Leyton probably doesn't have three wise men but we do have the Orient - Merry Xmas #lofc

One Xmas tradition we'd all like to get rid of - 1829 satire of a young blood locked up after assaulting a #London policeman, awaiting bail on #Christmas Day

Old #CoventGarden Market at #Xmas 1825 ; view from beneath the tiled roof of a stall, stacked with baskets of fruit, a man with a pair of scales, a woman nursing a baby, another kneeling over a stove #London

Some fun under the mistletoe in #London December 1796 as 'romp loving miss is handled about' in a rather unseemly fashion by the local swain #Xmas

Gillray satire on the perils of excess at #Xmas, #London December 20th 1801 I don't want to dampen the festive spirit but this could be you by Boxing Day

Remember that #Xmas is a time for family - which can include the painful distant relatives who may intrude on your peace and serenity - such as this bloke polluting a gathering in #London, December 20th 1795 #HappyChristmas

Greetings All Here’s an Xmas card image for all those Duke of #Wellington obsessed historians like me.

1/9 You are cordially invited to a typical Christmas Party in #London (1876)

Christmas Boxes - London 1794 1/4 This miser decides not to give a gift on the grounds that his visitor already has too much meat on him

A traditional English Christmas 1/4 Four scenes from London c.1750 which may resonate with how we celebrate Xmas today We begin on Christmas Eve morning where a gentleman stands outside his porch handing a tip to a man whilst his servant carries off two large birds and a hare

'Fetching in the lines', fisherwoman Lizzie Alice Hawksfield, Whitby, late 19th century, photo by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941).

Please help SAVE TAYLORS BUTTONS, Maureen Rose's legendary shop in Cleveland St. They will shut in November forever unless they can pay their rent arrears from the Covid lockdowns: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...

I am giving an illustrated lecture of Spitalfields & Whitechapel in Old Photographs on Thursday 16th October at 7pm at the Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Tickets shorturl.at/I0Ywf

Where’s Trump? Enjoying manning the cannon at beautiful #Quebec City today.

Excellent to spend the evening with my old friend @rorycj.bsky.social for @wansteadfringe.bsky.social chatting about #sophiefromromania, Parkinson’s, and that other place

My talk on the Lost Children of Wanstead House went off very well! @wansteadfringe

lovely glimpse of what I think must be hand-made paper bags in this famous Scharf painting of 1820s Covent Garden

This calling card of John Child, 2nd Earl Tylney - exiled in Naples after a homosexual scandal at #Wanstead House c.1770 adopts fascinatingly reversed 'N'. I am wondering if he used this socially as a form of coded confirmation of his sexuality to others. Any thoughts?

'Outside 17B', Tollington Park, Finsbury Park (2012) by Liam Devereux liamdevereux.co.uk/shop 👤: @liamdevereux.co.uk

If you liked Geraldine Robert’s’ The Angel and the Cad this talk will reveal what happened to the children of tragic #Wanstead House heiress Catherine Tylney-Long (Wellesley)

TICKETS AVAILABLE SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST. Join me for a ramble through 2000 years of culture and history at the heart of old London followed by tea and cakes served in a 300-year-old house overlooking Christ Church, Spitalfields. thegentleauthorstours.com/p/booking

Whatever happened to the last family born at Wanstead House? Find out via my @wansteadfringe talk at #Wanstead Cricket Club on Tuesday 16th September 7-30pm wansteadfringe.org/event/the-unto…

New profile pic, new season, new us #WansteadFringe #Fringe www.wansteadfringe.com Starts 6th September 2025.

📖 Words by The Angel and the Cad author Geraldine Roberts 🎻 Music by internationally-renowned Anastasia Nikki Forova 🔥 Culminating in an open-air beneath the stars Be part of a night where history lives,music soars, and Catherine’s spirit shines again! 🎶 wansteadfringe.org/event/house-...

House of Scandal! A tribute to heiress Catherine. An evening of storytelling, music and community at St Mary’s Church commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of Catherine Long-Wellesley whose fortune was squandered by a rogue husband. 📅 12th Sept 7:30-9:30pm 📍St Mary’s Church, Wanstead

1/3 Ludgate Prison A view of the ruins of Ludgate Prison #London (1819). Closed just a few years earlier this niche prison tended to incarcerate merchants and tradesmen who had fallen into debt

Sometimes #London never changes: Two views of St Martin Ludgate Church, on the north side of Ludgate Street, looking towards St Paul's Cathedral - left hand print is from 1812

St Thomas' Hospital #Southwark c.1840 - demolished & relocated to #Lambeth 1862 making way for Charing Cross Viaduct

A very rural looking Millbank at the Horse Ferry looking across the river Thames towards #Lambeth Palace; with a cobbled quayside and a wooden building in with man sitting out front to collect fares #London c.1790

House of the Tradescants south #Lambeth by John Wykeham Archer (1845) #London

The Gate of Lambeth Palace, by John Wykeham Archer (1841) pictured during the weekly dole - when the poor of the parish queued up to receive leftovers from dinners held in the Great Hall - says a lot about the hypocrisy of the established church #Lambeth #London

A painting exhibition in the Guard Room at Lambeth Palace in #London, by John Wykeham Archer (1841)

The stair case of Lollards Tower (nowadays the Water Tower) at Lambeth Palace by John Wykeham Archer (1841) - originally built c.1435 and for many years used as a prison

A view of recently constructed Royal Cobourg Theatre in #Lambeth, January 14th 1819 - The foundation stone was laid by tragic Princess Charlotte of Wales, and it was subsequently renamed The Old Vic after the princess who ultimately took her place as Queen of Britain

Photograph of Captain William Bligh's tomb in St Mary's Church, #Lambeth, #London taken by Robert A Lever c.1962 - this now forms part of the Garden Museum

Lyon and Company Boatbuilders at Stangate, on the River Thames near Lambeth, #London (1831)

A view of Beaufoy's Distillery, formerly Cuper's Gardens; in Lambeth on the site of modern-day Waterloo Bridge Road; depicting a large warehouse with barrels piled up outside, #London (1809)

County Lines or The Original Drug Mules Lambeth Drug Mill by Paul Sandby c.1770 Owned by the Apothecaries' Company at Mill Street (now Juxon St) this mill was used for the grinding of drugs until 1867 when it was demolished to make way for #London & South Western Railway line.

The Boys From The Black Stuff Scharf's sketches of #London coal wagons between 1830 and 1841 include the (nowadays) unfortunately named Frederick West whose firm operated out of Commercial Wharf, in Lambeth

Looking accross the houses and windmills of Lambeth towards its Palace, with Westminster visible on the northern shore. Part of Thomas Girtlin's panorama of #London c.1800

Nice Pub, Shame About the View The Nags Head in Fore Street Lambeth (1851) cheekily boasts a fine view of the Thames despite the unremittingly grim dominance of Millbank Penitentiary which stands on the opposite bank.

A beaux trap: A pretty girl saunters past a house at Cavendish Square, holding up a parasol, & raising her skirt, showering mud upon a leering footman but captivating her target -the rich old git at the window above. Notice the incredibly penis-like bollard #London May 8th 1818

A fashionable encounter at the junction of Piccadilly and Bond Street on 28th April 1786 - the man carries a large tasselled bludgeon, whilst the woman seductively reveals her ankles, with the presence of a bollard telling us all we need to know #Piccadilly #London

Greetings from Newcastle House, Lincolns Inn Fields #London c.1820 where you'll find a road sweeper taking a break on a bollard Lithograph by Scharf from a drawing by Howlet

West front of the old #Marylebone Manor House; a wall separating its garden from the street. Outside a woman carrying a basket on her head chats w/man leaning on a bollard, & another couple of old duffers sit alongside two beer barrels. #London 1791

I love a good bollard so well done to Cathy Ross for writing a book about them

@orientconstanza.bsky.social welcome to da Bluesky buddy

Half-Mad Lord Camelford: You are a scoundrel, a liar, and a ruffian & I demand satisfaction for what you said about me Captain Best: I never said a word about you - I'm your best mate, and an expert marksman!! Camelford: Pistols at dawn!! #London (1804) wp.me/p4jj2g-mi/#sec…

Could this vacant mansion in #London #Mayfair be Britain's greatest cultural hotspot? wp.me/p4jj2g-aM

Weymouth Bay #Dorset (1819) -its curved esplanade with people walking, a mounted soldier, a dog barking at a goat, & Portland across the bay