21 Nov is the birthday (1873) of Vernon Kell, first head of MI5.
Celebrate it with me with 'Secrets and Spies' on the streets at 2:30 and on-line at 9:30.
@footprintsldn@CityWestminster#intelligence
WT 2:30
https://t.co/CIYsMLn3Kh
VT 9:30
https://t.co/HB0L77Pr0B
3 DAYS TO GO!
After a loooong THREE YEAR wait, East London's FREE reading festival is just three days away!
There's still time to pick up your FREE tickets!
View the full programme and get your FREE tickets: https://t.co/eJJIKHwOWu
(did we mention, it's FREE???)
3 Nov: join @Charnowalks to celebrate London's Dockland on the streets or virtually. We encounter the East India Company, celebrate the rise of Poplar - and so much more!
@footprintsldn@thevents
WT 2:30 GMT
https://t.co/9d6vnP4TyS
VT 9:30 GMT
https://t.co/0K2YHaHoyr
If you're looking for something alternative for your #Halloween, why not join @Charnowalks on a virtual stroll through the East End darkness conjured up by Peter Ackroyd?
Be quick though - it starts at 9:30!
@footprintsldn@thevents#literaryfiction
https://t.co/OVJrPp8cnn
21 November is the birthday of Vernon Kell. Born in 1873, he was the first head of #MI5, serving from 1909 to 1940.
Celebrate this anniversary with me on street or screen!
@footprintsldn@CityWestminster#espionage
WT
https://t.co/CIYsMLn3Kh
VT
https://t.co/HB0L77Pr0B
Sir Corbett Woodall, governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company 1906-1916, introduced bonuses for staff - if they could bring the prices DOWN!
Very different times ...
#EastEnd@NewhamLondon
31 Oct: join @Charnowalks on your screen - or on the shadowy streets - to conjure up Peter Ackroyd's Monstrous East End for #Halloween2022!
@footprintsldn@thevents#literary
Walking 14:30 BST
https://t.co/2PiZVABeN3
Virtual 21:30 BST
https://t.co/OVJrPoQAYN
6 Oct: there's still room on my walking and virtual tours today celebrating the secret agent in fiction on the 60th anniversary of Dr No!
@footprintsldn#Bond60#espionage
WT 2:30 BST
https://t.co/cuDeT6q5aU
VT 8:30 BST
https://t.co/AZp3alZTRo
It's not all housing estates in the East End. Here are some 1820s cottages in Louisa St E1 - simple design but showing clear Georgian stylings in the doorframes.
#EastEnd@TowerHamletsNow#urbanphotography
Sadly I'll be giving a tour of my own, but I'm sure you've got no excuse!
Join @misssamperrin for an authentic and enjoyable exploration of a fascinating aspect of our past!
#outdoorfun#darkside
An atmospheric moment caught between light and dark by @PamJMarchant. It's suggestive of so much, difficult to pin down - which is what art is all about.
#IndieArtists#artforsale
Fancy sharpening your research and presentation skills? Or would you like to get up close to the East End of London?
Enrolment is open for 'Tour Guiding in Tower Hamlets: The Essentials', from @ideastores Learning.
#ACL#adultlearning
Details:
https://t.co/q4KK9KZS8w
7 Sept: on the anniversary of the outbreak of the Blitz join @Charnowalks on the streets or on-screen to commemorate the effect of #WW2 on Bethnal Green.
@footprintsldn@thevents@LoveBthnlGreen
Walking tour:
https://t.co/vUz7Rlhv1J
Virtual tour:
https://t.co/LptHlRr3XG