: ' london’s toilets'
Toilet Caper
ondon’s lost loos, were until the 1950s famous the world over, these magnificent Victorian edifices, both decorative as well as functional, were built in the first place simply that the government saw them as essential to [...]
Goldilocks Hotels are just right
The ignominy, being thrown out of a hotel for the second time; it happened to me last week quite unexpectedly. The hotel in question, which uses Scotland’s national flower for its trademark, has decided that cabbies [...]
100 years down the drain
Readers of a delicate disposition should log off now for today’s post is about well . . . spending a penny. With a surname like Crapper you would have thought another choice of vocation would have [...]
An In-Convenience Truth
Westminster Council who aspires to become the most anti-social borough in London must be fearful that it is in danger of losing its ranking. For not content with pursuing a regime of traffic enforcement that the [...]
The Human Lavatory
Gentle reader one day you will come, as I have now, to a time in your life when finding a toilet becomes not a distraction but a necessity. London loos, until the 1950s, were famous the [...]
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The Knowledge: Train Your Brain Like A London Cabbie by Robert Lordan
Cabbie Robert Lordan has written his first book, taking readers inside the extraordinary mind of the cabbie. The 50 beautifully mapped and illustrated routes show the streets and landmarks, notes on their hidden histories and popular associations, with sections allowing the reader to test their memory on these routes. The introduction discusses the history and science of The Knowledge and guides to memory-training techniques used by London’s cabbies.
London Links
London's top secret tower
Because of this blog I have been fortunate enough to have been invited
London's top secret tower
When I was young I had a hand-me-down large size book about London lan
The Angel
Once a year my mother would drag me 'up west' for shopping and as reco
The Angel
Tigger and I live at the Angel. London Underground gave the station th
13 Survivors
I couldn't find a link to The Intimate Review, but thanks for the comm