You've probably just about recovered from the Christmas blow out festivities - now's the chance to gently walk it off, and at the same time, learn about a Cockney Christmas past. And if we're lucky enough to have a white Christmas, the old City of London will be the perfect Christmas card setting for this walk through 800 years of history including the Black Death, the Second World War blitz and the rise and rise of the modern rebuilt parts of the City. And unlike HM The Queen, you don't have to ask the Lord Mayor's permission to enter it!
It's the working haunt of rich businessmen and bankers but it's also a favourite with all types of Londoners, including of course, the Cockneys - especially the 'Pearlies'. There's plenty to interest Londoners and tourists alike; plenty to take a good 'butcher's hook' (look!) at.
Your host and genial guide for this morning's walk, our very own Londoner par excellence, Jean, will be decked out in her Cockney 'glad rags' - her splendid Pearly Queen costume. With stories and snatches of popular songs from the nostalgic age of the Victorian and Edwardian Music Halls, she'll be telling you the colourful story of London and its inhabitants. You'll be welcome to sing-along-a-Jean if you want to, and if the festive mood really grabs you, a little gentle knees up Mother Brown would go down a bundle too!
We think it's the best city in the world. By the time Jean says Goodbye and a cheery Happy New Year to you all, we hope you do too!.
The Christmas Cockney London Walk goes at
TBA on Tuesday,
December TBA.
The meeting point is just outside exit 2 of St. Paul's
Tube Stop.
The Latecomers Catch-up Stop is St. Mary-le-Bow, which is about a hundred yards along Cheapside, on the right.
The walk ends back at St. Paul's.