For International Women’s Day – The Wonderful Women of Marylebone
Baker Street Underground station, London (Baker Street North exit)
Guided by Charlie
Walk Times
| Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2024 | Special | 2.30 pm | 4.30 pm | Winter |
FOR THIS DAY OF DAYS
Marylebone has been home to women of power and influence over and again. Spelt out in the street pattern is Margaret Cavendish Harley, a great blue stocking and early developer of the area. Ada Lovelace, our first computer programmer died here, close to the home of the difference engine which inspired her work. A French emigre knew something of the rich and famous – who would have thought we would still be looking at her waxworks 200 years later? Florence Nightingale started her career here as did the housing reformer Octavia Hill. The Ladies of Langham Place established some of the first feminist organisations. A hundred years later, assignations in Christine Keeler’s nearby mews home sparked one of the Tory Party’s biggest crises. And if the media hounded Christine Keeler, this walk does not forget the lives of some women the media never noticed – the elderly washerwomen and charwomen, one-time residents of the workhouse. See Marylebone as a magnet for so many inspiring women– but also getting views from the mews. Guided by Charlie.
THE WONDERFUL WOMEN OF MARYLEBONE – THE PRACTICALS
The Wonderful Women of Marylebone takes place at 2.30 pm on International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8. The meeting point is just outside the Baker Street North exit of Baker Street Tube.
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Angela –
Excellent walk so interesting. Charlie was a great guide full of interesting information and wit. Would definitely book one of his walks again.
Angela –
Excellent walk for a international woman’s day. Charlie was a great guide full of interesting information and wit. Thank you for a lovely afternoon.
Dorothy MacDonald –
Excellent walk for International Women’s day learning about these fascinating and interesting women of Marylebone, as always Charlie’s walks are full of information presented with enthusiasm.
Dorothy MacDonald –
Just the walk for International Women’s day learning about these fascinating, interesting and amazing women of Marylebone, as always an enjoyable walk with Charlie, highly recommended any day.
Jane scott –
Fabulous and very entertaining walk with Charlie . Connected all the women’s achievements. We have a lot to thank them for😊
Jo Lloyd –
Brilliant walk with Charlie and a lovely group. Definitely wonderful women. A fine history of a fascinating part of London.
Catharine –
Charlie took us into all sorts of courtyards and alleyways to “show & tell” about extraordinary and ordinary women . We heard about bluestockings & ragged schools, about philanthropists and char ladies and what a difference women from this area made across the globe right up to the present. Thanks Charlie