Footprints of London

Commemorating Captain Ferdinand West VC
July 31, 2018 Comments Off on Commemorating Captain Ferdinand West VC
Footprints of London guide Jen Pedler was honoured to be invited to attend the unveiling of the latest City of Westminster VC memorial paving stone this week and relates the remarkable story behind it below. Find out more about these paving stones and other First World War memorials on Jen’s walk ‘Lest We Forget: How…
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Putting the hearse before the carts
July 19, 2018 Comments Off on Putting the hearse before the carts
This 1906 Ford hearse was one of many vintage and veteran commercial vehicles on display in Guildhall yard on Wednesday 18th July for the City livery company’s most popular annual event – the Cart Marking Ceremony. Neil Sinclair tells us more. This ritual, which dates back to the late 17th century, involves all licensed vehicles…
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The Lunch that Launched Canary Wharf
July 8, 2018 Comments Off on The Lunch that Launched Canary Wharf
Tucked away in Cabot Square on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets is a memorial to the man whose brainwave during a lunch in the early 1980s spawned the transformation of the derelict ex-West India Docks into the world banking centre we call Canary Wharf. Michael von Clemm’s contribution to London is mentioned in…
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