Bollards have a history richer than most objects placed upon the pavement and we can easily find some from the earlier part of the 19th Century. Friday, 10 June 2016.

DEPTFORD - LONDON - BRITTANY - RANDOM BITS OF HISTORY. Deptford Power Station, 1912. Saturday, 17 March 2018. It looks like a momentary exposure, while work is carried out, but similar photos were taken over a year ago. So work must be progressing slowly. There is very little information online about this company, but they were the distributors for Ajax calculators.

Monday, July 23, 2012. Where do I belong? What is my purpose? Knowing where I fit in and what I am supposed to do is important to my sanity.

Saturday, 2 March 2013. This blog was mainly about my time living in Madrid and my return to London in 2010. I will not be updating or adding to it from March 2013. I have started a new blog to focus more on my creative life at peckhampoet.

General musings and mindless chitchat from the beginning of my Spanish adventure, to the present. Sunday, 2 October 2016. Inaugural visit to the house with no name. Cathy and I have owned our place in Blanca for just under two months, and finally the time came for us to head out there and refamiliarise ourselves with the house and to properly investigate our new local area.

Haunt London will will run regular walks and talks about London history, folklore, thought and lives. Tuesday, 1 April 2014. May Day in South London and the Jack in the Green. 96 Snowsfields, London Bridge, London SE1 3SS. Come hear of London customs and celebrations and protest from Sarah Crofts of the Fowlers Troop. Dave Aylward of Fowlers Troop and Blurt.

Of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich has what is considered one of most impressive and important baroque interiors in Europe. Originally built at the instigation of Queen Mary II, it formed part of the Royal Hospital for Seamen which was intended to offer care to sailors invalided out of the navy. The Hospital was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor, and was built on the site of the Palace of Placentia.

Thursday, October 02, 2014. Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet at The Playhouse Theatre. At the Duchess Theatre recently. Come the interval, though, I was retracing my steps up Northumberland Avenue. I talked myself round, and went back just in time to get a black coffee before the second half.