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The Coffee Drink of the 17th Century Coffee became fashinale in the late 17th century. What was it like?

It's UK National Coffee Day. So, here's a little cup of 17th Century coffee.

#Coffee #London #History #CityofLondon #coffeehouses

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The Great Fire of London: Hidden Perspectives and Impacts We all know about the Great Fire of London. But what about the other parts of the story that were unfolding before and after the Fire itself?

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...

#London #Fire #History #GreatFireofLondon #CityofLondon

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#SilentSunday

Yesterday in Aldgate.

#CherryBlossom #CityofLondon #FridayPhoto

Look up!

#fotomontag #photomonday #photography

The City this week. Making a photo log of St Helen's Tower, aka the Commercial Union Building, 1 Undershaft, & the Dark Tower. It's coming down, been empty for some time, hoarding gone up, & "Hymacs" replaced the skaters. Long shadows are cast by the Lloyd's & WTW buildings.
#Insurance #Photography

Was in Cambridge this week, before the storm came. It felt like I had the place to myself.

Happy New Year.

#Cambridge #Photography #Wellbeing

Mid Winter It’s that time of year again, the end of November, turning into December. As I write, it is less than a month from the winter solstice. Everything becomes greyer, the dark shadows expand, and corne…

I love this time of year. Not just Christmas, but mid-winter. The darkness, the shadows, the historic houses (I've worked in) at this time of the year. And I love the lights that come with it, around houses, on trees, lighting up stairs.

Merry Christmas "One and All."

#Midwinter #Christmas

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #CityofLondon #Bishopsgate

Wartime Christmas A Wartime Christmas.

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

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We're getting close to Mid-Winter.

#Winter #Solstice

An Historier's Miscellany A broad landscape of archaeology, history and heritage.

Dirty water, cholera, maps, stats and Dr John Snow. Snow's famous for the Broad Street Map of Soho, but he carried out another study that was far more compelling that proved the Mode of Communication of Cholera was water - the Grand Experiment.

#FridayRead #Cholera #Epidemiology #History #Archives

It's been cold and grey this week. I've even taken to wearing gloves.

#Commuting #CityofLondon #Grey #EC3

Aldgate at dusk.

#Aldgate #CityofLondon #Dusk #Photography

The 15th Century Ancestor. I almost spat my coffee across the train carriage when I saw my name in a 15th century manuscript.

I almost spat my tea across the train carriage when I saw my name in a document dating from December 1419.

#history #london #archaeology #familyhistory #weekendreading #archives #CityofLondon

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YouTube video by MagneticNorth71 A-ha Blue Sky

Whenever I'm on #Bluesky, I start singing this...

#Showingmyage #1980s

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To prove my earlier point about St. Paul's reflecting the mood the City of London, I took this in very low light, the Cathedral wasn't lit up, and on an antiquated Android phone, a few years ago. It was dark, cold and shadows lurked in all the alleyways.

#StPaulsCathedral #CityofLondon #Photgraphy

Old and new In Leadenhall Market.

#OldandNew #LeadenhallMarket #CityofLondon

Green Windows?

#WindowsFriday #FensterFreitag #CityofLondon

St Paul's last week (I chopped the steps off to take out the clutter). I love the way the cathedral reflects the mood of the day - this one being cold, bright and crisp.

#CityofLondon #Churches #Photography

Recently in Hammersmith.

#Hammersmith #NotesFoundinPuddles #Photography

Grey skies in the City last week. Cold as well.

#CityofLondon #Photogrpahy

I walk past this chap almost every morning. Something comforting about seeing him.

And you too.

I take photographs of walls A few years ago, I bravely decided to take some photographs of reused masonry in the south wall of Winchester Cathedral. There were some wonderful carvings and details, which I had intrigued me sin…

My first post on @bsky.app. Let's start with...

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#FirstPost #Photography #Walls