Steve Plumb
@squaremileguide.bsky.social
An accredited Tour Guide providing tours of London by licensed taxi; also bespoke walking tours in the City of London. Liveryman & Past Master Parish Clerk.
Exquisite.
Found April 1921, 14 feet below the surface at London Bridge. Gold ring, early 17th century. "A freinds guift" and "R. H." (British Museum)
December 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Exquisite.
A significant Charter town/port, I recall. Have only visited once. I remember seeing the town ceremonial mace in the museum.
Eating Fish and Chips on a beach with my then almost three year old daughter also springs to mind. A happy memory. Must have been August 1992.
Love the map ...
Eating Fish and Chips on a beach with my then almost three year old daughter also springs to mind. A happy memory. Must have been August 1992.
Love the map ...
Dunwich was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a population of 484 households 😲. Ipswich, by comparison, only had 322.
#Ozymandias
#Ozymandias
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A significant Charter town/port, I recall. Have only visited once. I remember seeing the town ceremonial mace in the museum.
Eating Fish and Chips on a beach with my then almost three year old daughter also springs to mind. A happy memory. Must have been August 1992.
Love the map ...
Eating Fish and Chips on a beach with my then almost three year old daughter also springs to mind. A happy memory. Must have been August 1992.
Love the map ...
Currently on eBay. There is one that I would like, but this is not it. Anyway, would bound to be knocked over !
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November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Currently on eBay. There is one that I would like, but this is not it. Anyway, would bound to be knocked over !
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26747729...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26747729...
It being St Andrew's Day, here is photo of a much younger, slimmer me in the Pre-Fire St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London, monkeying-around with John Stow's quill pen and a work colleague. I wonder what happened to Alan ...
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It being St Andrew's Day, here is photo of a much younger, slimmer me in the Pre-Fire St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London, monkeying-around with John Stow's quill pen and a work colleague. I wonder what happened to Alan ...
Still full of cold bleurgh but just about well enough to don the frock and get a later train to London for tonight's talk. Who's in?
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I never cease to be amazed at how few citizens of the USA (that I meet whilst driving a Black Cab) know that John Harvard was born in London.
26 Nov 1607: b. John Harvard #otd in #Southwark - he emigrated to New #England in 1637, a founder of #Harvard College.
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I never cease to be amazed at how few citizens of the USA (that I meet whilst driving a Black Cab) know that John Harvard was born in London.
The Company of Master Hackney Coachmen received their Ordinances during the administration of Cromwell's Commonwealth.
Upon the Restoration, the Court of Aldermen of the City of London revoked the Ordinances !
I simply have to presume that the Hackney drivers were, in the main, Parliamentarians.
Upon the Restoration, the Court of Aldermen of the City of London revoked the Ordinances !
I simply have to presume that the Hackney drivers were, in the main, Parliamentarians.
Reading Ronald Hutton’s Cromwell biography in public but remembering to shake my head and tut vigorously so people don’t think I approve of (either) the subject (and/or) the interpretation (depending on taste).
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Company of Master Hackney Coachmen received their Ordinances during the administration of Cromwell's Commonwealth.
Upon the Restoration, the Court of Aldermen of the City of London revoked the Ordinances !
I simply have to presume that the Hackney drivers were, in the main, Parliamentarians.
Upon the Restoration, the Court of Aldermen of the City of London revoked the Ordinances !
I simply have to presume that the Hackney drivers were, in the main, Parliamentarians.
This.
This Thursday! It would be great to see some familiar faces 😊
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This.
Reposted by Steve Plumb
This is "Grove Road, Bow" by Harold Steggles that is undated but I suspect that it comes from c.1930/31. Recent research has revealed that this was actually a view from the Malmsbury Road School (where some of the art classes were held) down Guerin Street: (map from National Library of Scotland).
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This is "Grove Road, Bow" by Harold Steggles that is undated but I suspect that it comes from c.1930/31. Recent research has revealed that this was actually a view from the Malmsbury Road School (where some of the art classes were held) down Guerin Street: (map from National Library of Scotland).
Bow Lane in the City of London.
Edward Clark 1946.
Edward Clark 1946.
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Bow Lane in the City of London.
Edward Clark 1946.
Edward Clark 1946.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social We were at Lothers last evening for the retirement party of our verger and buildings manager of thirty-three years (!!!), Cliff Radmore. As we walked past Founders' Court, this dropped into my head :)
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social We were at Lothers last evening for the retirement party of our verger and buildings manager of thirty-three years (!!!), Cliff Radmore. As we walked past Founders' Court, this dropped into my head :)
Thanks Mathew.
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Thanks Mathew.
Last evening at Cadogan Hall, which is in Chelsea SW3.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Last evening at Cadogan Hall, which is in Chelsea SW3.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
Leatherjackets, with the extraordinary Kurt Elling, playing the music of Weather Report. Several boxes ticked, here.
An outstanding evening.
The eve of St Martin's Day.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The eve of St Martin's Day.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
Here is one of the lampposts on the Strand WC2 in central London, showing the Roman centurion, Martin of Tours giving his cloak to the poor beggar.
This.
Esoteric example of the Custom of London in practice: William Beale and George Bassett are Merchant Taylors but their actual occupation is 'trading and dealing for Orenges, Lemons, and Onyons'. Never assume an early modern Londoner actually practices the trade they're a member of!
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This.
Reposted by Steve Plumb
Good morning. Next week's theme will be London at War.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Good morning. Next week's theme will be London at War.
The Racing tipster of the Morning Star is named 'Farringdon'. A nod to the paper's former home on Farringdon Road.
My annual post about how the Morning Star reported the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
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November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Racing tipster of the Morning Star is named 'Farringdon'. A nod to the paper's former home on Farringdon Road.
Also mentioned was the late Noel Mander, organ builder, Liveryman of the Musicians' Company and Past Master Parish Clerk. NM was Parish Clerk at St Leonard Shoreditch, where my Father's parents were married.
A great article this morning on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme re the late Sir Bernard Lovell; astronomer and... Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He was still on the Court when I joined the Company thirty-one years ago.
A superb church organist.
A superb church organist.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Also mentioned was the late Noel Mander, organ builder, Liveryman of the Musicians' Company and Past Master Parish Clerk. NM was Parish Clerk at St Leonard Shoreditch, where my Father's parents were married.
A great article this morning on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme re the late Sir Bernard Lovell; astronomer and... Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He was still on the Court when I joined the Company thirty-one years ago.
A superb church organist.
A superb church organist.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A great article this morning on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme re the late Sir Bernard Lovell; astronomer and... Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He was still on the Court when I joined the Company thirty-one years ago.
A superb church organist.
A superb church organist.
Unusually, I shall not be at the LMS this year. I need to play Saturday catch-up.
Tomorrow is the Lady Mayor's show!
To celebrate we're showing a small snippet of 'A full and regulated panoramic view of the military procession of the Lord Mayor's Show' publish in 1865.
The images are woodcuts with black and coloured ink.
To celebrate we're showing a small snippet of 'A full and regulated panoramic view of the military procession of the Lord Mayor's Show' publish in 1865.
The images are woodcuts with black and coloured ink.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Unusually, I shall not be at the LMS this year. I need to play Saturday catch-up.
The Lady Mayor's Show will soon be upon us. As will my Birthday. This is "my" time of year.
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Lady Mayor's Show will soon be upon us. As will my Birthday. This is "my" time of year.
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
Might this be too warm for the show ? I'm tempted :)
Reposted by Steve Plumb
'Gas Lamp, Goodwin's Court, Bedfordbury End' by Jack Russell
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October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
'Gas Lamp, Goodwin's Court, Bedfordbury End' by Jack Russell
jackrussell.co.uk
jackrussell.co.uk
Last evening's book-launch at Stationers' Hall by Profile Books of 'The City Unlocked: London Livery Companies from wool to digital'. Presentations by authors Helen Esmonde and Margaret Willes.
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Last evening's book-launch at Stationers' Hall by Profile Books of 'The City Unlocked: London Livery Companies from wool to digital'. Presentations by authors Helen Esmonde and Margaret Willes.
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
It was great to bump into a few familiar faces.
@tracelarkhall.bsky.social
Reposted by Steve Plumb
Frank Lloyd Wright does beer:
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Frank Lloyd Wright does beer:
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)
Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Minneapolis Institute of Art)