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Neil Sinclair stumbled on an unusual closure of Ludgate Hill recently and tells us more: Footprints of London guides are very well used to Ludgate Hill and St Paul’s Churchyard being closed. Repairs or replacement of gas and water mains, cycle races, the annual Lord Mayor’s Show and services attended by senior members of the…
Read moreThe leafy suburb of Belsize Park has seen a veritable rash of new Blue Plaques recently (OK, two…) celebrating the great and good of the art and design world that made it their home. Marilyn Greene tells us more. On 9 July (exactly 84 years after they opened) the great nephew of Walter Gropius unveiled…
Read moreFootprints 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…
Read moreThis 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…
Read moreTucked 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…
Read moreOn 20th May Dave Charnick premieres his brand new walk To Blackwall and Beyond, you can find booking details on his walks page. In the meantime, as a little taster he tells the story of The East India Company’s involvement in pastoral care in the area. The East End boasts visible traces of the mighty…
Read moreEvery year thousands of art lovers come to London to admire works of art in art galleries, museums and on the streets. However not all of them have been so appreciative. Rob Smith looks at ten of the artworks in London that have been vandalised or damaged. Thankfully, due to the skill of staff at…
Read moreJen Pedler is running her Highgate New Town Tour on Thursday 22nd and Saturday 24th of February, you can find details and how to book on her walks page. As a taster, Jen describes architect Neave Brown’s radical, award winning approach to social housing (you will see the Winscombe Street houses as well as later…
Read moreDavid Charnick reveals the source of a favourite Fleet Street watering hole of the legendary TV barrister, Horace Rumpole. You can find out more about John Mortimer’s real life City-based inspirations for his Rumpole stories on Dave’s walk, Rumpole and the Legal Life, dates and booking details are on his walks page. “I thought with…
Read moreHere at Footprints of London towers we naturally know that the best way to really see London is on foot. This, however, didn’t stop one of our intrepid guides Sean Patterson (he’s the one below third from the front admiring the scenery while the others do the hard graft!) from taking to the water for…
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