers (often female readers) </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> be able to tell the difference between fiction and reality. </span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/victorian-london-in-oliver-twist-by.html" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" target="_blank">Read more</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music Halls and Cinemas of Holloway Road</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most people think of the Seven Sisters and Holloway Roads as two nondescript traffic choked roads with nothing to detain them on their way in and out of town. Nothing could be further from the truth. <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/music-movies-murder-and-mayhem_28.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Lost Euston Station Arch</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Euston railway station, also known as London Euston is a central London railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden and is the sixth busiest rail terminal in London (by entries and exits). </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Euston Station is now the subject of a major redevelopment plan as the high speed line HS2 will start from here. <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-lost-euston-station-arch.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood - an Intro</span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was an organised group founded in September 1848, a Victorian world filled with dramatic technological and social change. The Brotherhood met for five years at 7 Gower Street, London where there is now an English Heritage blue plaque. <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/pre-raphaelite-brotherhood-intro.html" target="_blank">Read more</a></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London History Timeline</span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A break down as to the history of London including the Kings and Queens of England. I have tried to join interesting pieces of information together and used themes accordingly. <a href="http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/128385/London-History/#vars!date=1559-12-12_00:31:56!" target="_blank">Discover more</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back to London Guided Walks website</span></a></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-52176891971607838242014-08-04T22:36:00.001+01:002014-08-04T22:36:29.303+01:00We Will Remember Them<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XhCOkZWRu-4/U9_8EMUsvsI/AAAAAAAACp4/z3QEmnJmKEc/s1600/Piccadilly.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XhCOkZWRu-4/U9_8EMUsvsI/AAAAAAAACp4/z3QEmnJmKEc/s1600/Piccadilly.JPG" height="282" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of you will be aware that today marks the centenary of when Britain declared war on Germany for invading Belgium. Everyone in the UK has been invited to turn their lights out from 10-11pm this evening leaving a single light or candle to mark the moment the UK entered the First World War, exactly 100 years ago today.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yixG6MWHXfw/U9_8RpTjC9I/AAAAAAAACqA/5Jjh4G0MxC0/s1600/lightsout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yixG6MWHXfw/U9_8RpTjC9I/AAAAAAAACqA/5Jjh4G0MxC0/s1600/lightsout.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roll on 30 years to 4th August 1944 a 15 year old girl was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. Her name was Anne Frank. Seven months later Anne died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Lohheide, Germany. Her diary lives on: "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." — Anne Frank (1929-1945).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's Google Doodle marks 180th birthday of English logician and philosopher Jon Venn who is famous for introducing the Venn diagram which is used in many fields, including set theory, probability, logic, statistics and computer science. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/john-venns-180th-birthday-google-doodle-marks-birth-date-anniversary-of-inventor-of-the-venn-diagram-9645537.html" target="_blank">See Independent's article</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Related blog post:</span></h3><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/royal-artillery-memorial-hyde-park.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back to London Guided Walks website</span></a></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-19678541081170263442014-06-20T14:39:00.000+01:002014-08-10T09:22:32.046+01:00New London Guided Walks Announced<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sun is out, the sky is blue, there's not a cloud to spoil the view. Join us on one of our new walks:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/alcohol-en-route.php" target="_blank">Alcohol en route!</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investigate some fascinating buildings in one ancient road into London related to drink! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/alcohol-en-route.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best of Blackfriars</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Explore with us the best bits of Blackfriars on this circular guided walk. We visit the King's Wardrobe, two theatres, priory remains and an ancient Guild.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s1CCUTm6k3M/U6Q4nZzmYZI/AAAAAAAACPs/UhJj5HG0dyY/s1600/IMG_5932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s1CCUTm6k3M/U6Q4nZzmYZI/AAAAAAAACPs/UhJj5HG0dyY/s1600/IMG_5932.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best of Blackfriars</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/brunel-and-the-thames.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brunel and the Thames</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As one of the oldest inhabited parts of London, the South Bank has been the site of many interesting stories from London's history.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/chelsea-arts-and-literature.php" target="_blank">Made in Chelsea: Arts & Literature</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the past decades King's Road, Chelsea has become noted for its fashion shops. Look beyond the sparkling shop window displays you will see an artistic world waiting to be explored.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9C-IwWoL1eE/U6Q4lmjGtEI/AAAAAAAACPk/FbeC0UqrFog/s1600/IMG_5837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9C-IwWoL1eE/U6Q4lmjGtEI/AAAAAAAACPk/FbeC0UqrFog/s1600/IMG_5837.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made in Chelsea</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/london-bridges.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London Bridges</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Millions of Londoners cross these bridges every week and most don’t even give them a second thought. These bridges are a way of linking the present to the past.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/marvellous-mayfair.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marvellous Mayfair</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For many years an annual fair was held in a suburban London field during. During C18th its development attracted some of the most wealthy & influential citizens. </span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1J5gGCjk3-A/U6Q5DBQewcI/AAAAAAAACP0/oCeOFs6hyc4/s1600/Berkeley_Square.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1J5gGCjk3-A/U6Q5DBQewcI/AAAAAAAACP0/oCeOFs6hyc4/s1600/Berkeley_Square.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marvellous Mayfair</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/">Back to London Guided Walks website</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks">Follow us on twitter</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks">Join us on Facebook</a></span></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-66479578754037747542014-06-07T20:31:00.002+01:002014-06-07T20:31:26.562+01:00Top Blog posts <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HNQDPOfdjMs/Tn7xHtbv2uI/AAAAAAAACE0/WXhqttZY92w/s1600/IMG_0688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HNQDPOfdjMs/Tn7xHtbv2uI/AAAAAAAACE0/WXhqttZY92w/s1600/IMG_0688.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-start-of-georgians.html" target="_blank">Start of the Georgians</a></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 'Georgian Age' was considered to be elegant and polite. As with the sweet comes the sour; the 'Age of Hogarth', a time of speculation, squalor and satire. </span></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dr-crippen-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">Dr Crippen - The Crime of the Century</a></span></span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edwardian society was to witness what was dubbed the crime of the Century</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London wasn't short of murders or horror stories so what made this murder in particular the crime of the century?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/spriggans-guardian-of-abandoned-ruins.html" target="_blank">Spriggans in Crouch End</a></span></h3><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes Spriggans would even steal human children and leave their own ugly offspring behind, so be on guard if out walking with your kids!</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><br /></span><h3><span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hogarths-beer-and-gin-lane-engravings.html" target="_blank">Hogarth's Beer Street & Gin Lane</a></span></h3><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hogarth is the unquestioned father of England's rich tradition of satire and remains one of the most original and lively minds in the entire history of British art.</span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><h3><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/was-great-fire-of-london-caused-by.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was the Great Fire of London caused by a terrorist attack?</span></a></span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Great Fire is known as the most famous disaster in London's history. The Monument was built between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London and to celebrate the rebuilding of the City.</span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks">Follow us on twitter</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks">Join us on Facebook</a></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/">Back to London Guided Walks website</a></span></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-73257861458335574932014-05-30T08:00:00.000+01:002014-07-31T12:53:07.360+01:00Reporting of Edwardian News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Edwardian society was to witness what was dubbed the crime of the Century. </span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-yV_PTKNpsIM%2FU4DlO-_ffcI%2FAAAAAAAACK4%2FnFR9DzMbJ88%2Fs1600%2FCrippen_Excavation_Hlldrop_Crescent.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yV_PTKNpsIM/U4DlO-_ffcI/AAAAAAAACK4/nFR9DzMbJ88/s1600/Crippen_Excavation_Hlldrop_Crescent.jpg" height="248" width="320" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">London wasn't short of murders or horror stories so what made this murder in particular the crime of the century? </span></h3><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The vibrant American music hall performer Cora Crippen disappeared in 1910 and Dr Crippen her American husband was tried and found guilty of murder before being executed at Pentonville prison the same year. The new century was only ten years old. Why was the title of crime of the century so eagerly embraced? Did people not believe a more grisly crime could ever take place? Or was it perhaps that this crime in particular ticked all the boxes; something for everyone?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe a concoction of four key elements raised interest in the Dr Crippen Cellar murder case to levels not previously experienced in Edwardian society. </span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The contributory key elements are:</span></h4></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dr-crippen-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">SocietyTaboos: sex sells</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dubbed-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">Glamour: aworld of diamonds and furs</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/criminological-firsts-making-history-in.html" target="_blank">Criminologicalfirsts: making history in the present</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/reporting-of-edwardian-news.html" target="_blank">Reporting ofNews: usage of photography</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"></div></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yV_PTKNpsIM/U4DlO-_ffcI/AAAAAAAACK4/nFR9DzMbJ88/s1600/Crippen_Excavation_Hlldrop_Crescent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icusZJO9AI0/U4DjzuzG_yI/AAAAAAAACK0/sQHwyRtij_M/s1600/Crippen_Arrest_Montford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icusZJO9AI0/U4DjzuzG_yI/AAAAAAAACK0/sQHwyRtij_M/s1600/Crippen_Arrest_Montford.jpg" height="211" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">Reporting of News<o:p></o:p></span></b><b>: usage of photography</b></span></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The constant moving about of Society sparked the rise of photojournalism society columns, which fed the need of the less fortunate public to feast on the adventures, exploits, and activities of their “social betters” prior to the advent of Hollywood cinema stars.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The high seas drama of the Crippen London Cellar murderer caused a sensation in the press and, with daily coverage of events on board. Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic said Dew had <i>"effected the most sensational criminal capture of the century"</i>.<br /><br />News Reporters reported on every stage of the police investigation including when the headless, ‘filleted’ corpse wrapped parcel-like in a piece of pyjama jacket was discovered by the police at 39 Hilldrop Crescent.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVETE0Q6_dQ/U4DhvOhgiEI/AAAAAAAACKk/ZjNMoL6SjCQ/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Hilldrop_Murder.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVETE0Q6_dQ/U4DhvOhgiEI/AAAAAAAACKk/ZjNMoL6SjCQ/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Hilldrop_Murder.JPG" height="224" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surely the gruesome tale of a missing skeleton, including the skull, fanned the flames of intrigue? Everyone likes a taste of the unsavoury don’t they? By seeing the number of backpack carrying groups round the dark street of Whitechapel 120 years after the murders took place on one Jack the Ripper tour or another, certainly does seem to support this notion.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3Y_OhgYjpwY/U4Dmj1IlqlI/AAAAAAAACLA/uy8HreA6QUY/s1600/remains_found_Cellar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3Y_OhgYjpwY/U4Dmj1IlqlI/AAAAAAAACLA/uy8HreA6QUY/s1600/remains_found_Cellar.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The availability of photographs contributed to the storytelling, encasing the policemen involved and fugitives in a validated snapshot in time. This story is believable because the people in the photographs are real. Jack the Ripper hadn’t been caught but Dr Crippen had. Look into the eyes of a wife murderer, see what Le Neve is wearing and is she pretty enough to explain the need for Crippen to dispose of his wife Belle Elmore?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Having Chief Inspector Dew in charge of the murder investigation certainly would have peaked media interest. Previously D<span style="background: white;">ew was involved in bringing international jewel-thief William Johnson, known as 'Harry the Valet', to justice in 1898. T</span>he newspaper editors must have salivated at the prospect of details with which to fill their newspapers and in turn their pockets. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guided Walks website</span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks">Follow us on twitter</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks">Join us on Facebook</a></span></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com039 Hilldrop Crescent, London N7 0JL, UK51.5506415 -0.1294689000000062251.550602999999995 -0.12954790000000621 51.55068 -0.12938990000000622tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-12850954419946523042014-05-28T08:00:00.000+01:002014-07-31T12:52:16.168+01:00Criminological firsts: making history in the present<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Edwardian society was to witness what was dubbed the crime of the Century. </span></h2><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_mJBLaSI9rU/U4DjGszNA8I/AAAAAAAACKo/W75b5qbkOQs/s1600/Crippen_Wanted_Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_mJBLaSI9rU/U4DjGszNA8I/AAAAAAAACKo/W75b5qbkOQs/s1600/Crippen_Wanted_Poster.jpg" height="224" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newspaper of the day</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">London wasn't short of murders or horror stories so what made this murder in particular the crime of the century? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The vibrant American music hall performer Cora Crippen disappeared in 1910 and Dr Crippen her American husband was tried and found guilty of murder before being executed at Pentonville prison the same year. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The new century was only ten years old. Why was the title of crime of the century so eagerly embraced? Did people not believe a more grisly crime could ever take place? Or was it perhaps that this crime in particular ticked all the boxes; something for everyone?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I believe a concoction of four key elements raised interest in the Dr Crippen Cellar murder case to levels not previously experienced in Edwardian society. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The contributory key elements are:</span></h4></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dr-crippen-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">SocietyTaboos: sex sells</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dubbed-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">Glamour: aworld of diamonds and furs</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/criminological-firsts-making-history-in.html" target="_blank">Criminologicalfirsts: making history in the present</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/reporting-of-edwardian-news.html" target="_blank">Reporting ofNews: usage of photography</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"></div></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Criminological firsts: making history in the present</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr Crippen was the first criminal ever to be captured by means of wireless. The SS Montrose’s skipper, Captain Henry Kendall, became suspicious of two passengers after he had read about the crime in a newspaper report. He also believed he recognised Crippen’s photograph.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-icusZJO9AI0/U4DjzuzG_yI/AAAAAAAACKw/nqwM2mxq1Os/s1600/Crippen_Arrest_Montford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-icusZJO9AI0/U4DjzuzG_yI/AAAAAAAACKw/nqwM2mxq1Os/s1600/Crippen_Arrest_Montford.jpg" height="211" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arrest of Dr Crippen</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The couple had been travelling as Mr John and Master Robinson, father and son with Crippen being the father and La Neve the son. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ship was one of the few which had been equipped with new radio technology and so Captain Kendall was able to telegraph his concerns to authorities ashore. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Captain Kendall's message read:</span></h4><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Have strong suspicion that Crippen London Cellar murderer and accomplice are amongst saloon passengers. Moustache shaved off, growing a beard. Accomplice dressed as a boy, voice, manner and build undoubtedly a girl.” </i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am surprised the couple chose this disguise if Ethel’s sex was so obvious. Passports were not required in 1910 unless travelling to Russia and so why not travel under the guise of a Mr & Mrs Robinson? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"> <o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:path></v:stroke></v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 298.5pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 451.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Users\Hazel\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the first ever use of radiotelegraphy for police purposes. Chief Inspector Dew who was in charge of the case was able to board a faster vessel (SS Laurentic) and catch up with the SS Montrose when it was in Canadian waters before it had reached its destination. The fugitives had tried to escape to America, perhaps the story would have ended differently. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jyeldzfaJ5I/U4DR4Fo7UAI/AAAAAAAACJU/1M7P3bdpS8w/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Taussauds.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jyeldzfaJ5I/U4DR4Fo7UAI/AAAAAAAACJU/1M7P3bdpS8w/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Taussauds.JPG" height="241" width="320" /></a><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On 31 July, Chief Inspector Dew boarded the SS Montrose at Father’s Point and arrested both Dr Crippen and La Neve. The chase was over and celebrated across the Atlantic; good conquers evil.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/">Back to London Guided Walks website</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks">Follow us on twitter</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks">Join us on Facebook</a></span></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com039 Hilldrop Crescent, London N7 0JL, UK51.5506415 -0.1294689000000062251.550602999999995 -0.12954790000000621 51.55068 -0.12938990000000622tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-24531254126113004532014-05-26T08:30:00.000+01:002014-07-31T12:51:28.404+01:00Dubbed crime of the century<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Edwardian society was to witness what was dubbed the crime of the Century</span></h2><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D9L4LlOSB-0/U4DhRH5UfhI/AAAAAAAACKY/_AlH6BIoT8U/s1600/Belle+Elmore_Murder_Victim.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D9L4LlOSB-0/U4DhRH5UfhI/AAAAAAAACKY/_AlH6BIoT8U/s1600/Belle+Elmore_Murder_Victim.JPG" height="320" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music Hall Actress Belle Elmore</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">London wasn't short of murders or horror stories so what made this murder in particular the crime of the century? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The vibrant American music hall performer Cora Crippen disappeared in 1910 and Dr Crippen her American husband was tried and found guilty of murder before being executed at Pentonville prison the same year. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Why was the title of crime of the century so eagerly embraced? Did people not believe a more grisly crime could ever take place? Or was it perhaps that this crime in particular ticked all the boxes; something for everyone?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I believe a concoction of four key elements raised interest in the Dr Crippen Cellar murder case to levels not previously experienced in Edwardian society. Read more...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The contributory key elements are:</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dr-crippen-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">SocietyTaboos: sex sells</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dubbed-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">Glamour: aworld of diamonds and furs</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/criminological-firsts-making-history-in.html" target="_blank">Criminologicalfirsts: making history in the present</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/reporting-of-edwardian-news.html" target="_blank">Reporting ofNews: usage of photography</a></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f4iAE70dnw4/U4DSGXuTqVI/AAAAAAAACJc/ZRM0mLmILjY/s1600/Cora_Crippen_Belle+Elmore_Murder_Victim.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f4iAE70dnw4/U4DSGXuTqVI/AAAAAAAACJc/ZRM0mLmILjY/s1600/Cora_Crippen_Belle+Elmore_Murder_Victim.JPG" height="320" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cora Crippen</span></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Edwardian Glamour</span></b></h3><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When in the States, Cora had the ambition to be an opera singer. However, after they came to London, she had realigned her sights on becoming a Music Hall performer, a less reputable profession. She used the stage name ‘Belle Elmore’. Her stage career never really took off and (she is) sadly now infamously immortalised as the wife and victim of Dr Crippen. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Popular song of the day:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><i>“Dr. Crippen killed Belle Elmore<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><i>Ran away with Miss le Neve<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><i>Right across the ocean blue<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><i>Followed by Inspector Dew<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><i>Ship's ahoy, naughty boy!”</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"> <o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:path></v:stroke></v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 202.5pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 174pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Users\Hazel\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></v:imagedata></v:shape></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Music Hall was a staple of English entertainment during the Edwardian era. Cora socialised with a number of famous variety players of the time, including Lil Hawthorne of "The Hawthorne Sisters" and Lil's husband/manager John Nash.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Belle Elmore did not find the success she had hoped for in the Music Hall. In the last couple of years she had focussed her attention on the Music Hall Ladies' Guild as its Honorary Treasurer. This provided her with a seemingly impressive title and enabled her to increase her presence at social events. Being seen to be important is one skill many celebrities live off.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVETE0Q6_dQ/U4DhvOhgiEI/AAAAAAAACKg/puxbuaA-wp0/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Hilldrop_Murder.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVETE0Q6_dQ/U4DhvOhgiEI/AAAAAAAACKg/puxbuaA-wp0/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Hilldrop_Murder.JPG" height="224" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Crippen home, 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The case of Dr Crippen also included cross-Atlantic travel as the fugitives Crippen and Le Neve had boarded the SS Montrose in Antwerp, bound for Montreal, Canada. The Edwardian era was an Age of Steam and Electricity. The result of which was an increase in wealth and a group of people; the nouveau riche‘. Travelling for leisure became a class-wide pastime. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">One could rub elbows with royalty and aristocratic luminaries and thumb your nose at those who snubbed you back at home. Others found that it strengthened the bond between upper class societies, mirroring the familial ties between the royal families of Britain and Europe. The meeting of and socializing with others of a like mind and background solidified the significance of the well-born and well-placed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div><br /><div id="edn1"></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/">Back to London Guided Walks website</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks">Follow us on twitter</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks">Join us on Facebook</a></span></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com039 Hilldrop Crescent, London N7 0JL, UK51.5506415 -0.1294689000000062251.550602999999995 -0.12954790000000621 51.55068 -0.12938990000000622tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-77683800167837758772014-05-24T18:14:00.001+01:002014-07-31T12:51:53.133+01:00Dr Crippen - The Crime of the Century<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas> <v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"> <o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:path></v:stroke></v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" style="height: 340.5pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 451.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Users\Hazel\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></v:imagedata></v:shape></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Edwardian society was to witness what was dubbed the crime of the Century</span></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">London wasn't short of murders or horror stories so what made this murder in particular the crime of the century? </span></h3><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jyeldzfaJ5I/U4DR4Fo7UAI/AAAAAAAACJQ/L-32h8obrh0/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Taussauds.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jyeldzfaJ5I/U4DR4Fo7UAI/AAAAAAAACJQ/L-32h8obrh0/s1600/Dr_Crippen_Taussauds.JPG" height="241" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr Crippen in Madame Tussauds, London</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The vibrant American music hall performer Cora Crippen disappeared in 1910 and Dr Crippen her American husband was tried and found guilty of murder before being executed at Pentonville prison the same year. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The new century was only ten years old. Why was the title of crime of the century so eagerly embraced? Did people not believe a more grisly crime could ever take place? Or was it perhaps that this crime in particular ticked all the boxes; something for everyone?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I believe a concoction of four key elements raised interest in the Dr Crippen Cellar murder case to levels not previously experienced in Edwardian society. </span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The contributory key elements are:</span></h4></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dr-crippen-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">SocietyTaboos: sex sells</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dubbed-crime-of-century.html" target="_blank">Glamour: aworld of diamonds and furs</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/criminological-firsts-making-history-in.html" target="_blank">Criminologicalfirsts: making history in the present</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/reporting-of-edwardian-news.html" target="_blank">Reporting ofNews: usage of photography</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal;"></div></h4><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Society Taboos: Sex Sells</span></b></h3><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cora Turner met Dr Crippen when 17 years old whilst living under the protection of another man. She married the 30 year old doctor, a widower and father, the same year. In a Statement Crippen made to Chief Inspector Dew on 8th July 1910 he said he had found Cora to be very attractive. Perhaps it was more than her looks Crippen was attracted to; she was young, impressionable and in need of protection.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f4iAE70dnw4/U4DSGXuTqVI/AAAAAAAACJY/23d3VGmMguE/s1600/Cora_Crippen_Belle+Elmore_Murder_Victim.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f4iAE70dnw4/U4DSGXuTqVI/AAAAAAAACJY/23d3VGmMguE/s1600/Cora_Crippen_Belle+Elmore_Murder_Victim.JPG" height="320" width="241" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Was Crippen already a predator? Taking a young woman in need under his wing for her to do his bidding when a husband, the man of the house? Being perceived as so physically weak, did Crippen need to feel powerful and in control of someone who needed him? He certainly wasn't looking for a mother for his young son, as he left his son in the charge of his parents in San Jose, California when the couple moved to London, England.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 197.25pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 149.25pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> <v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Users\Hazel\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg"></v:imagedata></v:shape></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The young Cora had confessed to him of her plans to run away from the man under whose protection she was living. Instead Crippen married Cora in Jersey City 1893. Why, when having already ventured into thoughts of leaving one man, did she choose to leave and marry another? Crippen was described as “somewhat straggly…. Somewhat slovenly appearance…Very plausible and quiet spoken, remarkably cool and collected demeanour”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hardly a man which a young woman of artistic talent and sensibilities would gravitate to. Did she think that perhaps she could control this quiet individual? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Marriage for a young woman already tarnished by the knowledge of a man not her husband would allow Cora to disappear from her past and gain respectability.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">An Extramarital Affair <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T9X9Y7SYSeo/U4SlyjLkyaI/AAAAAAAACLQ/q9PfTwaQKtQ/s1600/ethel-le-neve-circa-1910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T9X9Y7SYSeo/U4SlyjLkyaI/AAAAAAAACLQ/q9PfTwaQKtQ/s1600/ethel-le-neve-circa-1910.jpg" height="320" width="232" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By 1907 Dr Crippen, now 48 years old, had employed a secretary to work with him at his firm’s New Oxford Street office. It wasn't long till they were having an affair. The secretary was Ethel Le Neve who being 27 years old was 10 years younger than Crippen’s wife Cora and 21 years younger than Crippen himself. The fantasy of having a younger woman continues today, “You’re only as young as the woman you feel”. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Crippen and Le Neve would often meet in seedy hotels in Argyle Square, King’s Cross. Their affair increased in intensity. In 1909 Le Neve suffered a miscarriage and confided in her landlady Mrs Jackson. This must have been a wakeup call to Le Neve; she was 26, unmarried and had suffered a miscarriage as a result of having an affair with a married man. Life wasn't supposed to turn out like this. What could be done?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Back to London Guided Walks</a></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks" target="_blank">Follow us on twitter</a></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks" target="_blank">Join us on Facebook</a></span></h4><br /><div><br /><div id="edn1"></div></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com039 Hilldrop Crescent, London N7 0JL, UK51.5506415 -0.1294689000000062251.550602999999995 -0.12954790000000621 51.55068 -0.12938990000000622tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-44449029956240875312014-04-13T20:45:00.000+01:002014-07-25T22:40:10.264+01:00Canal side walk: Little Venice to Camden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Just north of Paddington lies Little Venice. </span></h2><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><h3><span style="font-size: 16px;">This picturesque pool of water is where the Grand Union and Regent’s Canals meet. It is home to a number of waterside barges, each reflecting the character of their owners.</span></h3></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xkGSthhZHeo/UziJ8GQ35RI/AAAAAAAACFA/WmXyT27_FV8/s1600/IMG_4761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xkGSthhZHeo/UziJ8GQ35RI/AAAAAAAACFA/WmXyT27_FV8/s1600/IMG_4761.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">From here we will follow the tow path and see how the winding waterway snakes its way through London.</span></div></div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">We will head downstream past the charming regency streets of Maida Vale and on to Regent’s Park ending in Camden where there are some really fab eateries. </div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><img src="http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/3/0/6/600_347233062.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: block; line-height: 0; margin: 5px; max-height: 700px; max-width: 700px; padding: 1em 2px; position: relative;" unselectable="on" /></div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">This is the morning canal side walk. The afternoon canal side walk will continue from Camden to Angel. Bring your friends or come on your own.</div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Both walks should take c.90 mins.</div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: #555555; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><img src="http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/1/8/4/600_347236772.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: block; line-height: 0; margin: 5px; max-height: 700px; max-width: 700px; padding: 1em 2px; position: relative;" unselectable="on" /></div><div><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Back to London Guided Walks website</a></span></h4><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks" target="_blank">Follow us on twitter</a></span></h4><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks" target="_blank">Join us on Facebook</a></span></h4></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0City of Westminster, Greater London, UK51.523468768368524 -0.1838210714111028251.520998768368521 -0.18886357141110283 51.525938768368526 -0.17877857141110282tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-72075043890084750132014-04-08T12:38:00.000+01:002014-06-09T14:05:22.166+01:00Regent's Canal Walk: Camden to Angel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; color: #555555; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos2.meetupstatic.com%2Fphotos%2Fevent%2F6%2F7%2F9%2F0%2F600_347246512.jpeg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/7/9/0/600_347246512.jpeg" height="240" style="border: 0px; display: block; line-height: 0; margin-top: 5px; max-height: 700px; max-width: 700px; padding: 1em 2px; position: relative;" unselectable="on" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Camden Lock</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 16px;">We start in Camden walking along the Regent's Canal which passes the craft stalls and quirky clothing shops of the famous market, a centre for London’s alternative culture.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><br /><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People rated this walk: 5 out of 5</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/canal-side-walks.php" target="_blank">BOOK NOW</a></span></div></div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Camden Town has existed only since the 1790s. Until then, the area north of Tottenham Court was given over to open land and fields. The green expanse was crossed by the now hidden River Fleet.</span></div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">After Camden, there are quieter reaches, but the canal is still at the heart of a vibrant cultural scene. See how the landscape of London changes through Kings Cross, over Islington tunnel to where a man made river meets the Regents Canal. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><br /><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The main centre of trade was the Regent's Canal Dock, a point for seaborne cargo to be unloaded onto canal boats. Cargo from abroad, including ice destined for what is now the museum, was unloaded there and continued its journey on barges.</div><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span><br /><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">By the 1840s the railways were taking traffic from the canals and there were attempts made, without success, to turn the canal into a railway at various times during the 19th Century. </div><span style="font-size: 16px;">There will be an option for post walk drinks. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Bring friends or just yourself!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LZidGMOb2eg/U4DZWwnZt0I/AAAAAAAACJ4/FYUXLD4IJSw/s1600/IMG_8569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LZidGMOb2eg/U4DZWwnZt0I/AAAAAAAACJ4/FYUXLD4IJSw/s1600/IMG_8569.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></span></div></div></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camden to Angel</span></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Start:</span> Camden Town Tube</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Finish:</span> Angel</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Duration:</span> 90 mins</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Dates:</span> 21 June & 23 August 2014, 2pm</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Cost:</span> £10/£7</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wheelchair accessible</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/canal-side-walks.php" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">BOOK NOW</a></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angel to Camden</span></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Start: Angel Tube</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finish: Camden Town Tube</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Duration: 90 mins</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dates: 21 June & 23 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text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">What People have said about this walk:</span></h4><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 16px;">"Everyone, it was a great walk, in spite of the rain. Thanks Hazel for an interesting slant on the local landmarks." Robin, Wandsworth</span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Great. Excellent journey, in spite of the rain. Thank you Hazel. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">I learnt and discovered so much. I shall take more notice of the buildings in future. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">I have been inspired to attend more." Subashini, Chertsy</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Great walk Hazel, the rain didn't matter, I hope to be on another very soon." Paul</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Great walk and info about unknown parts of Camden." Alan, East Dulwich</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Hazel you've been wonderful with your historic knowledge" Andrea, Farringdon</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Back to London Guided Walks website</a></span></h4><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks" target="_blank">Follow us on twitter</a></span></h4><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks" target="_blank">Join us on Facebook</a></span></h4></div><h3 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></div></h3></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0London Borough of Camden, Greater London, UK51.539455785562737 -0.14273224591067951.536986785562739 -0.14777474591067902 51.541924785562735 -0.137689745910679tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-7312513475709043222014-04-01T16:30:00.000+01:002014-05-24T18:42:32.220+01:00Battlebridge to Angel - Guided Walk in London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #646464; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXLTQWUJ0MI/Uylzo2rrZFI/AAAAAAAAB9s/K0Frgn4J9No/s1600/Old_map.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXLTQWUJ0MI/Uylzo2rrZFI/AAAAAAAAB9s/K0Frgn4J9No/s1600/Old_map.JPG" height="181" width="320" /></a></h3><h2><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;">London Guided Walks</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Where: </b>Kings Cross St Pancras Station</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">When:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/walks-calendar.php" target="_blank">See Walks Calendar</a></span><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you know how King's Cross got its name? Or what it was called before that and why? And that a bear ran wild in its streets in 1906? </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px;"><span id="goog_549682939"></span><span id="goog_549682940"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Ever wanted to know how we got the expression to dance on someone's grave? or what a circus really is?</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JbNUoZRLgVo/UzKxxR34hCI/AAAAAAAACE0/kXK7mlNCxOw/s1600/Angel_Sculpture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JbNUoZRLgVo/UzKxxR34hCI/AAAAAAAACE0/kXK7mlNCxOw/s1600/Angel_Sculpture.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Explore with us a hidden London on this 90 mins walk. There will also be a post walk drinks option. Feel free to bring friends or come on your own. This walk involves 2 flights of stairs and so not suitable for the less able.<br /><br /><i>"Who needs Ibiza when you have Kings Cross!"</i> Billy Reilly, Nightclub Entrepreneur</span></div></div><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Back to London Guided Walks website</a></span></h4><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks" target="_blank">Follow us on twitter</a></span></h4><h4><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks" target="_blank">Join us on Facebook</a></span></h4><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0King's Cross St. Pancras, Kings Cross, London N1C, UK51.53066 -0.1231699999999591531.111859499999998 -41.431763999999959 71.9494605 41.18542400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-39712063430491706992014-03-29T20:00:00.000Z2014-04-14T18:29:37.881+01:00One Street - One Thousand years - Guided Walk in London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'One Street - One Thousand years' </span></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NY5cYVZ03tI/U0PZ48vX0UI/AAAAAAAACGw/p593JdHRL_4/s1600/PassingAlley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NY5cYVZ03tI/U0PZ48vX0UI/AAAAAAAACGw/p593JdHRL_4/s1600/PassingAlley.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London Guided Walk with Andy & Hazel</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Where:</b> Angel Tube</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past is all around us in London and often we hurry past the historic signs without even noticing them. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This 2 hour walk gives you an opportunity to 'take some time to stand and stare' at some of the fascinating buildings in one ancient road in London.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-street-one-thousand-years-guided-walk-in-london-tickets-11137403273" target="_blank"><img alt="Book you London walk ticket now" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MHo_SKGMt6s/UzlpuOwlHdI/AAAAAAAACFY/SWoVrQBkjSU/s1600/orange-buy-now-button.png" height="66" title="Book you London walk ticket now" width="200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-street-one-thousand-years-guided-walk-in-london-tickets-11137403273" target="_blank"><br /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We finish the walk near Smithfield Market where there are many places for refreshment - including the only pub in town licensed as a pawn broker!</span></div><div style="color: #646464; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #646464; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/walks.html" style="color: #bb8d3e; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" target="_blank">See our walks calendar</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><b><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What people have said about this walk:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><i>"Thanks for a lovely walk Hazel and Andy! Always a pleasure learning about London from both of you. Lovely people and a lovely pub made it very enjoyable. Look forward to the next walk!"</i> Mike, North London </span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i></i><i>"Hazel and Andy--thanks for a great day. You can't beat good people, a good walk, and good beer! I hope to join you on my next venture to London"</i> Jeff, New York City </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"Really interesting walk led by great raconteurs. Pub added bonus for the company and chat.</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> Thank you. Hope to see you all again."</i> Helena, Essex</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Really interesting, articulate and well presented, organised and on time. What a nice group of people too."</i> Nicole, Herts</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X8vjcllzOwc/U0Pb5NBUzwI/AAAAAAAACG8/G45TlGIRPWk/s1600/Sadlers+Wells.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X8vjcllzOwc/U0Pb5NBUzwI/AAAAAAAACG8/G45TlGIRPWk/s1600/Sadlers+Wells.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>This was interesting and thought stimulating 3 hours. Many thanks to Hazel and Andy for their smiles and wit."</i> Charles, Stoke Newington</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Thanks Hazel & Andy for again making London history interesting and relevant to the present. Not even a bad cold can keep me away." </i>Philip, South Kensington</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Really enjoyed the walk and meeting others who like to explore this great city. Looking forward to my next walk with the group"</i> Rochelle, New Malden</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"R</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>eally interesting walk, great insight into the history of the area. Thanks Hazel and Andy!"</i> Emma, W9</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>It was excellent - the 2 hours flew by."</i> Dawn, local teacher</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>A big thank you to Hazel and Andy - great tour, and now I know how Sadler's Wells got its name (among other things). Can't wait to check out the well next time I'm there!"</i> Cathy, London</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>This was a walk with lots of interesting information from Hazel and Andy, enjoyable!" </i>Sevene, London</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Very interesting!! Nice people :)"</i> Sheila, London</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-waAkmTgkUvo/U0Pcse1UNPI/AAAAAAAACHE/F7YNtABSF1U/s1600/Churchyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-waAkmTgkUvo/U0Pcse1UNPI/AAAAAAAACHE/F7YNtABSF1U/s1600/Churchyard.jpg" height="260" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Superb walk once again. Fun, informative and friendly."</i> Jessie H, London</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>It was very interesting. Hazel and Andy, thank you very much. I enjoyed the walk very much, especially It was very nice to know details in a bigger picture."</i> Sayaka, Japan</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Thank you Hazel and Andy for lovely refreshing morning that give reason to leave home to the outdoor."</i> Joseph, Barnet</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>A very informative tour. Thanks to Hazel and Andy" </i>Alan, SE London</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Thank you for the great morning! :)"</i> Judit, London</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Brilliant walk. Thank you Hazel and Andy"</i> Olga P, Hungary</span></span><br /><div style="color: #646464;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.670588); font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #646464;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/walks.html" style="color: #bb8d3e; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" target="_blank">See our walks calendar</a></div><div style="color: #646464;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"></span></div></div><div style="color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIcKsOV_-1o/UyMzaobwVfI/AAAAAAAAB8M/QUVermhNjSA/s1600/One_Street02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #bb8d3e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIcKsOV_-1o/UyMzaobwVfI/AAAAAAAAB8M/QUVermhNjSA/s1600/One_Street02.jpg" height="283" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/walks.html" style="background-color: white; color: #bb8d3e; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" target="_blank">See our walks calendar</a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks">You should follow 'Look@London' Walks on twitter here</a></b><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/historic-britain.html">Historic Britain</a><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/useful-things.html">Interesting and Useful Things to Know</a><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/people-in-history.html">People in History</a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FkUvlmIbkyo/U0waiyT5OiI/AAAAAAAACH0/MS8S0mTPRIg/s1600/LookatLondonWalks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FkUvlmIbkyo/U0waiyT5OiI/AAAAAAAACH0/MS8S0mTPRIg/s1600/LookatLondonWalks.JPG" /></a></div><br /></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0London Borough of Islington, Greater London, UK51.5312822331471 -0.10612256721196951.528812733147106 -0.111165067211969 51.5337517331471 -0.101080067211969tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-81659628286382002992014-03-19T10:31:00.002Z2014-04-06T22:30:10.252+01:00Easter Monday Walk - Victorian Covent Garden and Soho<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zNzQsepkqIw/U0HHH9NFUII/AAAAAAAACGU/z607Q0tLes0/s1600/image_1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zNzQsepkqIw/U0HHH9NFUII/AAAAAAAACGU/z607Q0tLes0/s1600/image_1.jpeg" height="223" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London Guided Walk with Hazel</span><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1290724074973798243" name="OliverTwist"></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Where: </b>Charing Cross Station</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">When:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Easter Monday 21st April,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 11am</span><br /><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/o/look-at-london-walks-6340594633" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MHo_SKGMt6s/UzlpuOwlHdI/AAAAAAAACFY/SWoVrQBkjSU/s1600/orange-buy-now-button.png" height="66" width="200" /></a><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cost:</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">£3</span><br /><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Covent Garden and Soho were very different places in Victorian times. </div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The age of improvement is upon us. On this <span style="font-size: 16px;">Easter Monday walk I will highlight Dickensian landmarks in the area, including places that Charles Dickens frequented and the areas that he wrote about. </span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">You don't need to have any knowledge of Dickens or Sherlock Holmes to enjoy this walk. It should be a fun, relaxing walk. I lived in Covent Garden for 5 years and have a few stories of my own to share!</span></div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">We start at Charing Cross station and end at Piccadilly Circus. The terrain is relatively flat but there are steps and a number of stairs and so not suitable for the less able.</div><div style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Explore with me a lost Victorian London on this 90 mins walk. There will also be a post walk drinks option. 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Olga, Hungary</span></i><br /><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></i><span style="color: #666666;"><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"E</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>xcellent with charming guides, thank you."</i> Rosie, Ireland</span></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0GudXFNiJsA/U0HHTulXLYI/AAAAAAAACGc/8laQ3hf7Wqk/s1600/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0GudXFNiJsA/U0HHTulXLYI/AAAAAAAACGc/8laQ3hf7Wqk/s1600/image.jpeg" height="210" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Interesting, entertaining and very well organised"</i> Oliver, Harrow</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Really enjoyed the walk. Lovely friendly group of people. Thank you Andy & Hazel for organising . See you at another walk soon."</i> Claire, London</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"Thanks Hazel and Andy for another great walk! Interesting and excellent value. Look forward to another one!"</i> Mike, Herts</span></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>"</i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><i>Great! Hazel and Andy are so nice, it was very interesting; we were shown and explained so many interesting things along the way, and Hazel has such a great sense of humour - it was awesome, I recommend!"</i> Sabine, France</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Thanks Hazel and Andy. Great walk, plenty of interesting sites and info." Johnny, London</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6705882352941176);"><br /></span></span><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/walks.html" style="font-family: Whitney, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" target="_blank">See our walks calendar</a><br /><br /><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Related blog posts:</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/victorian-london-in-oliver-twist-by.html">Victorian London in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens</a><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/victorian-london-social-and-literary.html" target="_blank">Victorian London - a social and literary maze</a></span><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/dickensian-london.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dickensian London</a><br /><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/historic-britain.html">Historic Britain</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/useful-things.html">Interesting and Useful Things to Know</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/people-in-history.html">People in History</a></span></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0London WC2N 5HR, UK51.5078464 -0.1259622999999692251.5066109 -0.12848379999996923 51.5090819 -0.12344079999996922tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-35407962980809354162014-03-02T20:30:00.000Z2014-05-24T18:52:26.399+01:00Lost River Fleet Highlights Walk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1_H0BCxjJTw/UzGFZyDaxKI/AAAAAAAAB_I/GrxzqOsH0OU/s1600/Kenwood+House1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1_H0BCxjJTw/UzGFZyDaxKI/AAAAAAAAB_I/GrxzqOsH0OU/s1600/Kenwood+House1.jpeg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kenwood House -Lost River Fleet London Walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The route of the River Fleet, one of the Lost Rivers of London is now almost completely built over, but its path is still fascinatingly visible.<br /><br />The river Fleet starts in front of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath and passes through Hampstead, Kentish Town, Camden, St. Pancras, Kings Cross, Clerkenwell and Farringdon to where it can still be seen flowing into the River Thames at Blackfriars.<br /><br />Don't worry, we won't be walking the full route. In Lost River Fleet (Part I) will will start at Hampstead tube station (Northern line) and will end in Camden.<br /><br />The terrain does have a few inclines (Hampstead is on a hill you know) but the viewpoints will certainly be worth it so bring your camera. There are steps and stairs and so not suitable for the less able. We will be walking on Hampstead Heath which can get muddy at times so please ensure you wear appropriate footwear.<br /><br />This is a highlights walk rather than a full blown guided tour to be paid on the day. Feel free to bring friends or come on your own. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;">For a private London tour </span><a href="mailto:hazelnbaker@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; color: #bb8d3e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.790000915527344px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">please email us</a><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/walks.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See our other London walks</a><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="400" 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I really had a good time." Lee, HK </span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Brilliant walk, thank you Hazel and Andy" Olga, Hungary </span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Gorgeous day, great walk & good company. Thanks!" Philip, S. Kensington</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Hi Andy and Hazel, Phil and I enjoyed the walk and met some lovely people. Hope to see you both for Part 2!" Simone</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />"Thanks for a great walk, with lots to see and learn!" 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It should be a fun, and relaxing walk. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We start at Charing Cross (outside Paul <span style="background-color: white;">Patisserie) and end at Piccadilly Circus. There will also be a post walk drinks option too. 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You will see three shields. Each shield tells a story. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The arms as shown on the gateway are replacements for the </span><span style="background-color: white;">stone ones which were badly crumbling. There is a picture dating </span><span style="background-color: white;">c.1890 which shows the third set of arms to be </span><span style="background-color: white;">almost indistinguishable. In Thomas Cromwell's London he says "on the right-hand side the same, but with a cross moline as an impalement."</span></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lLnRkwl6ih8/UqQ1Urj7cuI/AAAAAAAAB44/HWauI7xcxZo/s1600/Docwra+coat+of+arms_150x163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lLnRkwl6ih8/UqQ1Urj7cuI/AAAAAAAAB44/HWauI7xcxZo/s1600/Docwra+coat+of+arms_150x163.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Docwra coat of arms</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you can no longer see now on the North side of St John's Gate is the engraving below the three shields which read "Anno Dni 1504"</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This is now what we can see:</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Left shield: Sir Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior 1501-1527</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Middle shield: Order of St John (Military)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right: Sir Lancelot Docwra (Dowcra/Green)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sir Thomas Docwra</b></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Grand Prior held the place of premier baron of England and was close to both Kings Henry VII and VIII. He was often used by the latter as the King's Messenger and was one of the nobles who accompanied Henry to the meeting with the King of France, at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, in 1520.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His lasting monument - the massive stone gateway which is almost all that remains of the Priory of St John at Clerkenwell - rebuilt in 1504 by Thomas after its destruction by rioters, still stands in London.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Order of St John (Military)</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem (later known as the Knights of Malta) fought in the First Crusade against the Saracen. The Saracen used a novel and terrifying weapon consisting of glass containers full of a flammable mixture of naphtha. During a siege by the Crusaders, the Saracen would throw these onto the besiegers which would saturate them with this highly flammable liquid, at which time the Saracen would throw a torch into the midst of the Crusaders, setting them on fire. The Knights of St. John took it upon themselves to pull the Crusaders to safety, put out their flames and treat their injuries. Because of their selfless heroics, the Maltese cross has come to symbolize a willingness and commitment to brave danger in order to rescue others from a fiery death.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sir Lancelot Docwra (Dowcra/Green)</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 17.390625px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sir Lancelot was a "brother in arms" of Sir Thomas Docwra, the Lord Prior. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">"Sir Lancelot Docwra, near kinsman to Sir Thomas, and son of Robert </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Docwra, of Docwra-Hall in Cumberland. His arms are impaled with - Or, a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">cross flory sable - the coat armour of his mother, Jane, daughter of Sir </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">John Lamplugh, of Lamplugh, in the same county; one "of a race" as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Denton says, "of valourous gentlemen, successively for their worthiness </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">knighted in the field, all or most part of them". The shield of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">order also surmounts his shield."</span></div><br /><div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guided Walks website</span></a></div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Follow us on twitter</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Join us on Facebook</a></span></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0London Borough of Islington, Greater London, UK51.522259474770024 -0.1020886015746782551.519775974770027 -0.10715260157467825 51.524742974770021 -0.097024601574678251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-85878657490280125092014-01-03T11:00:00.000Z2014-08-10T10:44:44.259+01:00Victorian London - a social and literary maze<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gGn6QnmoGJs/UpO_-TgI4VI/AAAAAAAAB28/EtKLz6Kfrnk/s1600/olivertwist_pleasesir.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oliver Twist asking for more food</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">London is repeatedly described as a labyrinth or a maze; once you enter, as Oliver does, it’s hard to get back out. In our <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/charles-dickens-walks.php" target="_blank">Oliver Twist guided walk</a> we explore Victorian rookeries, the narrow streets and the characters who walked along them.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The city of London in the novel Oliver Twist, it serves as another form of prison. It’s filthy, foggy, and crime-ridden, and things aren’t always as they seem.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"> We explore Coldbath Fields Prison</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">, general workhouse life for men, women and children</span><span style="line-height: 16.666667938232422px;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">and how Dickens’ experience with debt influenced his written works.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gGn6QnmoGJs/UpO_-TgI4VI/AAAAAAAAB28/EtKLz6Kfrnk/s1600/olivertwist_pleasesir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">The Story So Far…</span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%;">Oliver is on his own from the start. He’s sent from one scene of misery to the next. He sticks up for himself (first by asking for more food, then by hitting Noah in the face, and finally by running away). So, by the end of Chapter VII 9yr old Oliver Twist is completely on his own in the big bad world.</span><span style="color: #646464; line-height: 150%;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oliver has been walking for seven days, he’s tired, hungry and alone. He meets a boy his age who offers to introduce him to a gentleman who will give him a place to sleep and food, for no rent. Oliver follows, and this is where our story begins….</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br /><div><h3><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 27.77777862548828px;">Follow the footsteps of Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger - Guided Walk</span></h3><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Victorian London was a dangerous place especially after dark, with highway men and other scoundrel’s waiting to pounce on anyone crossing their path. </span><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">This 90 min walk follows the footsteps of Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger on their final leg of their journey into London to reach Fagin’s lair. <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/charles-dickens-walks.php" target="_blank">Find out more about Guided walks in London</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div id="edn4"></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Related blog posts:</b></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; 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text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hs0zbUchNYI/UqQuskDkLWI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/BykDggadOuM/s1600/silver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hs0zbUchNYI/UqQuskDkLWI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/BykDggadOuM/s320/silver.jpg" height="214" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raw Silver, AgNo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">·</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Modern studies have found that collodial silver can kill a wide range of bacteria and viruses, including the very dangerous E. coli.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Now with various bacteria strains become increasingly resistant to the effects of antibiotics, the medical community is once again becoming increasingly interested in colloidal silver including fighting Hepatitis C, Herpes & HIV.</span><br /><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guided Walks website</span></a></div><br /></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-3111349150670119062013-12-28T11:00:00.000Z2014-08-10T10:45:05.666+01:00Dickensian London <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background: white; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Dickens started to write Oliver Twist in 1837, the same year the Victorian era began, when the Anti-Poor Law agitations had reached their peak. He was a fierce critic of the poverty and social layering of Victorian society. His familiarity with Clerkenwell & Islington is reflected in both his fictional and non-fictional works. This novel provides a snapshot in time before the ‘Age of Improvement’ changed the London landscape to what we can see now.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eO7Gl0dH8PA/UqIIrkbKmrI/AAAAAAAAB30/Zi-y2uEl3yM/s1600/Charles+Dickens+1838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eO7Gl0dH8PA/UqIIrkbKmrI/AAAAAAAAB30/Zi-y2uEl3yM/s320/Charles+Dickens+1838.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">A Young Charles Dickens, 1838</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 27.77777862548828px;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/charles-dickens-walks.php" target="_blank">Follow the footsteps of Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger - Guided Walk</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">This 90 min walk follows the footsteps of Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger on their final leg of their journey into London to reach Fagin’s lair. <a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/victorian-london-walks.php" target="_blank">See more Victorian walks</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The novel of Oliver Twist wallows in the gritty realism of everyday London life. Many of Dickens’ contemporary critics claimed his novels to be too realistic, and that naïve readers (i.e. female readers) wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between fiction and reality, much like today’s fear with teenagers and their relationship between the real and the virtual world. This was true the novel Oliver Twist, which covers ‘dangerous’ topics such as poverty, crime and the relationship between the two.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Victorian London was a dangerous place especially after dark, with highwaymen and other scoundrel’s waiting to pounce on anyone crossing their path. </span></span><br /><div style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div id="edn4"></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Related blog posts:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="background-color: white; display: table-cell; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 670px;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/victorian-london-social-and-literary.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="outline: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Victorian London - a social and literary maze</span></a><br /><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Guided tours in London</span></a></div></div></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0London Borough of Islington, Greater London, UK51.5465063 -0.1058057999999846351.4670833 -0.26785429999998467 51.625929299999996 0.056242700000015383tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-31872300828466703632013-12-26T20:00:00.000Z2014-08-10T10:45:22.407+01:00Social Topography of Victorian London, Charles Dickens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 23.33333396911621px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jwEC4QHTuQ8/UqIK6ATsVHI/AAAAAAAAB4A/GzsqgZxGgnA/s1600/Oliver_Twist_Saffron_Hill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jwEC4QHTuQ8/UqIK6ATsVHI/AAAAAAAAB4A/GzsqgZxGgnA/s320/Oliver_Twist_Saffron_Hill.jpg" height="320" width="283" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Oliver Twist meeting Fagin in Saffron Hill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dickens exploits a spiritual topography; where the notion of neighbourhoods actively influences the lives and characters of the people who live in them. Victorian society avoided & ignored much of the underclass. Dickens highlighted social issues, using contrasting areas such as Pentonville and Saffron Hill & then forcing together through his characters.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For some areas e.g. Saffron Hill, the Victorian age became an era of neglect and ran unchecked until redevelopments forced the populous to move away and become the London we know today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 23.33333396911621px;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 27.77777862548828px;">Follow the footsteps of Oliver Twist - Guided Walk</span></h4></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">Victorian London was a dangerous place especially after dark, with highway men and other scoundrel’s waiting to pounce on anyone crossing their path. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">This 90 min walk follows the footsteps of Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger on their final leg of their journey into London to reach Fagin’s lair. <a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/p/walks.html" target="_blank">Find out more about Guided walks in London</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div id="edn4"></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Related blog posts:</b></span></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/victorian-london-in-oliver-twist-by.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZFoOcVlPyU/UpE7kdnUvVI/AAAAAAAAB2A/AwxfjwyTK-I/s400/GinMagazine.JPG" height="400" width="281" /></a><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Gin Crazy</span></h2><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the mid-eighteenth century the effects of gin-drinking on English society makes the use of drugs today seem hardly news worthy. <br /><br />Much of the gin was drunk by women, consequently the children were neglected, daughters were sold into prostitution, and wet nurses gave gin to babies to quieten them.<br /><br />The thirst for gin appeared insatiable. People sold their furnishings and even their homes to get money to buy their favourite drink.<br /><br />Here's my interpretation of a modern day magazine with gin related stories of the day.</span><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More Gin related posts:</span></h4><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hogarths-beer-and-gin-lane-engravings.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hogarth's Beer Street and Gin Lane Engravings</a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/its-gin-oclock.html">It's Gin o'clock</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/see-how-gin-is-made-in-london.html"></a><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/see-how-gin-is-made-in-london.html">See how Gin is made in London</a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;"><a href="http://londonguidedwalks.co.uk/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">London Guided Walks website</a></span></div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/LookLondonWalks" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Follow us on twitter</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Join us on Facebook</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #343434; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0London Borough of Islington, Greater London, UK51.524580770675136 -0.1034189005249572851.522097770675138 -0.10848290052495728 51.527063770675134 -0.098354900524957281tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-25052461408363977172013-12-08T21:00:00.000Z2014-08-10T09:22:03.215+01:00Music & Madness of Holloway, London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-skkjW-s8sdM%2FUpfNTA3IBII%2FAAAAAAAAAEc%2FHAd0ZCTnsQk%2Fs320%2Fjohnny-rotten.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-skkjW-s8sdM/UpfNTA3IBII/AAAAAAAAAEc/HAd0ZCTnsQk/s320/johnny-rotten.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holloway was much like other areas abandoned by polite society. Things could gestate without neighbours moaning, pubs could put on raucous music nights, former cinemas could become top rank music venues and accommodate large unruly crowds, the locals were partaking themselves!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Visiting the area was part of the frisson for concert goers, slumming it, but above all the quality of the acts brought the punters in from far and wide. The bands that cut their teeth in the area in the 1970's and 1980's went on to take the music world by storm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Finsbury Parks own council estate prophet John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols, Blur, Madness, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Oasis, Radiohead and the Arctic Monkeys to name but a few were acts which performed in Holloway.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-skkjW-s8sdM/UpfNTA3IBII/AAAAAAAAAEc/HAd0ZCTnsQk/s1600/johnny-rotten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other Holloway related posts:</b></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; 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display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Follow us on twitter</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LookatLondonWalks" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; background-color: #fafafa; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">Join us on Facebook</a></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0Finsbury Park, London N4, UK51.563296 -0.107435000000009525.908224500000003 -41.591810000000009 77.2183675 41.376939999999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1290724074973798243.post-17008758762844340112013-12-06T17:59:00.001Z2013-12-06T17:59:54.504ZYour homemade Christmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Here's a roundup of all things Christmassy which you can make for friends, family and even yourself!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AetnYpIM6PQ/TutX1jRdDUI/AAAAAAAAAxg/UY6Pnvi_z1A/s1600/EDIBLE_collage.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AetnYpIM6PQ/TutX1jRdDUI/AAAAAAAAAxg/UY6Pnvi_z1A/s400/EDIBLE_collage.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make your own:</b><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/create-your-own-christmas-tree-baubles.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas Baubles</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/christmas-hamper-ideas.html" target="_blank">Christmas Hamper</a> - <a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/make-your-own-christmas-gifts.html" target="_blank">different hamper ideas</a></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/peppermint-homemade-chocolates-recipe.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">After dinner mints</a></span><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-spice-biscuits-christmas.html#!/2011/11/christmas-spice-biscuits-christmas.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edible Christmas Tree Decorations</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Sweet Christmas Treats:</b></span></h4><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.com/#!/2011/11/christmas-spice-biscuits-christmas.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Spiced Christmas Biscuits</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/alternate-mincepies-christmas-hamper.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Alternate Mincepie Recipe</a></span><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.com/#!/2011/11/christmas-cake-pops-christmas-hamper.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snowflake Cakepops</span></a><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.com/#!/2011/12/florentines-christmas-hamper-special.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Florentines</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/white-chocolate-and-cranberry-fudge.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">White Chocolate & Cranberry Fudge</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Christmas Chocolates:</b></span></h4><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/ganache-homemade-chocolates-recipe.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ganache Chocolates</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/peppermint-homemade-chocolates-recipe.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">After dinner mints</a></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/peanut-homemade-chocolates-recipe.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Peanut Chocolates</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Christmas Cupcakes:</b></span></h4><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.com/#!/2011/12/snowman-christmas-cupcake.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cute Snowman Cupcakes</span></a><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.com/#!/2011/12/sophisticated-festive-cupcakes.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sophisticated Festive Cupcakes</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/chocolate-christmas-tree-cupcakes.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Chocolate & Orange Tree Cupcakes</a></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.com/#!/2011/12/christmas-parcel-cupcake.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Christmas Parcel Cupcake</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Savoury Delights:</b></span></h4><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/sausage-rolls-christmas-hamper-special.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Party Sausage Rolls</a></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/christmas-jarred-roasted-peppers.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Jarred Roasted Peppers</a></span><br /><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/marinated-feta-cheese-christmas-hamper.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marinated Feta Cheese</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://travelifehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/rhubarb-chutney-christmas-hamper.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rhubarb Chutney</span></a> </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://twitter.com/digieyes" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You should follow me on twitter here</a><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tns-myuwaDQ/TutdIXQ6m3I/AAAAAAAAAxo/DSqKDsme39E/s1600/Hamper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tns-myuwaDQ/TutdIXQ6m3I/AAAAAAAAAxo/DSqKDsme39E/s320/Hamper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>Hazel Bhttps://plus.google.com/115255791433236969499noreply@blogger.com0