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 – Prime Ministers’ Homes
The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street of course! But where have they lived before and after...
Walking Tour – Beneath London’s Streets
A tour about things under the ground, featuring a church crypt, Roman remains, underground shops and...
Walking Tour – London’s Port History – Part 2 East and West India Docks
The 2nd of 4 walks telling the story of the Port of London, looks at the docks built for the East In...
Virtual Tour – Six Islington Squares
Enjoy an hour looking at the domestic architecture of 19th century Islington on this Zoom virtual to...
Virtual Tour – Churches, Castles and Country Towns – a Lincolnshire Journey
A history filled tour of one of England's largest countiesTake a break from London for a virtual sta...
Virtual Tour – Made in London – A Tour of The British Museum
Treasures from the British Museum that were either made or found in LondonThe British Museum is full...
Virtual Tour – Letchworth – The First Garden City
Letchworth is where social reformer Ebenezer Howard put his idea of the Garden City into practice -...
Virtual Tour – True Spy Stories
Spy stories from the streets of London during World War One and TwoA 50 minute talk about espionage...
Virtual Tour – Shipwrecks in the Thames
Stories of sunken ships in the Thames from Roman times to the present dayWith so many ships visiting...
Walking Tour – The New River – Islington’s Lost Waterway
The New River was an ambitious 17th century scheme to supply London with water by digging a canal fr...