Gobbets of the week!

Here are the top 10 gobbets of London history that caught our eye this week:

1. A handy decision map to London’s museums and galleries.

 

2. Sifting through the stories about the London Stone.

3. The remarkable story of the Coronation Chair.

 

4. Privatised London: the Thames Walk path that resembles a prison corridor.

5. 42 old English insults.

6. Delightful 1985 film on Spitalfields conservation.

 

7. Manoeuvring London’s streets in the Regency era.

8. Lee Jackson’s lovely ‘Missing London‘ photo e-book.

 

9. Teddy Girls in London, 1955.

10. Henry Mayhew’s street traders.

Gobbets of the week!

Here are the top ten gobbets of London history that caught our eye this week:

1. The hill of bones: the story of Bunhill Fields.

 

2. The top 20 London blue plaques for influential women.

3. Hanging pirates at Execution Dock, Wapping.

4. Fourth Plinth: goodbye Hahn, hello Gift Horse!

 

5. Piccadilly Circus uncovered!

6. Pancake recipes from 1769.

7. The 12 year old Elizabeth’s letter to Catherine Parr.

8. A view of London from 1860s Japan.

 

9. Why the world needs Collectors.

10. A London tour: Macarons & Mews!