Rob Smith
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Rob is a member of Clerkenwell & Islington Guiding Association.
“Despite my 35 years in London” he says “I’m always amazed how you can find a new street that’s got an amazing story to tell. The thing I like best about London is how a tiny thing, like a decoration on a building can tell a big story. When you’re walking you are following in the footsteps of Londoners from the past, it makes the history come to life much more than just reading about it”
Rob is most interested in social history, and the way that inventions have changed people’s lives, but he always makes room in his walks to tell the stories of his London heroes.
Rob’s walks take him all over London, and beyond with a series of walks along the River Thames heading out East of London towards the Thames Estuary. You can also join him on day trips out of London to places like Rochester, Reading and St Albans.
He has written a book The Industrial History of the Lower River Lea based upon one of his tours.
He has worked on TV with The Hairy Bikers on The Pubs that Made Britain, featured in a film about Barking Power Station, and appeared on a programme about the East India Company for Iran International TV, featured in a documentary about the Great Smog on French TV and worked with ITN News reporter Sally Williams. Rob has appeared on the Radio 4 programme Screenshot with Mark Kermode and on History Hit Podcast with Dan Snow.
When not out walking, Rob also teaches London History courses at Morley College, South Thames College and Bishopsgate Institute.
His current Footprints of London walks and online virtual tours are:
Walking Tour – Il Quartiere – Tales From Italian Clerkenwell
Tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950 From the mid 19th...
Walking Tour – Elstree Remember Me – Borehamwood’s Film History
A walk around the former sites of the Elstree studios in Borehamwood, where some of the most famous...
Virtual Tour – Scary Things from The British Museum Collection
This virtual tour on Zoom looks at the scariest, most gruesome , most creepy objects in the British...
Walking Tour – Gravesend – Arrivals and Departures
Gravesend is where the Thames narrows from its wide estuary - a place where sea journeys have starte...
Virtual Tour – London’s East India Company Legacy
Places in London you can visit that owe their roots to the East India Company, one of the most power...
Walking Tour – Alexander Pope’s The Dunciad
Alexander Pope's 18th century satirical poem The Dunciad, highlights the stupidity and lack of...
Virtual Tour – Africans in London
A look at some of the people who were born in Africa and came to London, from Roman times to the pre...
Virtual Tour – Churches, Castles and Country Towns – a Lincolnshire Journey
A history filled tour of one of England's largest counties Take a break from London for a virtu...
Virtual Tour – Christmas in Georgian London
A look at how Christmas was celebrated in the 18th and early 19th centuries At the start of the Geor...
Walking Tour – The Spa Fields Riots of 1816
In the autumn of 1816 London simmered with discontent, which came to a head with violent disturbance...