London tales and stories

Want to know more about quirky London stuff, see inside museums, discover less well-known parts of the capital? Why not follow my blog at www.stuffaboutlondon.co.uk? You can see excerpts from the most recent half a dozen posts below, but there are well over 100 more on the website.

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  • I blush as I write this, but in over 40 years in London, yesterday was the first time I’ve ever bought anything in Old Compton […] The post The Algerian Coffee Stores – caffeinating London since 1887 first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • When yu have sought the Citty Round, Yet still this is the highest Ground. August the 27 1688 Step out of the tube at St Paul’s […] The post The Mysterious Panyer Boy of St Paul’s first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • So why does a statue of colonial rebel George Washington lord it over Trafalgar Square? And why is there also a bust of the first […] The post George Washington – one of the greatest Englishmen who ever lived first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • On the railings outside the Coram charity’s HQ in Bloomsbury is a white children’s mitten. Or, rather, what appears to be a child’s mitten, because […] The post Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • There is an ancient hut in the centre of Soho Square, a half-timbered affair with beams that sag and bow. It gives the impression of […] The post Soho Square, Ancient and Modern(ish) first appeared on Stuff About London.
  • In Brunswick Gardens, a stone’s throw from the Coram foundation, is one of the ‘Great Trees of London‘, a huge, and 230 year old, London […] The post The London Plane – our very own tree first appeared on Stuff About London.