Discover 100 European railway stations! London is well represented...

2 years ago I worked on a project to restore a 1920s WHS railway station bookstall. It was in pieces & in a bad state. A colleague & I found old photos of it in the WHS archive at @themerl.bsky.social which helped the restoration work. Look at it now👇 Full story www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Looking for something quirky or unusual to do in London? I've updated my page of suggestions!

Discover 100 European railway stations! London is well represented...

This week's post is a fun postbox curiosity!

This week's post is a fun postbox curiosity!

Ghost signs for the Palais de Danse survived until 2012!

Jul 1930: Ovaltine ad «OVALTINE' Served COLD»

This may be the perfect weather to read about a Bedouin tent in West London! (Spoiler: not a real tent)

On this day in 1947 the Central Line extended from North Acton to Greenford, opening three new stations designed by architect Brian Lewis. Originally drawn up before WWII, the stations were not completed until afterwards, by which time Lewis had returned to his native Australia

Did you try my 'where in London' photo quiz? If so, the answers are here!

Distract yourself from the heat with a London photo quiz!

Fancy a little picture quiz? Try to identify these London places!

Five bits of London metalwork - can you identify where they are?

This week's blog post found a lion at Waterloo Station. Next week's is coming tomorrow...

Chester has a new statue!

My latest post is a brief history of road surfaces!

This week's blog post has animals galore!

This week's blog post has animals galore!

Day 2 of @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social was in Sutton House. So many fascinating talks this weekend!

In the lovely Round Chapel for Hackney History Festival.

New blog post: hidden signs of Dover Street tube station carolineld.blogspot.com

Season's greetings!

This fine Roman fresco once decorated a palatial building on the south bank of the Thames in London. When the building was demolished in the fourth century, the plaster fell face down and lay undisturbed in a medieval garden until they were rediscovered in 1983 #FrescoFriday #FindsFriday

A Forty Year Return Visit To A Secret Nuclear Bunker - alondoninheritance.com/under-london...

Inside the Middlesex Hospital Chapel, now known as Fitzrovia Chapel. Built in the 1890s, ceiling mosaic added 1929-39.