"when will you pay me ... ?".
BTW, unusually for the CoL, part of St Sep's parish is/was in Middlesex. Some nice iron boundarie marks up-high at the end of Cowcross Street. Have a good day.
Random Post: I have just spotted this (poor quality) photo on my SM feed.
The Old Three Tuns on Bow Road in the East End of London. Long gone; but a reasonable representation of the Arms of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, I think.
In the early 90s, I was with my late parents in the back of a Taxi on the way to Soho. We drove past Snow Hill PS (known in the Job as 'sleepy hollow'). My Father mentioned in passing that he recalled seeing the Station barricaded w sandbags in 1939 *before* War had been declared. A scary portent ..
I have never watched an episode of 'Only Fools and Horses'. I do however know that the series features Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney; and is set (unconvincingly) in Peckham.
What do you make of this?
Guaranteed. Staying awake at the Court meeting at Grocers' will be a challenge :)
2/2 Seven old Young Freemen:
Butcher, Plumber, Parish Clerk
Ironmonger
Glass Seller, Insurer
Cooper
City Freeman - never joined a livery company ...
Information Technologist
Musician, Hackney Carriage Driver, Parish Clerk
1/2 On Weds, I shall be at the inaugural Bistro 1365 at Founders' with six other old Young Freemen*. We shall be in the H&S at Noon for some proper ale, moving on at 12:30.
Keith is happy that I change into Black Tie at Founders' for a WCHCD Court meeting at Grocers' followed by Dinner !
I think that Steve Coogan / Alan Partridge covered this is a sketch which came-up on my SM feed.
A word of appreciation for the earrings I'm wearing today. They're from an Italian jewellery business called Arkyfly and they're AMAZING. Metallic, glitter, shiny, and BOOKS all in one piece.
Blimey. Highly unusual ? I must confess that much (most...) of your work I simply don't understand, nor can I read the hand LoL :) Comes with time and practice, I guess.
9 Mar 1611: Thomas Sutton buys the #London Charterhouse for £13,000 #otd (BM) Not a bad price all told. He then converted it to a hospital.
meaning 'priest' ?
A very good friend of mine was a CofE Chaplain at Heathrow. She's now doing similar (but different ...) work in a London hospital.
This morning, I picked-up my CD player which now has a new heart (laser reader). In the process, I have stripped-out my HiFi and have done major dusting and vacuuming of the spaghetti which are the wires.
Perversely, am now listening to some vinyl.
On BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning, I heard presenter Amol Rajan refer to 'the Lebanon'.
Is that still a thing ?
Heading in to the West End of London today for Lunch with some parish clerks. Covent Garden, almost Soho. I think that my priority will be staying sober and hitting Foyle's.
Good morning Patricia. That Thames Clippers, took Ub*r's thirty pieces of silver, will never sit easily with those licensed London taxi drivers who are also Freemen of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen. There are more than a few.
As the Cabbies would say: 'you couldn't make it up !'.
An extraordinarily English organisation. That a national lighthouse service is effectively run and managed by a guild of retired Admirals etc., is beyond the ken of many foreign onlookers.
Four-wheeled Broughams used as Hackney Carriages were known as 'Growlers' due to the sound which they made when travelling on the cobbled streets.
Most Brougham Cabs had been bought second-hand from well to do people who were upgrading their 'ride'.
There is a Brougham currently for sale on eBay.
Bizarrely, in spite of living in close proximity to WX, I had only driven through it once in my life, and that was a few months ago thanks to GPS !. Growing up in Chingford, we never had any need to visit WX, Broxbourne or Cheshunt - except for dinghy sailing in the gravel pits.
They know.
Una and the Lion - as used on the iconic 1837 gold Five Pounds piece. A numismatic treasure.
In other news. My thirty year old CD player is being given a new heart by a very skilled chap in Hendon who was at school with Peter Mandelson !!
#DegreesOfSeparation
This has just come-up on my SM feed. I like.
There is a shop on Duke Street, St James' in London which is rammed with these sorts of books. I have always presumed that the shop is incredibly expensive. One fine day, I will find out.
Have a lovely time and a very happy BD when it arrives. I look forward to seeing your photos.
Also on Monday, I shall be out for Lunch here locally celebrating my Wife's BD. We shall take the 'bus, for sure :)
This is tremendous, Roger. I am at the Bohemia at least once a month. They host a tremendous live jazz gig in the basement, which is actually an excellent music room. Charging £12 on the door ensures that top-drawer pros are always on the Bill.
And yes, the Beer Street is always my ale of choice :)
When I was young, there seemed to be lots of daughters of Vicars as pupils.
Something is not lily-white pure, here.
Thanks Bill. Having searched Wiki, I do not find any of the events of interest, at all likely reason for creating a CoL badge / brooch. Have a good weekend. SJP.
Talking of which, I bumped into the Founders' Clerk this evening at a concert in Milton Court. I'd had my Tea ... He's very Morningside to my ears.
