The Mayfair that inspired Ian Fleming, London's Little Italy and suffragettes in the city. Three great #London walks this Saturday bookable at footprintsoflondon.com
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London was the centre of suffragette protests before World War 1, rocked by arson attempts, hunger strikes & huge demonstrations. Join @capitalwalks.bsky.social this weekend to discover more about the movement in #London Book this & other great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social

Join me Tues 20 @2pm & discover how #Covent #Garden became a hub for artists leading eventually to the the creation of the Royal Academy. #Turner #Hogarth #Reynalds #Hayman #Rolandson. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to... @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social @londonhistorians.bsky.social @londonist.com

London's group of Royal Docks were once the world's largest enclosed body of water. Now undergoing redevelopment, they're still an imposing site. Join @robssmith.bsky.social for a virtual walk on Tuesday to discover their fascinating history. This & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com

The Suffragette Line owes its name to Annie Huggett of #Barking. It's an area with links to reformers & adventurers. On Sunday join @capitalwalks.bsky.social to find out about its medieval abbey,its once huge fishing fleet & today’s regeneration. This & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com

Hampstead Garden Suburb was the idea of Henrietta Barnett, the wife of a vicar in poor & overcrowded Whitechapel. Discover her vision for this unique #London area with @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social this weekend. Book this & more great walks at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social

Sailing ships with 100s of workers aboard, living for years away from home. Seamen - the maritime working class — men, women and children - were a first large group of wage labourers. Totally Thames Festival, Rotherhithe, Sat 19 Sept. thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/jac...

The extraordinary history of one of London's most cosmic monuments, the one we used to call the Post Office Tower: www.onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-li.... Includes rum babas and bombs. #london

To the law 'disorderly' meant vagrant, immoral, disruptive. Poor women worked in the street selling used things - clothes, wigs, pots. And they sold sex, maybe picked pockets. How else were they meant to survive with no jobs available? #TotallyThamesFestival thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/dis...

Join us this Bank Holiday weekend to discover the scandals of St James's, the secrets of Walthamstow art & industry in the East End and a tour of #Greenwich footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social

Join us this Bank Holiday weekend to discover the scandals of St James's, the secrets of Walthamstow art & industry in the East End and a tour of #Greenwich footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social

6 great London walks to choose from on Saturday including the Roaring 20's, partying in Piccadilly, the River Fleet & the history of West Ham Book at footprintsoflondon.com
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More great walks tomorrow: outside on the fascinating history of the Brompton/Knightsbridge area. Inside with Marie at the n
National Portrait Gallery & Online to discover the sunken ships under the Thames with @robssmith.bsky.social. Book at footprintsoflondon.com @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social