A review of the Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret, tucked between London Bridge Station and Borough Market. A cosy, grandmother’s attic sort of a museum with a long and interesting history. What’s This Museum About, Then? It’s been years since I was last at the Old Operating Theatre & Herb Garret. I came […]
An illustrated walk along the Thames, taking in many of London’s historic curiosities. Theatres and sewers and docks, oh my! Picking Up Where We Left Off Today’s walk is a continuation of this earlier walk which started in Chelsea and ended in Westminster. The walk comes from John Wittich’s 1973 book Discovering London’s Curiosities. As […]
An illustrated walk of wharves and warehouses from Rotherhithe to London Bridge and back along the North Bank to Tower Hill. Along the way we learn about almost all periods in London’s waterfront history, from the Romans to the Victorians and beyond. Exploring the Central London Waterfront Gilly Cameron-Cooper’s Walking London’s Waterways has been a […]
