The Mayfair House Where Sean Connery Was Cast As Bond
23 September 2021 Comments Off on The Mayfair House Where Sean Connery Was Cast As BondThe house in Mayfair where Sean Connery was cast in the role Bond.
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Our Top Ten Historic London Hospitals
30 July 2021 Comments Off on Our Top Ten Historic London HospitalsLondon’s hospitals have hardly been out of the news during the current pandemic. With resources stretched to the limit by the volume of COVID admissions, NHS hospital staff have been rightly lauded for their superhuman efforts to keep us safe during this difficult time. By way of our own small tribute to our amazing NHS…
Read moreFootprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by David Charnick
12 July 2021 Comments Off on Footprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by David CharnickNext 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….
Read moreFootprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by Richard Watkins
9 July 2021 Comments Off on Footprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by Richard WatkinsNext 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,…
Read moreFootprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by Marilyn Greene
4 July 2021 Comments Off on Footprints turns 10 – My time with Footprints by Marilyn GreeneAs 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…
Read moreFootprints of London turns 10!
28 June 2021 Comments Off on Footprints of London turns 10!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…
Read moreTen from Number 10
3 April 2021 Comments Off on Ten from Number 10Today, 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…
Read moreTop Ten London Bridges
9 January 2021 Comments Off on Top Ten London BridgesOur 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,…
Read moreIt wouldn’t be Christmas without a little Dickens!
19 December 2020 Comments Off on It wouldn’t be Christmas without a little Dickens!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…
Read moreIlluminated River – Free audio tour created by one of our guides.
26 November 2020 Comments Off on Illuminated River – Free audio tour created by one of our guides.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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