Steve Plumb
@squaremileguide.bsky.social
An accredited Tour Guide providing tours of London by licensed taxi; also bespoke walking tours in the City of London. Liveryman & Past Master Parish Clerk.
Bow Lane in the City of London.
Edward Clark 1946.
Edward Clark 1946.
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Bow Lane in the City of London.
Edward Clark 1946.
Edward Clark 1946.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social We were at Lothers last evening for the retirement party of our verger and buildings manager of thirty-three years (!!!), Cliff Radmore. As we walked past Founders' Court, this dropped into my head :)
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social We were at Lothers last evening for the retirement party of our verger and buildings manager of thirty-three years (!!!), Cliff Radmore. As we walked past Founders' Court, this dropped into my head :)
Thanks Mathew.
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Thanks Mathew.
Last evening at Cadogan Hall, which is in Chelsea SW3.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Last evening at Cadogan Hall, which is in Chelsea SW3.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
The eve of St Martin's Day.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The eve of St Martin's Day.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
This.
Esoteric example of the Custom of London in practice: William Beale and George Bassett are Merchant Taylors but their actual occupation is 'trading and dealing for Orenges, Lemons, and Onyons'. Never assume an early modern Londoner actually practices the trade they're a member of!
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This.
Reposted by Steve Plumb
Good morning. Next week's theme will be London at War.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Good morning. Next week's theme will be London at War.
The Racing tipster of the Morning Star is named 'Farringdon'. A nod to the paper's former home on Farringdon Road.
My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
hatfulofhistory.com/2014/11/07/h...
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Racing tipster of the Morning Star is named 'Farringdon'. A nod to the paper's former home on Farringdon Road.
Also mentioned was the late Noel Mander, organ builder, Liveryman of the Musicians' Company and Past Master Parish Clerk. NM was Parish Clerk at St Leonard Shoreditch, where my Father's parents were married.
A great article this morning on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme re the late Sir Bernard Lovell; astronomer and... Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He was still on the Court when I joined the Company thirty-one years ago.
A superb church organist.
A superb church organist.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Also mentioned was the late Noel Mander, organ builder, Liveryman of the Musicians' Company and Past Master Parish Clerk. NM was Parish Clerk at St Leonard Shoreditch, where my Father's parents were married.
A great article this morning on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme re the late Sir Bernard Lovell; astronomer and... Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He was still on the Court when I joined the Company thirty-one years ago.
A superb church organist.
A superb church organist.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A great article this morning on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme re the late Sir Bernard Lovell; astronomer and... Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He was still on the Court when I joined the Company thirty-one years ago.
A superb church organist.
A superb church organist.
Unusually, I shall not be at the LMS this year. I need to play Saturday catch-up.
Tomorrow is the Lady Mayor's show!
To celebrate we're showing a small snippet of 'A full and regulated panoramic view of the military procession of the Lord Mayor's Show' publish in 1865.
The images are woodcuts with black and coloured ink.
To celebrate we're showing a small snippet of 'A full and regulated panoramic view of the military procession of the Lord Mayor's Show' publish in 1865.
The images are woodcuts with black and coloured ink.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Unusually, I shall not be at the LMS this year. I need to play Saturday catch-up.
The Lady Mayor's Show will soon be upon us. As will my Birthday. This is "my" time of year.
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Lady Mayor's Show will soon be upon us. As will my Birthday. This is "my" time of year.
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
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'Gas Lamp, Goodwin's Court, Bedfordbury End' by Jack Russell
jackrussell.co.uk
jackrussell.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
'Gas Lamp, Goodwin's Court, Bedfordbury End' by Jack Russell
jackrussell.co.uk
jackrussell.co.uk
Last evening's book-launch at Stationers' Hall by Profile Books of 'The City Unlocked: London Livery Companies from wool to digital'. Presentations by authors Helen Esmonde and Margaret Willes.
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Last evening's book-launch at Stationers' Hall by Profile Books of 'The City Unlocked: London Livery Companies from wool to digital'. Presentations by authors Helen Esmonde and Margaret Willes.
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
Reposted by Steve Plumb
Frank Lloyd Wright does beer:
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Frank Lloyd Wright does beer:
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Good to see the Arms of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks being emblazoned in the Bill heading.
You never know what you'll find in Skoob! This one is coming with me to be added to my Champion bookcase (mostly books he owned, not wrote!)
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Good to see the Arms of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks being emblazoned in the Bill heading.
*THE* Green Park, if you please.
'Green Park' (1947) by Robert A. Buhler
(Royal Academy of Arts)
(Royal Academy of Arts)
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
*THE* Green Park, if you please.
Well on the way to having bookcases installed. Will save so much space. Not cheap, but I'm excited already.
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Well on the way to having bookcases installed. Will save so much space. Not cheap, but I'm excited already.
Me twelve years ago. I was playing in a house trio in Finchley, North London. Had coffee with the Pianist this morning. I'm not at all sure whether I will get back to the drums. Never say never ...
Blurred and out of focus. Standard :)
Blurred and out of focus. Standard :)
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Me twelve years ago. I was playing in a house trio in Finchley, North London. Had coffee with the Pianist this morning. I'm not at all sure whether I will get back to the drums. Never say never ...
Blurred and out of focus. Standard :)
Blurred and out of focus. Standard :)
I meet old friends about twice per year for Dinner. This time we will be at some sort of steak restaurant in the City. I am anticipating way too much noise for my liking, PLUS the ubiquitous muzak, which no-one listens to.
I am intrigued by the map which the restaurant has on its website. I like ..
I am intrigued by the map which the restaurant has on its website. I like ..
October 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I meet old friends about twice per year for Dinner. This time we will be at some sort of steak restaurant in the City. I am anticipating way too much noise for my liking, PLUS the ubiquitous muzak, which no-one listens to.
I am intrigued by the map which the restaurant has on its website. I like ..
I am intrigued by the map which the restaurant has on its website. I like ..
Well, it's certainly up there.
Is this the best street name sign in London? On the corner of the London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine, from my post on the building and institution at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well, it's certainly up there.
Why have I never noticed this ?
111 Strand – A Street Map In Portland Stone
at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Why have I never noticed this ?
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There’s no evidence, as far as I’m aware, that Chaucer himself was a Vintner - but his father, grandfather, and other relatives certainly were. One of our treasures is a 1352 deed for the site of the hall that names John Chaucer as a witness
October 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
There’s no evidence, as far as I’m aware, that Chaucer himself was a Vintner - but his father, grandfather, and other relatives certainly were. One of our treasures is a 1352 deed for the site of the hall that names John Chaucer as a witness