{"id":2469,"date":"2014-02-03T10:11:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T10:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/?page_id=2469"},"modified":"2019-08-05T17:02:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:02:37","slug":"chris-firmin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/guides\/chris-firmin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Firmin"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 40%; border: none;\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ChrisFirmin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2470\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ChrisFirmin-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Chris Firmin\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Contact 07912 643048 or mail chris.firmin@footprintsoflondon.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chris Firmin is a qualified guide and a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westminsterguides.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Westminster Guide Lecturers Association<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chris is a lifelong (suburban) Londoner who has made the long spiritual (!) journey down the North Circular \u2013 from Enfield and Southgate to Ealing and Twickenham with intervening years in Greenwich, Notting Hill and Chelsea. Central London or going \u2018Up West\u2019 has been a constant geographical reference point together with a fascination with London\u2019s history, development and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI\u2018m particularly interested in \u2018offbeat\u2019 London, those lesser known streets and districts away from the main sites and monuments that reveal their own special character and idiosyncrasies. My specialist walks include Village Marylebone, Mayfair and St John\u2019 Wood. Another interest is 1960\u2019s Pop Culture in London\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chris&#8217;s Portfolio of Walks includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Village Marylebone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mayfair<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">London&#8217;s 1960&#8217;s Pop Culture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">St John&#8217;s Wood<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">West End &#8211; and the Glamour of the 1930s &#8211; the Dance Band, Hotel and Cafe Culture<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Walks currently on Footprints of London:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[insert_php]<\/p>\n<p>print_walks_guide(&#8220;Chris Firmin&#8221;);<\/p>\n<p>[\/insert_php]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_a.png?x-id=b1735318-882b-482c-87d0-68ebe5b466cf\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/org\/xxxxxxxx?ref=ebtn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/custombutton?eid=4963963348\" alt=\"Eventbrite - Organizer Profile\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact 07912 643048 or mail chris.firmin@footprintsoflondon.com Chris Firmin is a qualified guide and a member of the\u00a0City of Westminster Guide Lecturers Association. Chris is a lifelong (suburban) Londoner who has made the long spiritual (!) journey down the North Circular \u2013 from Enfield and Southgate to Ealing and Twickenham with intervening years in Greenwich, Notting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":3704,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chris Firmin - Footprints of London<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/guides\/chris-firmin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Firmin - Footprints of London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Contact 07912 643048 or mail chris.firmin@footprintsoflondon.com Chris Firmin is a qualified guide and a member of the\u00a0City of Westminster Guide Lecturers Association. 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