Works in Heritage - always has done. Likes talking about heritage. And likes photography. Blogs - An Historier's Miscellany.
Bell-ringer, allotmenteer, father, works from home and occasionally in the City of London.
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The City of London. It just keeps on giving.
It's UK National Coffee Day. So, a little cup of 17th century coffee.
#London #History #Coffee #CityofLondon #Coffeehouses
https://anhistoriersmiscellany.com/2025/09/29/the-coffee-drink-of-the-17th-century/
Sunday morning read! As it is not the anniversary of the Great Fire of London, I decided to write about it, but not about the usual stuff we hear all the time...
The City this week... I'm making a photo log of the St Helen's Tower, aka, the Commercial Union Building, 1 Undershaft, the Dark Tower. It's coming down and has been empty for some time. Skaters were making the most of the open space in front, along with social media wannabies. But now the hoarding has gone up, painted black and "Hymacs" are found within the compound.
I love the shadows cast by the Lloyd's and WTW buildings.
Was in Cambridge this week, before the storm came. I felt like I had the place to myself.
I wrote this one a few years ago, when I was running a project on the Second World War, working with veterans and "Home-Front Babies". (I just made that term up).
#Christmas #SecondWorldWar #HomeFront #History
https://anhistoriersmiscellany.com/2024/12/16/wartime-christmas
