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Admiralty Arch – a national treasure According to Channel 4 news, the government plans to sell Admiralty Arch in central London for up to £75m – part of a wider drive to get better value from its vast property estate. To say that this is a shock to my system would be an understatement. This is . . . → Read More: London’s Admiralty Arch up for sale???? BOW STREET – is the site of the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE!! Royal Opera House, Bow Street London it also features as one of the streets on the standard LONDON MONOPOLY board. The area around BOW STREET was developed by FRANCIS RUSSELL, 4th Earl of Bedford in the 1630′s. London 2012 Olympic Games – 366 days and 5 hours to go! And the winner is! – London!!! Cleopatra’s Needle; the popular name for the Ancient Egyptian obelisk re-erected on London’s Victoria Embankment. Although the needle is a genuine Ancient Egyptian obelisk, it is somewhat misnamed as it has no particular connection with Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and was already over a thousand years old in her lifetime. Cleopatra's Needle – Victoria . . . → Read More: one photo tour of London – Cleopatra’s Needle The view of a very Royal Wedding from the other side of the fence……….. Katie, Katie give me your answer true, I’m half crazy just for the love of you. the newly married couple; Duke and . . . → Read More: …from the other side of the fence …….and my daughter!!! As mentioned on a previous post, Saturday 23rd was my birthday and I had the joy of spending this special day with my daughter and enjoying a couple of adventures in London. one of my favourite views of the City of London; just a glimpse I slept over at my daughter’s house the night before and . . . → Read More: celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday…a walk with the Bard Today 21st April is our Queen’s birthday: Elizabeth II – The Queen was born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary aged 3 years The first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was third . . . → Read More: 21 April – Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth Anglo-Saxon • Gothic • Tudor • Elizabethan • Jacobean • Baroque • Queen Anne • Georgian • Victorian • Jacobethan • Edwardian • Bristol Byzantine If you are an architectural or Gothic enthusiast, then by golly your appetite will be slaked in London with a bountiful feast of historically significant churches and buildings…..almost too many to mention! In this . . . → Read More: historically significant churches and a Gothic cemetery in London ‘The Clink’ the prison that gave its name to all others. the 'clink' The Clink Prison Museum is built upon the original site of the Clink Prison and has a history with links to the Gunpowder Plot, Babbington Plot and many other major historical events. London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down; London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady!!! probably one of the world's most well known bridges; London Bridge And so goes the nursery rhyme - the origins of which are thought to be in 1014 when the Danes held control of the bridge and the city, or from two . . . → Read More: London Bridge is falling down………… |
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