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[Lost London @Lost___London]

Upcoming Pub/History Walking Tours
https://t.co/jcRYathbNe

Hampstead @PubHistoryTours
🗓 13th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Hampstead Station (On Northern Line)
🕦 11 AM With @vinnie___sullivan

Rochester, Kent
🗓 27th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Rochester Station
🕦 11 AM With @VinnieSull1van

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

Upcoming Pub/History Walking Tours
https://t.co/8oswFXHPR7

Hampstead 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️ @PubHistoryTours
🗓 13th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Hampstead Station (On Northern Line)
🕦 11 AM With @VinnieSull1van

Rochester, Kent 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️
🗓 27th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Rochester Station
🕦 11 AM With @VinnieSull1van

St Pancras 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️
🗓 4th July (SATURDAY)
👥 The George Pub (Eversholt Street, by Euston Station)
🕦 11 AM With @ChelseaDan5
(Accompanied by @VinnieSull1van)

Hampstead is one of London's oldest and most exclusive historic villages. Tracing its roots back to Anglo-Saxon times, it transitioned from a rural farming hamlet to a fashionable 17th-century spa resort and evolved into the highly affluent, artistic, and literary sanctuary of today. This walking tour is a great excuse to enjoy a picturesque, historic location without the bustle and noice of central London. We shall frequent some stunning streets, locations, and, of course, pubs whilst discussing the many takes attached to them.

Hampstead Underground Station is located at Hampstead High Street, London, NW3 1QG (on the Northern Line). About ten minutes from King's Cross.

Each tour will last roughly between 3-1/2 to 4 hours (or more) and will include several pubs that we will both visit and pass. We will be visiting some of #London's most famous and impressive locations, and of course, pubs, whilst venturing into various historical epochs. If you need to leave early, then please let me know at the time, and I'll direct you.

Prices: £20 per person (for over 18s),
16-18: £10
Under 16s: Free (If accompanied by a paying adult)

Ps. Thank you all so much for all of your custom and support. It means the absolute world to me. 🤝

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

My love for England.

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The Grove, Hampstead by John Constable (1776-1837)

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Jacob Street, Bermondsey, 1910, ©Historic England

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Shad Thames before being turned into expensive homes.

©Historic England

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Southwark Fire Station, Southwark Bridge Road
©Historic England

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A magnificent image of Admiralty arch in the bygone days of Westminster.

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The old Wembley stadium

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

To me, the greatest view in Westminster is on the green behind the statue of George V. From here, modernity and the humans it's produced are blocked out and replaced by the awe-inspiring view of Gothic and Gothic revival architecture.

The Palace of Westminster, designed by Charles Barry, which was made to look like the 'Lady Chapel' (built in the early 1500s under Henry VII as a gothic extention to the over 700 year old Westminster Abbey), are two of my favourite buildings in the world.

Together, they create a view of unparalleled majesty and embody high culture. This view and the efforts that created it is an example of the standards and capabilities of artistic architecture.

This is why I will never take modern architecture or the excuses used to defend it seriously. We can all see the difference between culturally significant brilliance and bland internationalism.

To suggest otherwise is simply a lie. If this is what we've done over the last millennium, then do not tell me for one second that we shouldn't or couldn't be doing it now.

📸 taken on an outing for @PubHistoryTours

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Behold, the lost view of the 1990s corner shop. When a chocolate bar wasn't only dirt cheap, but big enough to eat in two sittings. ⏳️

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Yet another beautiful, historic location is due to be turned into a housing estate. Have a look at this. It's not good enough that our cities have no character left. Apparently, our countryside needs updating as well.

View and then share to make others aware. Thank you 🤝

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

The History and Fate of the Briggens House Estate

For centuries, Briggens house, on the Briggens Estate, has stood as a prime example of high culture and architectural splendour. Its history is as extensive as it is fascinating, which is why some of it is covered in this video. On a (very) warm, sunny day, we took a trip to this beautiful spot that sits in the picturesque countryside between #Essex and #Hertfordshire, not only talk about what it's seen and been through, but its potential fate.

Of course, as mentioned in the video, this certainly isn't a representation of the average Briton, but, it is an example of how much more beautiful things used to be in the world of the wealthy compared to the penthouse mentality of today. Who knows, maybe a force of magic will prevent the house and the grounds from becoming a new-build housing estate.

Up and down our Isles, a wave of modernistic uniformity is changing Britain as a whole. Our old buildings suffer, or disappear, whilst the new one's do not take on the image of Britain we all know and love.

To join me on one of my many Tours - Pub/History tours, visit @PubHistoryTours and the Tour website
https://t.co/8oswFXHPR7

To see this video in 4k, visit my You Tube.
https://t.co/PUhmWkNgbG
I am also involved in a docuseries named Britain's Lost and Living pubs that is on both X and You Tube. @Britains___Pubs
https://t.co/4zZV2JdqHU

Music: Chopin - Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, BI 108 (performed by Diana Hughes) https://t.co/U0HSpgeNiN

Thank you for watching 🤝

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

On the left is the instillation of a brand new, gleaming red K6 telephone box being installed in London during the 1930s. Designed by architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the red phone boxe became a symbol of Britin. On the right is what they've become. If they're not being graffitied, stickered, attacked, or being treated as a public urinal, they're being shipped off to cemeteries to rot or to be sold as ornaments.

Not only were they removed on mass to water down British culture and uniformity, but the society of today vandalises the few we have left. ⏳️

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London Underground Bayswater 1990 District Line at Bayswater ⏳️

From Bruce Burgess

[Chelsea Dan @ChelseaDan5]

Arguably the most notorious of Londons remaining Flat Roof Council Estate Boozers The Beckton Arms Canning Town E16,£4.30 San Miguel in the right glass and a Seafood Stall outside as well,A Proper Proper Pub,TWKK PPP Cheers🐟🍻👌

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1990s

1. A60 stock unit 5065 leaving New Cross Gate for Whitechapel

2. 1959 stock unit 1155 leaving Morden for Edgware

3. 1983 stock unit 3662 at Wembley Park

4. A60 stock unit 5042 arriving at Harrow-on-the-Hill

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Limehouse Lock With Anglia House in the Background

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Part 2 - Bygone Elephant and Castle/South London in the 1970s. It looks like a complete different world.

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Part 1 - Bygone Elephant and Castle/South London in the 1970s. It looks like a complete different world.

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Follow us for more of the same and to keep up with our docuseries and upcoming tours. @PubHistoryTours
Next tour: with @VinnieSull1van

https://t.co/2zxROwJbin

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

Upcoming Pub/History Walking Tours
https://t.co/8oswFXHPR7

Hampstead 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️ @PubHistoryTours
🗓 13th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Hampstead Station (On Northern Line)
🕦 11 AM With @VinnieSull1van

Rochester, Kent 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️
🗓 27th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Rochester Station
🕦 11 AM With @VinnieSull1van

St Pancras 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️
🗓 4th July (SATURDAY)
👥 The George Pub (Eversholt Street, by Euston Station)
🕦 11 AM With @ChelseaDan5
(Accompanied by @VinnieSull1van)

Hampstead is one of London's oldest and most exclusive historic villages. Tracing its roots back to Anglo-Saxon times, it transitioned from a rural farming hamlet to a fashionable 17th-century spa resort and evolved into the highly affluent, artistic, and literary sanctuary of today. This walking tour is a great excuse to enjoy a picturesque, historic location without the bustle and noice of central London. We shall frequent some stunning streets, locations, and, of course, pubs whilst discussing the many takes attached to them.

Hampstead Underground Station is located at Hampstead High Street, London, NW3 1QG (on the Northern Line). About ten minutes from King's Cross.

Each tour will last roughly between 3-1/2 to 4 hours (or more) and will include several pubs that we will both visit and pass. We will be visiting some of #London's most famous and impressive locations, and of course, pubs, whilst venturing into various historical epochs. If you need to leave early, then please let me know at the time, and I'll direct you.

Prices: £20 per person (for over 18s),
16-18: £10
Under 16s: Free (If accompanied by a paying adult)

Ps. Thank you all so much for all of your custom and support. It means the absolute world to me. 🤝

[Lost London @Lost___London]

Clapham Junction Station, 1966

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Scene filmed in one of the spots included on the Rochester tour. Yes, it's a PUB!

Upcoming Pub/History Walking Tour (#KENT)
https://t.co/ztc0rPc4Ls

Rochester, Kent 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️
🗓 27th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Rochester Station
🕦 11 AM With @PubHistoryTours

[Vinnie Sullivan @VinnieSull1van]

Upcoming Pub/History Walking Tour (#KENT)
https://t.co/8oswFXHPR7

Rochester, Kent 🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️
🗓 27th June (SATURDAY)
👥 Rochester Station
🕦 11 AM With @PubHistoryTours

Rochester, the historic port town in Medway, Kent, is one of my favourite places in the world. Famed for its Norman castle, ancient cathedral, and deep connections to Charles Dickens, the town offers a charming High Street filled with independent shops and annual festivals. From Roman walls to homes that housed kings of England, there's far too much to talk about in this small town than I have room to type.

With a 1000 year old castle, and a Norman cathedral with it's foundation stretching back to 604 AD, this really is one of the most historic, and wonderful sights in England. You will be taking photographs all day and will want to return. Once you walk around, you understand that even though it's small, it takes more than one day to really take it all in. I travel down often just to appreciate the area and relax.

Direct, frequent services run via Southeastern and Thameslink. Fast trains from London St Pancras International take about 40 minutes.

We will be covering so many topics and observing so many forms of architecture that however much I want to talk about them now, I'd better wait until the day.

I find this are to be incredibly special, and somewhere I feel at home. I hope that (if you're joining us) that you will too.

I am very much looking forward to this outing and can not emphasise enough just how beautiful, and educational the area is.

Each tour will last roughly between 3-1/2 to 4 hours (or more) and will include several pubs that we will both visit and pass. We will be visiting some of #London's most famous and impressive locations, and of course, pubs, whilst venturing into various historical epochs. If you need to leave early, then please let me know at the time, and I'll direct you.

Prices: £20 per person (for over 18s),
16-18: £10
Under 16s: Free (If accompanied by a paying adult)

Ps. Thank you all so much for all of your custom and support. It means the absolute world to me. 🤝