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Michael Duncan has a story of 18th century nightlife that features in his Wild and Wonderful Women of Soho walk which runs again on September 29th Theresa Cornelys was perhaps the quintessential Soho character: inventive, clever, talented, and useless with money. She arrived in Soho in 1760, aged 37 Little known about her early life but…
Read moreOne of Rob Smith’s guests on his last Industrial History of Dagenham Dock walk had an interesting reason for joining the walk. One of the great things I like about being a guide is when people bring their own stories to the walk. Meeting someone with a family story about the area is so exciting,…
Read moreJen Pedler sheds some light on one of London’s lesser-known water courses. … or even France or Luxembourg, think again! If you’ve ever walked through Highgate, Crouch End, Wood Green or Tottenham, the River Moselle could have been flowing beneath your feet without you noticing. It’s Haringey’s hidden river; from its source in Queen’s Wood, Highgate, it…
Read moreJust along the road from East Croydon station is a statue of a huntsman on a horse jumping over a real hedge. Why is it here you may well ask. There is no plaque of any kind but Stephen Benton, when researching his new walk in Croydon, was determined to find out the background to…
Read morePaul Surma looks at a relic of Medieval London – you can find out more on his walk on 8th August Standing defiant, in the face of an ever rising City, dwarfed by high-rise office blocks on Mark Lane is the near 700 year old tower of All Hallows Staining – a true survivor…
Read moreHere is Richard, explaining what Waterloo Teeth are on his walk The Extreme Pleasures of Wellington’s London
Read moreRhona Levene makes the case for architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon After devastation of the Cripplegate area of the City of London in WW2 blitz the Corporation recognised the urgent need for housing and a competition was set up in 1952 for what became the Golden Lane Estate. Of the 178 entries it was won…
Read moreJen Pedler talks about her new walk that ties in with the Royal Photographic Society exhibition Bleeding London See the pictures, walk the walk In Geoff Nicholson’s 1997 Whitbread nominated novel Bleeding London, jaded tour guide Stuart London sets out to walk every street in the A-Z. The novel inspired the London Region of…
Read moreFIRST TUESDAY WALKS Starting in July, four Footprints guides (Jen Pedler, Joanna Moncrieff, Rhona Levene and Stephen Benton) are running 45 minute circular lunchtime walks in Victoria on the first Tuesday of each month. They all start at 1.10pm from the piazza in front of Westminster Cathedral and cost £5 (£4 concession) each. There are…
Read moreRob Smith reveals that one of London’s grimiest industrial streets was the site of one of Britain’s earliest airfields and possibly visited by the Wright Brothers Chequers Lane near Dagenham Dock is typical of the curious landscape of this part of London – where wild flowers grow amidst piles of rubbish, and lorries blow up…
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