The National Monument in Amsterdam was built in 1956 as a memorial to those killed and injured in World War II.
Throwback Thursday: The National Monument, Amsterdam
Categories: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tags: national monument, photo post, Second World War, war memorial
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St Botolph without Aldgate Church, London
There’s been a church on this site since at least 1125, but the present church dates from 1744 and is by George Dance the Elder (he also built Mansion House, the official home of the Lord Mayor of London). The interior of the church, which really took my breath away, was remodelled by John Francis Bently (who also designed Westminster Cathedral).
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, church, Daniel Defoe, history, london, photo post, St Botolph without Aldgate
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Throwback Thursday: Aldgate Pump, London
Aldgate Pump is a water pump at the junction between Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street in London. It was moved there from its original location in 1876. It was famed for its clear sparkling water but in the 1870s it was discovered the water was being contaminated by organic matter from new cemeteries built along its route which resulted in the deaths of several hundred people in what was known as the Aldgate Pump Epidemic.
Categories: England, London
Tags: Aldgate Pump, history, london history, photo post, wolf
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Victoria Memorial, London
The memorial to Queen Victoria outside of Buckingham Palace was created by the sculptor Thomas Brock in 1901 and unveiled ten years later, though it wasn’t completed until 1924.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, gold, photo post, Queen Victoria, statue, Victoria memorial
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Bevis Marks Synagogue
The Bevis Marks Synagogue, in the heart of the City of London, is a Grade I listed building which was opened in 1701 and is the only synagogue in Europe to have continuously held regular services for over 300 years. I paid a visit as part of Open House London and as photos are not allowed inside so I only have a couple of photos of the exterior to share here.
Categories: England, London
Tags: Bevis Marks synagogue, history, Open House London, photo post, Synagogue
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Lace Market Theatre Tour
As part of Nottingham Light Night 2019 the Lace Market Theatre was offering behind the scenes tours and as this is a local theatre that I keep meaning to visit but haven’t got around to (I promise I’ll go see something there this year!) we thought it would be a nice change of pace to the normal Light Night activities.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: guided tour, lace market, lace market theatre, nottingham light night, photo post, theatre
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Buckingham Palace
As I hadn’t been near Buckingham Palace for many years on my last trip I decided to walk up that way and take some photographs. I have actually been on a tour of the Palace (back before I started this blog) because there was a particular exhibition I wanted to see. It was pretty expensive but I combined it with a visit to the Royal Mews and the Queen’s Gallery which definitely made it worthwhile.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, British history, buckingham palace, edward blore, john nash, photo post
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Throwback Thursday: 27 St Mary’s Gate, Nottingham
27 St Mary’s Gate is a building in the Lace Market area of Nottingham. It was built in 1849 for Louis Augustin Baillon, the Vice Consul of France, as consulate offices. By 1868 it had been turned into a lace warehouse.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, lace market, nottingham, nottinghamshire
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Nottingham Light Night 2019
As is tradition we visited Nottingham’s Light Night event last Friday and as is also tradition, there just isn’t time to see everything so I planned a route around the city that would work for the time we had available. The only thing we didn’t manage to visit was the Museum of the Moon at the Concert Hall – kudos to everyone who was prepared to stand in the exceptionally long lines to get in, we decided in the end that we were prepared to skip it for other things.
St James’s Park, London
St James’s Park is the oldest of London’s royal parks, named for a leper hospital that was on the site in the thirteenth century. Even though it was raining cats and dogs I decided to take a walk through the park and up to Buckingham Palace.
Categories: England, London
Tags: buckingham palace, duck, Geese, park, pelican, photo post, pigeon, royal history, royal park, St James's Park
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