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Tag: London Tube Journeys

Shepherds Bush Green to Brook Green

Obscured by the [1] W12 Shopping Centre, tower blocks and electronic billboards around [2] Shepherds Bush Green, is a little hidden oasis. There is a lengthy official document about it, […]

2nd August 20202nd August 2020 caramelsalty Central London, From London
Paths and Green on Shepherds Bush Green

Around the Green at Shepherds Bush

They say that shepherds did indeed watch over their flock in [1] Shepherds Bush, as they sheltered under the pruned hawthorn trees on its pastures before then continuing their journey […]

23rd May 202030th May 2020 caramelsalty Central London, From London

Notting Hill (Part Three) – From Pigsty to Posh

By the 1830s, there already existed a little hamlet in Notting Hill known as the “Potteries and Piggeries”. But it wasn’t quite designer earthenware and gourmet sausage shops as I’d […]

16th February 202016th February 2020 caramelsalty Central London, From London

Nottinghill (Part Two) – The Grand Union Canal to Kensal Green Cemetery

What a difference a few minutes makes in London. One moment I’m in scrubs infested by snakes in Saxon times. And the next, I’m on a canal from the industrial […]

15th December 201915th February 2020 caramelsalty Central London, From London

Highgate and Archway – Ghosts and Graves (Part Two)

When William the Conqueror does exactly what his title says and conquers England in 1066, he seizes property and land from the existing Saxon manors and landlords. He then gifts […]

5th November 20187th November 2018 caramelsalty From London, North London

Highgate and Archway – Ghosts and Graves (Part One)

A disillusioned young lad creeps out of the home of his wealthy master. Despite his hard labour, he is poorly paid and can no longer tolerate the beatings by the […]

2nd November 20187th November 2018 caramelsalty From London, North London

The South Bank (Part Three) – Blackfriars Bridge to Millennium Bridge

In 1715, bridges over the Thames were scarce. So an Irish actor named Thomas Doggett jumps on a river ferry to get him back to his residence in Chelsea. He […]

24th October 20181st November 2018 caramelsalty Central London, From London

The South Bank (Part One) – Westminster Bridge To Hungerford Bridge

1500 years pass before a second bridge is built over the Thames in central London. Until then, London Bridge is the solitary bridge on this side of town since the […]

10th October 20181st November 2018 caramelsalty Central London, From London

Walthamstow – Morris And The Wild, Wild, Wetlands

“How can I ask working-men passing up and down hideous streets day by day to care about beauty? ” asks Morris. Morris, whose father is one of the many City […]

23rd August 201824th August 2018 caramelsalty East London, From London

Walthamstow Village – Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

Its 1720. Mr Jacobson has just settled down in his elegant home in Walthamstow to read the latest headlines about the spectacular burst of the South Sea bubble. A wealthy […]

18th August 201824th August 2018 caramelsalty East London, From London

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