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  • Footprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by David Charnick
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    Next up in our occasional series commemorating our first 10 years is David Charnick: The first I heard about Footprints of London was in 2013, when I was training to be a City of London guide. One of the founder members, Dave Brown, came to talk to us about Footprints at an evening training session….

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  • Footprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by Richard Watkins
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    Next in our occasional series of guide reminiscences marking our first 10 years comes from Richard Watkins: The ten years of Footprints virtually follows my guiding career which began in July 2012 and I have been a Footprints member since then (save for a few years). In that time, I have built up my walks,…

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  • Footprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by Marilyn Greene
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    As a part of marking our first 10 years, we asked our guides to come up with some of their personal memories of their time with us. Marilyn Greene is first out of the gate: I’m a relative newcomer to Footprints of London having only been part of the organisation since 2016 (just over a…

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  • Footprints of London turns 10!
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    August 2021 will mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of our guided tours company Footprints of London (FPoL). But how did it all start? In 2011, the recent graduates of the Clerkenwell & Islington Guiding Course had just completed their exams and were wondering what the next step might be. How could they venture…

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  • Ten from Number 10
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    Today, 3rd April is the 300th anniversary of the coming to office of Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. To commemorate this, we asked our Footprints guides to write about a Prime Minister of their choice who has a connection with a particular London building or buildings they know. The ten Prime Ministers discussed…

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  • Top Ten London Bridges
    Top Ten London Bridges
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    Our Footprints guides have chosen 10 of their favourite London Bridges.  Not all of them number among London’s most famous bridges, nor are they all bridges across the River Thames, but they all hold a fascination for the guides in question.  For some guides, the bridge they describe is part of their neighbourhood.  For others,…

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  • It wouldn’t be Christmas without a little Dickens!
    It wouldn’t be Christmas without a little Dickens!
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    If you’re looking for a Dickens and Christmas fix with a bit of a difference this year, never fear. As luck would have it, a number of our guides have virtual tours across the Christmas season that feature various aspects of the man and his work. Efforts to revive the fortunes of the festive season…

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  • Illuminated River – Free audio tour created by one of our guides.
    Illuminated River – Free audio tour created by one of our guides.
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    Have you seen what has been going on with London’s bridges? llluminated River is a long-term art installation on an unprecedented scale; a scheme to light up central London’s bridges and transform nocturnal views of the city. An orchestrated series of light works that evolve at the stately pace of the river itself, Illuminated River…

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  • From Shardlake’s London to Rivers of London
    From Shardlake’s London to Rivers of London
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    Literary Footprints 2020, the annual running of our celebration of all things literary London is under way, you can check this year’s full programme here. Jill Finch will be running two walking tours as part of the festival; Shardlake’s London on 5th October and a new tour for this year, Rivers of London Book 1:…

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  • Anarchists in Fitzrovia by Oonagh Gay
    Anarchists in Fitzrovia by Oonagh Gay
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    The Literary Footprints Festival, the eighth annual running of our celebration of all things literary London starts tomorrow. You can check this year’s full programme here, but to get us all in the mood Oonagh Gay shares a snippet from her Conrad’s The Secret Agent: Anarchism in Fitzrovia Virtual Tour the she will be running…

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