London Walks Podcasts


Today (September 9) in London History – the world’s first aerial postal delivery

Date post added: 8th September 2022

His aeroplane resembled nothing so much as a monstrous dragonfly.

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Today (September 8) in London History – First V2 Attack

Date post added: 7th September 2022

“a weapon which gave no warning”

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Today (September 7) in London History – Massive Air Raid

Date post added: 6th September 2022

“you could actually feel your eyeballs being sucked out”

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Today (September 6) in London History – The Crystal Palace of the Sea

Date post added: 5th September 2022

That’s way over two football fields long

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Today (September 5) in London History – “tumult in the clouds”

Date post added: 4th September 2022

“the first enemy airship to be brought down on British soil”

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Today (September 4) in London History – the Wolfenden Report

Date post added: 3rd September 2022

“all forms of male homosexuality were illegal”

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Today (September 3) in London History – War with Germany

Date post added: 2nd September 2022

“All changed, changed utterly”

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Today (September 2) in London History – the Great Fire of London

Date post added: 1st September 2022

Four days later he doesn’t have a city to be mayor of.

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Today (September 1) in London History – Operation Pied Piper

Date post added: 31st August 2022

“Cheer up, Ducky”

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Today (August 31) in London History – The Blue Death

Date post added: 30th August 2022

Cholera was knocking on practically every other door

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