Qualified Clerkenwell and Islington Guide and London walking enthusiast, guide with @FootprintsLDN . Here's the walks I have coming up https://xitter.cf/t.co/LJd4bot5KB.
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I've written a book based on my @footprintsldn Industrial History of the Lower River Lea walk, so you can follow the route on your own or from home. amazon.co.uk/dp/B087SM5MSQ
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Witchcraft and witch-hunting at one of the worst places for it in the mid-17c: Manningtree, Essex. Based on archival evidence, centres 3 poor women. 2-guide walk w
@rob_s_smith Sat 7 Nov, last time for a year. Country & town walking, 1 hr from London. eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-t…
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London's group of Royal Docks were once the world's largest enclosed body of water. Now undergoing redevelopment, they're still an imposing site. Join @rob_s_smith for a virtual walk on Tuesday to discover their fascinating history footprintsoflondon.com @Mad_AboutLondon
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The Suffragette Line owes its name to Annie Huggett of #Barking. On Sunday join @capitalwalks to discover more of its reformers, a medieval abbey, its once huge fishing fleet & today’s regeneration. This & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @Mad_AboutLondon @rob_s_smith
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Hampstead Garden Suburb was the idea of Henrietta Barnett, the wife of a vicar in poor & overcrowded Whitechapel. Discover her vision for this unique #London area with @MarilynGreene10 this weekend. Book this & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @rob_s_smith
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Sailing ships with 100s of workers aboard, living for years away from home. Seamen - the maritime working class — men, women and children - were a first large group of wage labourers. Totally Thames Festival, Rotherhithe, Sat 19 Sept. @ThamesFestivalTrust thamesfestivaltrust.org/what…
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In the late Victorian and Edwardian period, American painter John Singer Sargent created beautiful portraits of members of London society. Join @rob_s_smith to discover their stories and why he painted them. Book this & other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @Charnowalks
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More great London Walks coming up including tales of love, bravery, crime and friendship from Italian Clerkenwell 1830-1950 with @rob_s_smith & stories from the Age of Sail with @NakedAnthropolo Go to footprintsoflondon.com to book
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A great week of London walks lined up at footprintsoflondon.com including discovering the houses of Prime Ministers, finding what lies under our feet in the City, a celebration of Theatreland & a stroll round @NPGLondon @rob_s_smith @MarilynGreene10 @Charnowalks
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I have 5 walks in September's Totally Thames Festival, and they are handling the ticketing. What's On lets you choose categories of events separately; mine appear under Walks and Talks in chronological order amongst other interesting things. @rob_s_smith thamesfestivaltrust.org/what…
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Take a walk in historic #Hampstead following the lanes and streets marked on Rocque’s 1814 map this Wednesday 22nd July with @MarilynGreene10
This and other great walks this week bookable at footprintsoflondon.com
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More great walks tomorrow: outside with @MarilynGreene10 on the fascinating history of the Brompton/Knightsbridge area. Indoors with Marie at the @NPGLondon & online with @rob_s_smith who looks at some of the thousands of ships sunk in the Thames. Book at footprintsoflondon.com
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We've objected to plans to demolish 68–69 Fenchurch Street.
We believe this Edwardian building should be adapted, not demolished. The proposal would harm the character of the Lloyd's Avenue Conservation Area, and alternatives have not been properly explored.
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As well as our #London walks, tomorrow @NakedAnthropolo & @rob_s_smith take a tour round #Rochford , once a hotbed of Protestantism & home to oft-maligned Tudor courtier Richard Rich. Book this & other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com
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Thanks for another year's great @Tripadvisor reviews. Visit footprintsoflondon.com for more great London walks. We're different as we're owned by our qualified guides who research & conduct their own tours @rob_s_smith @Capitalwalks @MarilynGreene10 @WWalks @stepsinthecity
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Next week, it's the turn of actor and TV presenter Joe Swash to appear on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre - but how much do you know about the star? #wdytya
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From 1819 the artist John Constable started renting houses in #Hampstead & in 1827, made it his permanent home. Join @MarilynGreene10 to discover the picturesque Georgian & Regency Hampstead of Constable. One of 3 great walks today from footprintsoflondon.com @rob_s_smith
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Marie takes regular tours through the beautiful @NPGLondon to look at the women who have shaped history. Not heroines, or villains, many flawed, but all fought for what they thought was right. Book this walk and more at footprintsoflondon.com
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Want to escape the heat & crowds of London? About an hour away there's rolling countryside, historic houses & market towns. This evening @rob_s_smith takes a virtual tour of where to stay & visit in #Hertfortshire Book at footprintsoflondon.com for this & more great walks
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London is in a continual state of growth and development. Join @Charnowalks on Friday to explore the relationship between engineering who have changed the City's probems & changed how it looks. Book this and other great walks through footprintsoflondon.com
