A LONDON MISCELLANY
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Covers random musings concerning London it's streets, buildings, people and history.
A LONDON MISCELLANY
6d ago
Today’s post is a rather unseasonal one, prompted by some photo album housekeeping. No wonder I hadn’t found it during December as the photo that inspires the piece was tucked away in a sub folder. So just in case your thoughts this week have turned to what you might have for this years Christmas dinner, this might be helpful.
Harts of Smithfield, a wholesale Butchers in Smithfield Market was once the site of a Christmas tradition, which goes back about a hundred or so years. Every Christmas eve it was the venue for possibly one of the most boisterous auctions you’ve ever witnessed as large ..read more
A LONDON MISCELLANY
1w ago
Six Word Saturday
Simpsons Tavern 38 1/2 Cornhill
Simpsons was (and possibly might still be) the oldest remaining Chop House in the City of London. Established in 1757 it continued to serve traditional plane, but well cooked fare from it’s premises at the strangely numbered thirty eight and a half Cornhill. It was forced to close if you believe all the hype surrounding it’s closure by an unscrupulous landlord who wants to redevelop the site. In an area much written about by the great novelist, it’s a rather Dickensian story ..read more
A LONDON MISCELLANY
1w ago
History will have many instances of people who possibly from birth have been groomed to hold a lofty position within society. They go to the right schools meet the right people and in most cases do the right things to see them reach the pinnacle of their chosen sphere where they sit back and think “life is good“.
Sir Thomas Bludworth
However, occasionally at the very point of their success situations conspire to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and their tenure in the position is fraught with mishap and mistakes that even though they continue on blight their legacy. I can think of one su ..read more