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A London Advent Calendar – Day Three: Eltham Palace

December 3, 2012 By Pete Stean

Day three of my London Advent Calendar features Eltham Palace in the London Borough of Greenwich This fine family home, which I visited in February 2012, was built for the Courtauld family in the 1930s and probably has the finest domestic art deco interior to be found anywhere in the UK – as a consequence […]

A London Advent Calendar – Day Two: The National Army Museum

December 2, 2012 By Pete Stean

london advent calendar 2012 national army museum

Opening the second window on my London Advent Calendar we discover the National Army Museum . Rather overlooked due to its bigger brothers at Greenwich, Lambeth North and Hendon, the National Army Museum can be found next to the Royal Hospital Chelsea (where the Chelsea Pensioners hang out). The museum celebrates the achievements and commiserates […]

A London Advent Calendar – Day One: The Elfin Oak Of Kensington Gardens

December 1, 2012 By Pete Stean

I’ve decided that in the run up to Christmas it would be nice to celebrate some of the places that I’ve visited over the year. Over the next twenty four days my London Advent Calendar will highlight two places that I visited in January, two in February and so on, until we get to Christmas […]