London Walks Podcasts


Today (July 5) in London History – “They Gave Londoners Seven-league Boots”

Date post added: 4th July 2022

“London trams were started by an American named Train”

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Today (July 4) in London History – an 1829 London joy ride

Date post added: 4th July 2022

” trouble – and another stretch behind bars – was just round the corner”

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Today (July 3) in London History – Disaster & Dickens

Date post added: 3rd July 2022

In 2022 terms that would be over 5,000 Londoners crushed to death

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Today (July 2) in London History – London’s First Police Force

Date post added: 2nd July 2022

“no Thames, no London”

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Today (July 1) in London History – The Last Duel in London

Date post added: 30th June 2022

“the army was almost a law unto itself”

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Today (June 30) in London History – “I am bound upon a wheel of fire”

Date post added: 29th June 2022

“It opened on June 30th, 1614”

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Today (June 29) in London History – London’s best-loved statue

Date post added: 28th June 2022

“he was the favourite sculptor of the royal family”

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Today (June 28) in London History – “the winged boy”

Date post added: 27th June 2022

“London is not complete without the ‘winged boy'”

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Today (June 27) in London History – “Cricket is basically baseball on Valium”

Date post added: 26th June 2022

“the sense of dashed hopes is perhaps greater here than anywhere else in the world”

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Today (June 26) in London History – the V & A

Date post added: 26th June 2022

King Edward VII opened the Victoria and Albert Museum on June 26, 1909. That event (occasion) is the subject of today’s Today in London History podcast. TRANSCRIPT London calling. London Walks connecting. London Walks here with your daily London fix. Story time. History time. It happened. I knew it would. My conscience got the better […]

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