Quality guided London walks by & for those who #LoveLondon delivered with care, professionalism, insight and enthusiasm. @footprintsldn - Where Londoners Walk
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Thanks for another year's great @Tripadvisor reviews. Visit footprintsoflondon.com for more great London walks. We're different as we're owned by our qualified guides who research & conduct their own tours @rob_s_smith @Capitalwalks @MarilynGreene10 @WWalks @stepsinthecity
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He was a housebreaker and thief, but thief-taker/cop Jonathan Wild was much worse. Jack escaped from prisons 4 times and helped partner Bess escape too. The Life of Jack Sheppard: From Gin Lane to the Fatal Tree eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-life-…
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The is great – Old Street in London, a few years after Hoxton had started to take off.
Nelson pub on the left, up ahead the Bricklayer's and Barely Mow pubs. Plus clubs like the 333 and the Blue Note, home of Bloodsugar, Metalheadz.
Suddenly, "it" was all about east London.
The legacy of the East India Company continues today: it gave us parks, street names, grand houses, & of course, the docks. It's the subject of one of this week's in person and virtual walks bookable at footprintsoflondon.com @rob_s_smith @Mad_AboutLondon
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London guide Laura Agustin (aka the Naked Anthropologist) leads a walk Sat 14 Nov entitled "The Life of Jack Sheppard: From Gin Lane to the Fatal Tree". Bookings⬇️
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London guide Laura Agustin (aka the Naked Anthropologist) leads a walk on Sun 29 Nov entitled "The Way to Botany Bay: Sentenced to Transportation". Bookings⬇️
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People to be hanged at Tyburn were led there in a procession from Newgate prison, the ritual including a final drink at an inn on the way. This week we explore part of that "last pub crawl". Book this & other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @rob_s_smith @Mad_AboutLondon
People to be hanged at Tyburn were led there in a procession from Newgate prison, the ritual including a final drink at an inn on the way. This week we explore part of that "last pub crawl". Book this & other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @rob_s_smith @Mad_AboutLondon
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Great walks this weekend from footprintsoflondon.com explore modernist #Hampstead, Elstree's classic films studios, Chelsea and more @rob_s_smith @MarilynGreene10 @Mad_AboutLondon
Nobody would design the Northern Line the way it is. Starting off as two separate lines they merged in the 1920s & then extended. Join @StephensLDN to hear its fascinating story on a virtual walk tonight. Book this and other great #londonwalks at footprintsoflondon.com
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#PubFrontFriday Well, that's handy! This 'on this day' snap just popped up on my phone. The last outpost of civilization before boarding the Tube at Temple Station. The Cheshire Cheese in Little Essex Street. A proper pub and a secret escape...
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The Mayfair that inspired Ian Fleming, London's Little Italy and suffragettes in the city. 3 great #London walks this Saturday from footprintsoflondon.com @Capitalwalks @rob_s_smith @Mad_AboutLondon #007
The Mayfair that inspired Ian Fleming, London's Little Italy and suffragettes in the city. 3 great #London walks this Saturday from footprintsoflondon.com @Capitalwalks @rob_s_smith @Mad_AboutLondon #007
London was the focus for suffragette protests before World War 1 - rocked by arson attempts, hunger strikes & huge demonstrations. Join @Capitalwalks this weekend to discover more about the movement in #London Book this & other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @rob_s_smith
London's group of Royal Docks were once the world's largest enclosed body of water. Now undergoing redevelopment, they're still an imposing site. Join @rob_s_smith for a virtual walk on Tuesday to discover their fascinating history footprintsoflondon.com @Mad_AboutLondon
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The Suffragette Line owes its name to Annie Huggett of #Barking. On Sunday join @capitalwalks to discover more of its reformers, a medieval abbey, its once huge fishing fleet & today’s regeneration. This & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @Mad_AboutLondon @rob_s_smith
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The mayor of London has officially opened the UK's first cinema dedicated to black and African filmmaking, in south London.
The venue, in Nine Elms, brings together film, food, fashion, art and music under one roof, celebrating black culture and creativity.
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Some young Black Britons who came on this walk were stunned to see sites of the 1981 uprising/fury/riots. Where their grandparents had stood. Surrounded by other forms of cultural resistance from blacks, gays, latinos. Walk the streets Sat 10 Oct. eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-whi…
