A London Inheritance
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Exploring London's history starting with my father's photos from 1946, to the present day.
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Today's new post: Exploring the story of the Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today's new post: Exploring the story of the Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
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Not long after I left school, in the late 70s I worked in the admin (personnel) dept for Merseyside Fire Brigade, and the Firefighters still took courses to earn the title "Merryweather Turntable Ladder Operator", so this photo and story fascinated me as I had no idea of the history of Merryweather!
The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not long after I left school, in the late 70s I worked in the admin (personnel) dept for Merseyside Fire Brigade, and the Firefighters still took courses to earn the title "Merryweather Turntable Ladder Operator", so this photo and story fascinated me as I had no idea of the history of Merryweather!
Today’s new post: Exploring the wonderful Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today’s new post: Exploring the wonderful Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History at alondoninheritance.com
Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Union Chapel, Islington – Live Music and a Nonconformist History. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
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The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The story of the first East Ham Fire Station and Fire Brigade, from a time when the service recruited only ex seamen and naval personnel as the Brigade was run on Naval discipline and familiarity of climbing rigging and working at heights, more at alondoninheritance.com/london-histo...
Exploring Whitecross Street- a historic street just north of the Barbican and once the site of a debtors prison. More in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...
Whitecross Street - Sunday 31st May, 1953 - A London Inheritance
Whitecross Street is a historic street between Old Street and the Barbican. Site of Whitecross Street Prison for debtors and today public art
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November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Exploring Whitecross Street- a historic street just north of the Barbican and once the site of a debtors prison. More in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-stree...
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The Middlesex Guildhall, built between 1906 and 1913. Once the home of Middlesex County Council and Quarter Sessions, the building is now home to the Supreme Court, from my post on 3 very different London buildings at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Middlesex Guildhall, built between 1906 and 1913. Once the home of Middlesex County Council and Quarter Sessions, the building is now home to the Supreme Court, from my post on 3 very different London buildings at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
The Middlesex Guildhall, built between 1906 and 1913. Once the home of Middlesex County Council and Quarter Sessions, the building is now home to the Supreme Court, from my post on 3 very different London buildings at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Middlesex Guildhall, built between 1906 and 1913. Once the home of Middlesex County Council and Quarter Sessions, the building is now home to the Supreme Court, from my post on 3 very different London buildings at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...
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St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps - todays new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps - todays new post at alondoninheritance.com
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St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps - todays new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps - todays new post at alondoninheritance.com
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
St Martin in the Fields and Historical maps of Southwark and City Ward Maps. Today’s new post at alondoninheritance.com
In 1977 I took some photos of the Globe in Borough Market, from my post exploring the area at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/t...
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
In 1977 I took some photos of the Globe in Borough Market, from my post exploring the area at alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/t...
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The 1861 Great Fire at London Bridge that led to the death of a key person in the formation of professional fire fighting in London, more in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The 1861 Great Fire at London Bridge that led to the death of a key person in the formation of professional fire fighting in London, more in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...
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London with a Leica - film photography using an old camera explored in my post at
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October 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
London with a Leica - film photography using an old camera explored in my post at
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The 1861 Great Fire at London Bridge that led to the death of a key person in the formation of professional fire fighting in London, more in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The 1861 Great Fire at London Bridge that led to the death of a key person in the formation of professional fire fighting in London, more in my post at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...
London with a Leica - film photography using an old camera explored in my post at
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October 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
London with a Leica - film photography using an old camera explored in my post at
alondoninheritance.com/london-photo...
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Jubilee Gardens, July 1979 and the World’s Longest Safety Poster, from my post on the story of the gardens at alondoninheritance.com/london-parks...
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Jubilee Gardens, July 1979 and the World’s Longest Safety Poster, from my post on the story of the gardens at alondoninheritance.com/london-parks...
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Crow Stone, London Stone and an Estuary Airport. History on the Thames estuary explored at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/c...
October 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Crow Stone, London Stone and an Estuary Airport. History on the Thames estuary explored at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/c...
Crow Stone, London Stone and an Estuary Airport. History on the Thames estuary explored at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/c...
October 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Crow Stone, London Stone and an Estuary Airport. History on the Thames estuary explored at alondoninheritance.com/the-thames/c...
Fleet Street seen from the top of a bus at Ludgate Circus, in today's new post "London Rebuilt - 1897 to 1926" at alondoninheritance.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Fleet Street seen from the top of a bus at Ludgate Circus, in today's new post "London Rebuilt - 1897 to 1926" at alondoninheritance.com
Carlton Hotel and Kinnaird House, Haymarket and Pall Mall from today’s new post London Rebuilt 1897 – 1927. A Snapshot of an Ever Changing City at alondoninheritance.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Carlton Hotel and Kinnaird House, Haymarket and Pall Mall from today’s new post London Rebuilt 1897 – 1927. A Snapshot of an Ever Changing City at alondoninheritance.com
London Rebuilt 1897 – 1927. A Snapshot of an Ever Changing City. Today’s new post at
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October 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
London Rebuilt 1897 – 1927. A Snapshot of an Ever Changing City. Today’s new post at
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St Giles Cripplegate and Red Cross Street Fire Station. Exploring the area in my father’s 1947 photo at alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcit...
St Giles Cripplegate and Red Cross Street Fire Station - A London Inheritance
The blitz destroyed the streets now built over by the Barbican estate. St Giles Cripplegate survived but Red Cross Street fire station was lost in the 1960s
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October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
St Giles Cripplegate and Red Cross Street Fire Station. Exploring the area in my father’s 1947 photo at alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcit...