{"id":1378,"date":"2012-07-30T17:42:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/?page_id=1378"},"modified":"2024-11-30T13:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T13:20:13","slug":"richard-watkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/guides\/richard-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 40%; border: none; height: 253px;\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 230px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 230px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/richardwatkins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-876 aligncenter\" title=\"elainewein\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/richardwatkins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Contact 07985 983204 or mail richard.watkins1@footprintsoflondon.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Richard has lived and worked in London all his life. He has a passion to bring to life the dramatic ebbing and flowing history of the city and to show off its great thoroughfares and squares and buildings as well as some lesser-known alleyways and byways. But what inspires him most is telling the stories of its great characters \u2013 and getting that magic feeling of \u201cit happened here\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">As a freelance history tour guide, he leads bus and coach tours in London and around the country and also promotes his London walks through Watkins Walks London (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watkinswalkslondon.squarespace.com\/\">https:\/\/watkinswalkslondon.squarespace.com\/<\/a>) and Richard is a volunteer steward, guide and Trustee of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalpalacemuseum.org.uk\/\">Crystal Palace Museum<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Richard has adapted most of his walks to Virtual Tours presented via the zoom app and created tailor-made ones.\u00a0 He very much welcomes group bookings including for illustrated talks, which he has done for U3A Groups, local history groups, and even a Hen party.\u00a0 Richard has been interviewed on Radio Berkshire and on a Travel Channel programme on history among his media work.\u00a0 Richard worked for over 20 years in the civil service and is a trained actor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">His portfolio contains 20 + London tours in most areas of Westminster and other areas.\u00a0 They include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The Great Fire of Westminster:<\/strong><strong>A tour around Whitehall, telling the dramatic story of the burning down of the medieval Houses of Parliament.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>St Giles:<\/strong> <strong>In Search of a Slum<\/strong>: Exploring the legacy of a notorious slum as seen in some great historic social buildings, atmospheric old streets and fine churches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mr Blake\u2019s Tree Full of Angels (Richard\u2019s Soho pub walk): <\/strong>A frothing brew of a tour in west Soho, seeing its history through pubs, including a dodgy pump, a visionary poet and an arm-less bard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>London\u2019s Ragged and Reformers:<\/strong> A tour of London&#8217;s Victorian underbelly in Marylebone, and the great characters who worked to reform the appalling conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Pots, Glassware, Stone and Beer: Lambeth\u2019s Lost Industry<\/strong>: Exploring the long-lost history of great industry along the Lambeth Thames&#8217; banks, including Coade Stone, Doulton\u2019s and the Lion brewery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Soho: London\u2019s Great Melting Pot: <\/strong>A tour around the streets and squares of Soho, celebrating 350 years of migration to the area, including, Greeks, French, Italians, Dutch and Chinese.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Trafalgar Square Travesty:<\/strong> Bringing out the drama and the farce of how one of the world\u2019s most famous town squares was developed and some its great historic aspects from national celebrations to protests<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>1966: The Year of Swinging London<\/strong>: A commemoration of 60s Swinging London plotting a course around its music clubs, fashion shops, galleries and protest sites in Soho and Mayhew.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Not Just Tea at The Ritz:<\/strong>\u00a0A walk through the streets and squares of Mayfair on London Grand Hotels, investigating their secrets and scandals as well as their historic characters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Return of the King:<\/strong>\u00a0Exploring the characters, politics, war, architecture, and science of the first ten years of the Restoration in the 1660s, and how it raises the curtain on the modern age.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Client feedback\u00a0includes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u>Five-Star Trip Adviser Review in October, 2020 of:<\/u> \u201c<strong>Soho: London\u2019s Great Melting Pot<\/strong>\u201d \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/ShowUserReviews-g186338-d3742632-r774301390-Footprints_of_London-London_England.html\">Great way to visit London during lockdown<\/a>: Wonderful virtual tour. Very engaging presentation and full of facts about the various communities that have inhabited the area from the Greeks to the Huguenots amongst many others. Well recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u>Five-Star Trip Adviser Review in October 2020 of<\/u>: <strong>1966: The Year of Swinging London<\/strong>: A really good stroll through Memory Lane: An excellent trawl through London in the Swinging Sixties, by Richard Watkins. It was great to see the different Carnaby Street shops, heritage plaques, and photos of fading rock stars!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u>Five-star Trip Adviser Review in July 2020 on <\/u>\u201c<strong>The Great Exhibition\u201d<\/strong>: This was fantastic &#8211; Richard provided a fascinating insight into the story of this fabulous event. His clarity, enthusiasm for the subject and ability to recount the more obscure and little-known details kept us all very interested and wanting to come back for more. He is always very considerate towards his audience too, ensuring everyone can see and hear clearly. Thoroughly recommended &#8211; looking forward to another tour with Richard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u>Five-Star Trip Advisor Tour Review March 2019 for <strong>day out Tour to Sonehenge and Bath<\/strong>:<\/u> \u201cHad an amazing day in Stonehenge and Bath! Our guide, Richard was incredible! Personable, smart, and witty! You could really tell that he knew his stuff and was excited to share his knowledge. \u2026 I had a truly memorable day, thank you!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u>Review in October 2014<\/u> on\u00a0<strong>The Great Fire of Westminster<\/strong>: \u201cThank you, Richard and Steve, for a most splendid walk. Your innovations for presenting the walk brought it to life and provided impact and entertainment. Certainly \u2026 it was a great success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><u>Five-star Review on Trip Advisor, May 2014<\/u> on\u00a0<strong>Not Just Tea at The Ritz<\/strong>: \u201cA very interesting and entertaining way to spend a couple of hours. I learnt a lot about the area, heard many intriguing stories about events that have taken place at the hotels in Mayfair and interesting personalities who have stayed there. Richard is a fantastic guide and extremely knowledgeable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Walks currently on Footprints of London:<\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"clear-line\"><\/div><br \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"iee_archive row_grid\" data-paged=\"1\" data-shortcode=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;ricw&quot;,&quot;paged&quot;:1,&quot;posts_per_page&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;col&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;ajaxpagi&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;past_events&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;style1&quot;,&quot;order&quot;:&quot;ASC&quot;,&quot;orderby&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/eventbrite-event\/walking-tour-hitting-the-heights-the-history-of-crystal-palace\/\" >\t\n\t<div class=\"col-iee-md-6 archive-event post-36978 eventbrite_events type-eventbrite_events status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry eventbrite_category-ricw\">\n\t\t<div class=\"iee_event\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"img_placeholder\" style=\" background: url('https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/36978_image.jpg') no-repeat left top;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event_details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event_date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"month\">Jun<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\"> 19 <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event_desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/eventbrite-event\/walking-tour-hitting-the-heights-the-history-of-crystal-palace\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event_title\">Walking Tour &#8211; 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