Telling tales about London's streets, buildings and most importantly the people that once lived here.
I've spent the last ten years compiling facts and stories which I use to give guided tours around the capital. Some of these stories don't always fit into the tours due to subject matter or time constraints, so I've started posting them in a blog which you can find at www.alondonmiscellany.com
along with all the information on my collection of self guided audio tours around the city.
The sad tale of an indomitable Polish Countess, her fight for survival during the war and her brutal murder on a London underground platform.
25 Mar 2024
The Monster of London
A rather strange tale about an imitation flower maker with a bizarre sexual peccadillo, a dozen or so ladies, many who are prone to fainting and a cowardly Fishmonger. I did say it was a strange tale.
19 Mar 2024
The God of love and the Policeman
This tale revolves around a Metropolitan CID officer who, as with many of his generation just got on with things and then went for a nice cup of tea.
19 Mar 2024
The Duke, his Magician and the windmill
This is a strange tale I found dating back to the 1620's concerning an unpopular Nobleman and a Jacobean "A" list celebrity. I warn you now, it's not going to end well.
19 Mar 2024
The Bridge of Sighs
Waterloo Bridge spans the River Thames in the heart of London. The predecessor of todays modern bridge had a rather macabre reputation during the Victorian era and was also the site of a tragic showbiz accident.
19 Mar 2024
Smash the pagan idol!
This is a rather bizarre tale of how a City of London church got it's rather peculiar name, and how a mob of unruly 16th century Apprentices disrupted the church's May Day celebrations
19 Mar 2024
Sorry, no fish today
Sadly, many architectural gems have been lost to the capital over the last century. This is a tale about a magnificent building, hailed as a wonder by the Victorians, but why was it demolished twenty five years after it opened?
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