Exploring one of the world's greatest cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ssbFKLzJ4&t=5s James Greenacre was one of 19th century London’s most notorious murderers. The story behind his gruesome crime begins on the Regent’s Canal, which was built between 1812 and 1820 as a means of linking the Grand Union Canal to the River Thames. Route of the Regent’s Canal on an 1840s map of London A…
1960s London was truly swinging; an exciting place where music and fashion thrived. In this post, I’ll be sharing a number of music videos which were all shot in 1960s London. Even though the medium was still in its infancy during this era there are still some cracking promos to discover! London, 1967 This collection is…
Believed to have developed amongst market traders and petty criminals in the mid-19th century, Cockney Rhyming Slang is one of London’s most famous quirks and, although not as widely heard as it once was, this fun and playful language remains an important aspect of the city’s character. As a companion to my earlier A-Z Guide of…
80 years ago, on the night of 29 December 1940, a photograph of St Paul’s Cathedral was taken as it towered above smoke and flames. It would prove to be one of the most iconic images of London ever captured. Christmas 1940 The Battle of Britain had been raging since July 1940. As the weeks…
Welcome to this festive special in which I’ll be taking you on a tour of the sites in London connected with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I have also compiled a video version of this tour for the robslondon YouTube Channel which can be viewed below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl4bPj8jjrg During his celebrated career, Charles Dickens wrote a…
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on establishing a YouTube channel to accompany this website. The videos featured will focus on London’s history and hidden stories. The channel- Robslondon– is now available! There are currently two videos up and running- ‘The Man who Mended Faces‘ and ‘London’s Monolith‘- which you can also…
