Footprints of London

Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950   From the mid 19th Century  to the Second World War the streets of Clerkenwell around Saffron Hill were known as Il Quartiere to the Italian residents. This walk will explore every day life in London’s Little Italy, introducing the characters who made up…

In the first years of the 20th century Christmas traditions started by the Victorians evolved for a slightly more affluent London Following on from his talks about Christmas in Georgian London, and Christmas in Victorian London, Rob continues the story with a look at Christmas in London between 1901 and 1909. While the traditions established…

Ebenezer Howard had a vision for building a new kind of city with the best elements of town and country. His dream became real at Letchworth In 1898 Ebenezer Howard wrote the book “Garden Cities of Tomorrow” – a bold vision of a new kind of living incorporating the best elements of Town and City…

A walk between the little Kent port of Queenborough and the seaside town of Sheerness via the docks The walk starts at Queenborough – a town planned around a castle built by Edward III. While the castle is no longer there, the charming harbour town remains, with many historic buildings remaining and we will look…

This online looks at the how Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period with readings from newspapers of the time This Virtual Tour looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period – whether it was a slice of the celebrated currant cake from Thomas’s or dancing…

This virtual tour on Zoom looks at the scariest, most gruesome , most creepy objects in the British museum This 45 minute virtual tour looks at the scariest, most gruesome , most creepy objects in the British museum – including scary skeletons, mummies, grotesque gods and frightening finds. You’ll see pictures of the objects and…

A walk looking at some of the locations from the film The Long Good Friday and how the story in the film ties in with real events. This walk visits many of the East London locations from the film The Long Good Friday, some of which are recognisable, some of which have changed a lot…

This walk looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period  This walk looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period – whether it was a slice of the celebrated currant cake from Thomas’s or dancing at Henry’s Assembly Rooms, a Christmas…

This online looks at the how Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period with readings from newspapers of the time This Virtual Tour looks at the different ways that Christmas was celebrated in Islington during the Victorian period – whether it was a slice of the celebrated currant cake from Thomas’s or dancing…

A look at how Christmas was celebrated in the 18th and early 19th centuries At the start of the Georgian period , Christmas was something of a private, polite celebration, with none of the rowdiness of the previous century. The upper classes believed in elegant entertaining at the Christmas season. Not that there weren’t traditions…