Bowl Of Chalk
@bowlofchalk.bsky.social
London walking tours ...mostly.
'Art Deco: poster design of the golden age', kicks off today at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. #transport #london #posterdesign
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
'Art Deco: poster design of the golden age', kicks off today at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. #transport #london #posterdesign
Seems like only 14 years ago I did my first #London #WalkingTour.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Seems like only 14 years ago I did my first #London #WalkingTour.
Lovely to meet @historyalice.bsky.social last night to discuss her new book #Eleanor @waterstones.bsky.social piccadilly.
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Lovely to meet @historyalice.bsky.social last night to discuss her new book #Eleanor @waterstones.bsky.social piccadilly.
June 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Love the #Spitalfields shutter holders.
May 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Love the #Spitalfields shutter holders.
When you're in #Whitby and discover the #London film you did the intro for is showing. #waterloosunsetdoc
April 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
When you're in #Whitby and discover the #London film you did the intro for is showing. #waterloosunsetdoc
Alexis Deacon's wonderful #Beegu has been adapted for the stage and on @unicorntheatre.bsky.social until 4th May. For kids aged 3-7. #AlexisDeacon
March 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Alexis Deacon's wonderful #Beegu has been adapted for the stage and on @unicorntheatre.bsky.social until 4th May. For kids aged 3-7. #AlexisDeacon
March 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On #InternationalWomensDay you might like to check out @naomiclifford.bsky.social who writes about an unfortunately endless subject ...the forgotten women of history. www.naomiclifford.com
Naomi Clifford: Telling the stories of forgotten women in history
True-life stories of women from history. Books: Women and the Gallows, The Murder of Mary Ashford, The Disappearance of Maria Glenn. Podcast: The Door.
www.naomiclifford.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
On #InternationalWomensDay you might like to check out @naomiclifford.bsky.social who writes about an unfortunately endless subject ...the forgotten women of history. www.naomiclifford.com
The Women of WW2 memorial is one of my favourite memorials in London, a labour of love for Betty Boothroyd, the UKs first ever (and only) female speaker of the House of Commons. #internationalwomensday
March 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Women of WW2 memorial is one of my favourite memorials in London, a labour of love for Betty Boothroyd, the UKs first ever (and only) female speaker of the House of Commons. #internationalwomensday
February 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
February 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Had walk past a house on Queen Anne's Gate in #Westminster hundreds of times, but only last week noticed this bell on the gate for 'servants'.
February 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Had walk past a house on Queen Anne's Gate in #Westminster hundreds of times, but only last week noticed this bell on the gate for 'servants'.
Was lucky enough to attend a carol concert @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social in December. There was a reception in the crypt afterwards and when we left, it was deserted. Magical. #stpaulscathedral
February 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Was lucky enough to attend a carol concert @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social in December. There was a reception in the crypt afterwards and when we left, it was deserted. Magical. #stpaulscathedral
February 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In 1579 a huge 4-storey building was erected on Old #London Bridge that had been made in Holland in bits, shipped over and pegged together. It was called 'Nonsuch House' because there had been nonsuch house like it ...thought to be the first pre-fabricated building in the world.
January 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In 1579 a huge 4-storey building was erected on Old #London Bridge that had been made in Holland in bits, shipped over and pegged together. It was called 'Nonsuch House' because there had been nonsuch house like it ...thought to be the first pre-fabricated building in the world.
As well as Fun London Facts I've got a little #thenandnow series using old #London postcards. This is #6 featuring the view from #FleetStreet up to #StPaulsCathedral on a postcard sent in 1903. youtube.com/shorts/0Xk-j...
A London postard sent in 1903.
YouTube video by Bowl of Chalk
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January 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
As well as Fun London Facts I've got a little #thenandnow series using old #London postcards. This is #6 featuring the view from #FleetStreet up to #StPaulsCathedral on a postcard sent in 1903. youtube.com/shorts/0Xk-j...
The only surviving wooden prototype of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's iconic red #telephonebox, still in the same place it was installed in 1924 in the entrance to Burlington House on #Piccadilly home of the #RoyalAcademyofArts.
January 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The only surviving wooden prototype of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's iconic red #telephonebox, still in the same place it was installed in 1924 in the entrance to Burlington House on #Piccadilly home of the #RoyalAcademyofArts.
Very nice write up of my walking tours in @thetimes.com today. #travel www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...
I thought I knew the East End — but these secrets surprised even me
Slums, street art and Shakespeare — not to mention murder — are all part of the hidden history of London’s Spitalfields and Shoreditch revealed on this witty walking tour
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Very nice write up of my walking tours in @thetimes.com today. #travel www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...
On this day in 1895, the #NationalTrust was formed to protect places of historic interest and natural beauty in England. A small park in South east London was instrumental in the organisations' formation; a park I have greatly benefitted from myself and still do.
youtube.com/shorts/KBvGs...
youtube.com/shorts/KBvGs...
How did this SE London park help spearhead the National Trust?
YouTube video by Bowl of Chalk
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January 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
On this day in 1895, the #NationalTrust was formed to protect places of historic interest and natural beauty in England. A small park in South east London was instrumental in the organisations' formation; a park I have greatly benefitted from myself and still do.
youtube.com/shorts/KBvGs...
youtube.com/shorts/KBvGs...
This day in 1863 Londoners became the first public in the world to ride a train underground, going the short distance from Paddington to Farringdon. #travel
January 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This day in 1863 Londoners became the first public in the world to ride a train underground, going the short distance from Paddington to Farringdon. #travel
Opening night last night of 'In Attendance' by the Roberts Institute of Art at the amazing #FitzroviaChapel. On until the 9th Feb.
January 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Opening night last night of 'In Attendance' by the Roberts Institute of Art at the amazing #FitzroviaChapel. On until the 9th Feb.