thelondongenie

Genealogist, Londoner, history-lover, vintage cape-wearer. #heirloomhunter #westendgirls #womenshistory #londonhistory #katemeyrick #43club #Soho

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

I've decided to move over to Threads. Musk made me do it.
You can find me on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or you can email me at [email protected]

Au revoir !

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

Time travel back to the summer of 1924 for more nightclub shenanigans and another raid at the #43Club #Soho #KateMeyrick #womenshistory #londonhistory #nightclubs
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[The London Archives @TheLdnArchives]

We’re back!

We’re delighted to be relaunching today as The London Archives. You can still expect free access to 1000 years of history, available to all, with a greater online presence, a new website, social content , and a jam-packed events programme + more!
#TheLondonArchives

[British Guild of Tourist Guides @BBGuides]

Walked past this fragrant elegance yesterday 😍

Juan Famenias #Floris arrived in #London from Menorca & set up shop at 89 Jermyn St, London, with his wife Elizabeth, in 1730. The shop continues to be family owned and today it is run by the 8th & 9th generations of the family 🧵

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

@MiningthePast @findmypast Are we in the same place? If not one of us has been mislead. Just left the same comment on this post!

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

@findmypast First place to have a 'hole in the wall' cash machine.

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

@kateStrasdin @metmuseum This is drop dead gorgeous.

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

@WordyJJ @RobertElms This is very sad indeed!

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

If 1920s Soho is your thing, my latest blog reveals the short life of The Palm Nightclub with tipsy coppers, gangsters and women who managed to be both filthy and clean, simultaneously!
https://t.co/s6q6i3DBRP

#1920s #Soho #Londonhistory #womenshistory #KateMeyrick
#nightclub

[Lara Maiklem FSA - The London Mudlark @LondonMudlark]

Some of the knife handles I’ve found on the Thames foreshore: bone, ivory, horn and wood, dating from Roman to 19th century.

Most of them are from the type of everyday knife that most people carried for everyday tasks and cutting up food.

#mudlarking #mudlark #mudlarkingfinds

[The History Press @TheHistoryPress]

Using previously unpublished memoirs and interviews, 'Queens of Bohemia' creates a soundscape of voices that gives the reader a taste of their world, so exotic and yet often wracked with despair.

On sale via @AmazonKindle now: https://t.co/rhPRnzTrM1 #womeninhistory

[ianVisits @ianvisits]

Formerly the London Metropolitan Archives, reopening on Monday at The London Archives.

(Although if you look carefully at one of the signs, you can still see the old name embossed under the fresh paint.)

[Hazel Baker @Guided_Walks]

TOMORROW - Sunday, Aug 04 @ 12:00 PM
Secrets of Spitalfields

Discover the rich history of East London’s Jewish community and their cultural contributions. #JewishLondon #CulturalHeritage

Book your ticket/s: https://t.co/xTgGFOoQjS

[British Guild of Tourist Guides @BBGuides]

What's a historic ice-cream cart doing @canalmuseum at King's Cross? This fascinating #museum is housed in a former ice warehouse built c1862. The brains behind this was Carlo Gatti, who brought ice & ice-cream to the masses & was rightfully known as the ‘Ice-King of London’ 🧵

[Southwark Heritage @SwkHeritage]

African Deeds, a pop-up exhibition, is coming to @bcaheritage, not far from us. Donated by Mandy Parker-Sharp, the collection tells the story of her ancestors, starting in 1901 with the pioneering Thomas Brem-Wilson, the Black Pastor of Peckham. https://t.co/vPHvel2boB

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

If 1920s Soho is your thing, my latest blog reveals the short life of The Palm Nightclub with tipsy coppers, gangsters and women who managed to be both filthy and clean, simultaneously!
https://t.co/s6q6i3DBRP

#1920s #Soho #Londonhistory #womenshistory #KateMeyrick
#nightclub

[thelondongenie @ldngenie]

@emmajolly I have one growing out of my crumbling driveway. The tenacity of plants is inspiring!

[jane robinson @janerobinson00]

Anyone who loved #Bluestockings will enjoy this, I promise! @StHughsLibrary @StAnnesLibrary @StHildasLib @lmhoxford @somervilleox @OxfordHistory