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The Covid 19 outbreak is a difficult time for London, but it is not the first time London has faced viruses, plagues, disease and pestilence. So we asked our Footprints of London Guides to come up connections to outbreaks from the past, how they affected London and how London dealt with them. 1. London Smallpox…
Read moreJen Pedler tells the story of a notorious road junction and its tube station – the end point of her ‘Suburbs, Stations and Subways‘ walk. The Hanger Lane gyratory system, where the North Circular Road meets the A40, was voted Britain’s scariest road junction in a 2007 survey by the Highway Insurance Company. Poorly signed,…
Read moreWhile the Mary Rose might be the most famous ship in the navy of Henry VIII, it wasn’t the largest. That honour belongs to the Henry Grace a Dieu, otherwise known as The Great Harry, and it was built in London. Early in his reign Henry VIII was drawn into conflict with France. Desperate to…
Read moreJen Pedler tells the story behind a blue plaque on the Haymills Estate, Hanger Hill. You can hear more and discover a smorgasbord of 1930s suburban architecture on her Suburbs, Stations and Subways walk coming up on 25th January. I had never heard of Alan Dower Blumlein until I came across the blue plaque marking…
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