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Andy Taylor

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Clerkenwell & Islington Tour Guide; long-suffering WHU ⚒️ supporter; likes a bit of film, live music and known to occasionally partake of the odd tipple… Book tickets: rb.gy/yq6akw London On Foot, Eventbrite

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Mar 21

A combination of dazzling sunshine and a wonderful group of people made for a lovely day out on Ribaldry, Radicals & Reform my guided tour of North Clerkenwell yesterday!

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 2d

This will be great!
Highly recommended to anyone interested in the dark underbelly of 19C Clerkenwell.

History From Below @historyfrombelow.com · 2d

Interested in London's Social History? Join me on a walk through Clerkenwell’s dark past: prisons, paupers, gangs and grim tales that shaped one of London’s most dangerous districts in the 19th Century #socialhistory #workingclasshistory #londonhistory #clerkenwell #guidedwalk #walkingtour

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 12d

Given the 💩 we’ve endured during the first couple of months of this season that was a definite improvement! ⚒️

Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 12d

Look out for the movie coming later this year! 🎥

Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 12d

Fantastic night at the Mildmay Club yesterday!
Congratulations to everyone who helped put this great event together - bringing to life the moving stories of club members serving on the Western Front while tracking down the enigma that was club secretary Ralph Manley!
@hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 14d

Fourth manager in 16 months… welcome to the circus Nuno… 🤦‍♂️⚒️🤡🎪

Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 18d

Stick the date in your diary - loads of great guided walks across London - and they’re all free!
Unfortunately I can’t take part this year but took people out on this in 2024 and it was good fun so get yourself along there!

Islington Guided Walks @islingtonwalks.bsky.social · 24d

Reminder! Local London Guiding Day will be on Saturday 4 October! #Free #GuidedWalks in 5 areas of Central London.

🗓️Saturday 4th October. Hourly from 10-4.
Our walks start outside the Cowcross St exit, Farringdon Station. Book for ours here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-lond...

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 24d

Some great events coming up at the Mildmay Club over the next few weekends: mildmay.club

Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · 25d

Snap fella! Got back last week from a fortnight in Bol, on the Croatian island of Brac!
As you say, such a nice part of the world.
And that crystal clear, calm sea… even I can stay afloat in that!
Hope you enjoyed a few Karlovacko’s mate! 🍻

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Aug 21

A fantastic film!
Watched it the other year on the big screen at the BFI Southbank 👌

Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Aug 16

Unless we get some dynamism, some pace & power into our midfield this could be a rough old season… ⚒️

Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Aug 11

I’ve found a lot of interesting stuff in this series of podcasts about that period…

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · Aug 4

August 1848. Chartists meet daily in London to plan an uprising. Monday 7 August. Denny’s Coffee House, Great St Andrew’s Street

About 30 present. Allnutt, Bassett, Brewster, Cuffay, Donovan, Dowling, Fay, Lynch, Mullins, Payne, Ritchie, Rose, Thompson, Warry, Davis, Powell.
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August 1848: Chartists meet daily to plan an armed rising in central London

Red Saunders August 1848: Chartists meet daily to plan an armed rising in central London It’s a part of London’s radical history Keir Starmer probably does not want to know about. Frustrated by pea…

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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · Aug 11

Fri 15 Aug 12.30-2pm at
@thelondonarchives.bsky.social

Clerkenwell: A History in Maps – The Past in the Present.
In this workshop we will handle & view some of The London Archives’ historic maps of Clerkenwell, to see how maps can be used to reveal the ways the past lives on in the present.

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ANPI - UK @anpiuk.bsky.social · Jul 27

There are a few places left on our guided tour next Saturday

ANPI - UK @anpiuk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join us on a tour through the area of London connected to the fight against Mussolini and Franco. We'll learn how an Indian socialist and Georgian communist pioneered a healthcare revolution and on the clandestine war for Irish independence.
Booking required www.ticketsource.co.uk/associazione...

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Jul 24

Was able to trace where my Nan lived as a young woman on there, helping her mum with the laundry business that was run out of the side of their home. We tracked it down via the address on a letter she’d written to our grandad who was recovering after being gassed & wounded during WW1.

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ANPI - UK @anpiuk.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Jul 13

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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Jul 13

Must admit I’ve never noticed the wild life down there - unless of course you’re including me and my lot on matchdays?! 😉😄
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Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Jul 1

Wow! That looks really interesting! Will delve deeper into this over the coming days.
Thank you for sharing!

Andy Taylor @andyhammer.bsky.social · Jun 20

Tell me about it! 😂