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Art of the London Blitz: bomb sites painted by Ernest Borough Johnson
Bombed City of London churches and Guildhall through the eyes of an artist in the 1940s. St Paul's Cathedral by Ernest Borough Johnson...
London On The Ground
Aug 305 min read
The London Silver Vaults: Chancery Lane’s dazzling open secret
A glittering 'Aladdin’s cave' hidden under an office building houses the world’s largest silverware market. The London Silver Vaults In...
London On The Ground
Aug 167 min read
Hubert Pragnell’s bombed City of London after World War II
Unpublished drawings of St Paul’s and Blitz-damaged Wren churches in the 1950s and 1960s. St Paul's Cathedral and St Nicholas Cole Abbey,...
London On The Ground
Jul 126 min read
St Mary Aldermanbury: Wren church, Churchill (and me)
A small City of London park with a rich history surprised me with a link to my past. St Mary Aldermanbury Garden St Mary Aldermanbury...
London On The Ground
Jun 145 min read
The Cenotaph: Lutyens' simple but enduring design
Lutyens' 102 year old Empty Tomb remains the centre of national Remembrance. The Monument to the Women of World War II stands nearby....
London On The Ground
Nov 11, 20225 min read
Wall to wall: Britannia Row, Pink Floyd & the City of London
A quiet Islington side street tells of urbanisation, social history, post war reconstruction - and two walls. Britannia Row is a quiet...
London On The Ground
Mar 16, 202215 min read
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