The final post in this series, my London Advent Calendar’s window for Christmas Eve holds something very special – a heartfelt Christmas greeting to each and every one of the visitors to the Londoneer, whether you’re a regular visitor or have just dropped in by chance. I hope that Santa brings you everything that you […]
A London Advent Calendar – Day Twenty Three: Smithfield Market
The penultimate window on my London Advent Calendar has an early-morning surprise hidden behind it – Smithfield Market. This celebrated meat market still operates from the site it has occupied on the edge of the City of London for nearly 150 years, and continues to serve some of the best restaurants, hotels and caterers across […]
A London Advent Calendar – Day Twenty Two: The Parkland Walk
The twenty-second window on my London Advent Calendar hides a little sliver of the countryside that runs right through urban North London – the Parkland Walk. Connecting Finsbury Park with Highgate, this is a delightful spot for a stroll or a bit of exercise with the dog – it was created along the old LNER […]
A London Advent Calendar – Day Twenty One: The National Theatre
For the twenty first window on my London Advent Calendar, opening it reveals the National Theatre. I was fortunate enough to be able to go on a backstage tour of the venue during November with the Google Local London team – with it’s three stages the work that goes on behind the scenes resembles that […]
A London Advent Calendar – Day Twenty: Severn Droog Castle
For the twentieth window to open on my London Advent Calendar, we go up on Shooters Hill in South London to look at one of the oddest monuments ever constructed in the city – Severn Droog Castle. Built in memory of Sir William James, a captain of the East India Company, it’s a very strange […]
A London Advent Calendary – Day Nineteen: The London Fire Bridage Museum
The nineteenth window on my London Advent Calendar reveals the London Fire Brigade Museum. Occupying part of the organisation’s original headquarters on Southwark Bridge Road, the London Fire Brigade Museum offers a comprehensive history of fire-fighting in London, from the early days of the private fire insurance organisations right through to the modern era. For […]
A London Advent Calendar – Day Eighteen: Lloyds Of London
I always look forward to September every year, because during the month London hosts ‘Open House Weekend’ where lots of buildings that aren’t usually open to the general public throw open their doors to all-comers. I visited several places this year, but the most fascinating of all was Lloyds Of London, the insurance house that […]
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