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Day 19 and a rather unprepossessing entrance but one that has quite the story to tell. This is the former entrance to a London police station infamous for its part in the Christmas preparations of a famous author in 1931. Any idea who and where? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Features on David…
Read moreDay 18 and we have a fictional murder mystery for you. 1936 mysterious murder of Ms Emmeline Hunt was solved by another famous resident. But no one in fact ever appeared at the Old Baily… But residents of where? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Find out more on Jiff Bayliss’s tour Walk Macabre…
Read moreDay 17 features a revolution in housing. This door is the entrance to a Bolshevik masterpiece, but do you know the name of this housing block? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Discover more on Jiff Bayliss’ tour Modernism in Finsbury.
Read moreDay 16 and today we feature a site of deep historical significance with nary a blue plaque in sight. Inside lies the oldest extant interior of all The City of London livery halls, but long before this was a livery hall England changed forever as a result of a fateful meeting beyond where this door…
Read moreDay 15 and we’re heading east again. Your clue to lead you to this door is: Who policed the streets before there were police? Click the pic to reveal the answer! Features on Dave Charnick’s tour The Dark Side of the Green.
Read moreDay 14 and we have a nice pithy clue for you today: There’s no arm in it now, but there was in 1535… Easy if you know the story behind this particular entrance. If you don’t, best of luck guessing! Click the pic to reveal the answer! Find out about the arm in question and…
Read moreDay 13 (Friday 13th, no less…) and today’s door is a real tester. A modernist house in a 1930s North West London suburb, but do you know on what estate? What, you can’t get it from that?! 🙂 OK, let’s try and get you closer. The consulting architects in the creation of this estate also…
Read moreDay 12 and we’re half way through our London advent doors odyssey. Today of all days there was only ever one door we could feature, so here it is. What, you still want a clue? Really?! OK… Larry the cat lives here.
Read moreDay 11 and into genteel St James’s for today’s door (or doors in this case!). These are the doors through which Phileas Fogg had to return to within 80 days of leaving them in order to win his bet. But whose doors are they? Click the pic to reveal the answer! They feature on Mark…
Read moreDay 10 and with Christmas shopping in full flow we dive into the heart of the West End for today’s door. This is the door to one of the West End’s most famous retail landmarks, but whose door is it? Your clue? Feel “free” 😉 to guess. Click the pic to reveal the answer! features…
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