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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]