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HIDDEN LONDON [21]: Lost Tube Stations
We often take the Tube for granted in London, or at least we do in normal times, rushing on and shuffling off, but in these quieter...
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mafling
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Gregg’s Blog (7): London has Reopened. Hurrah!
If there was ever a time to get out and discover the city it is now. In fact it is tempting to go to shops just for the novelty of seeing...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [18]: Hidden Gems](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0e368_92d7d2e2cb2141598f79331e15c5a1f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f0e368_92d7d2e2cb2141598f79331e15c5a1f0~mv2.jpg)
mafling
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [18]: Hidden Gems
Bollinger Jewellery Gallery at the V&A Room 47 British Museum, Hall Grundy Collection at Kenwood House. This week, I thought I would...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [17]: Fortnum & Masons Food Hall](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0e368_65a8410ea4fa4ea3b5ada6e2bc92cc07~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f0e368_65a8410ea4fa4ea3b5ada6e2bc92cc07~mv2.jpg)
mafling
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [17]: Fortnum & Masons Food Hall
In these times of Lockdown 2, it can become quite easy to slip into sadness and lose yourself in the cycle of eat work, sleep and repeat....
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![HIDDEN LONDON [16]: Rotten Row, London's first Kings Road](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0e368_09fba18809b34765a4b5404befd141fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f0e368_09fba18809b34765a4b5404befd141fc~mv2.jpg)
mafling
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [16]: Rotten Row, London's first Kings Road
During our new lockdown, here is a place you can visit safely, not only does it have history, it is open air and you will be following in...
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mafling
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [15]: "The Skinners" and "Merchant Taylors" Livery Guilds of London
Many people do not realise that in the square mile of the city which seems to be all tall glass building of commerce and money at the...
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mafling
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
Gregg’s Blog (4): A City of Ghosts
It’s almost All Hallow’s Eve, the night when the thin veil between the living and spirit world becomes more gossamer, and London you’ll...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [14]: The Fake Houses of Leinster Gardens.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0e368_589b1981e4b84f558e1515f59f32fe05~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f0e368_589b1981e4b84f558e1515f59f32fe05~mv2.jpg)
mafling
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [14]: The Fake Houses of Leinster Gardens.
There are many anomalies in London, people who claim to be Cockneys are supposed to be born within the sound of Bow Bells, though I’m...
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Gregg Maflin
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Gregg's Blog (3): Palaces of the Mind
London is a great place for dreamers, and why not? People have always come here and hoped to find a city they see in their imagination....
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![Hidden London [13]: Discover one of the great developments by mankind in the C20th - The Penicillin](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0e368_0c8d8cf1c501464b9bc4689cc2139fcd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f0e368_0c8d8cf1c501464b9bc4689cc2139fcd~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Hidden London [13]: Discover one of the great developments by mankind in the C20th - The Penicillin
The Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum. Today pricking your finger on a rose thorn or a getting a splinter might be irritating but in...
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Gregg Maflin
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
Gregg's Blog (2): Silent Spaces & Inspiring Places!
I get it! You're in London and you thought it would be all Go Go Go! But for the moment and, let's hope it's brief, we are working in...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [12] “Cockney Cashpoints of Olde London Town!“](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0e368_4f275f4f6b754054baf58ed1775e2aa9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/f0e368_4f275f4f6b754054baf58ed1775e2aa9~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [12] “Cockney Cashpoints of Olde London Town!“
To the uninitiated “Cockney Rhyming Slang ” could be seen as a problem and without knowing those who use it are often being profoundly...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [11] “The London Stone". Discover the history and legends behind this hidden monument.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_313a3431c44047feb0cd087518845c64~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a27d24_313a3431c44047feb0cd087518845c64~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [11] “The London Stone". Discover the history and legends behind this hidden monument.
Located at 11 Cannon St., almost opposite Cannon Street station, sits a small lump of old limestone set into the wall on a Portland stone...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [10] Are you a fan of the Harry Potter films? You cannot miss “The House of Mina Lima"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c8b5b_8ad65637582d4a81a0a1c7f48dfaf5b4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/8c8b5b_8ad65637582d4a81a0a1c7f48dfaf5b4~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Sep 3, 2020
- 1 min
HIDDEN LONDON [10] Are you a fan of the Harry Potter films? You cannot miss “The House of Mina Lima"
Mina-Lima - Creators of the Harry Potter films' graphic art and props. When watching a movie , rarely does anyone have the time to take...
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![Hidden London [9] "Shaken Not Stirred" Where to get the James Bond's famous Vesper Martini.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c8b5b_6ea4c17d2e8d4234b9aee17ff515aacd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/8c8b5b_6ea4c17d2e8d4234b9aee17ff515aacd~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
Hidden London [9] "Shaken Not Stirred" Where to get the James Bond's famous Vesper Martini.
The writer Ian Fleming, creator of the iconic James Bond novels, was a man of refined style and taste, and many of his ideas about Bond’s...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [8] “The Oldest Tree in London”- The Totteridge and Whetstone Yew. 2000 years old](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c8b5b_461992cfda8945f9a39304dca346e7f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/8c8b5b_461992cfda8945f9a39304dca346e7f6~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [8] “The Oldest Tree in London”- The Totteridge and Whetstone Yew. 2000 years old
In these strange times, I thought I would write and tell you a little of the nature of " Hidden London" there are great monuments all...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [7] “A Cut Above “ TRUEFITT & HILL, the oldest barber shop in the world.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c8b5b_1d6675fbab5a44e8922b3123567e855d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/8c8b5b_1d6675fbab5a44e8922b3123567e855d~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [7] “A Cut Above “ TRUEFITT & HILL, the oldest barber shop in the world.
The area of St James’s in central London slightly off the West End, has age old history, the historic palace with its Tudor gatehouse,...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [6] The Art Deco Ballroom Foyer of the Sheraton Grand. -London Park Lane Hotel-](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c8b5b_754ab05eaba54806a72725cf8e3524db~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/8c8b5b_754ab05eaba54806a72725cf8e3524db~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [6] The Art Deco Ballroom Foyer of the Sheraton Grand. -London Park Lane Hotel-
This hidden Art Deco wonder from the Jazz age was built in 1920’s. If you ever wanted to step into a B&W Hollywood movie from the period...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [5] “The Old Curiosity Shop”. Discover the oldest surviving shop in London.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8c8b5b_13d8f940c7914e3692f9c814e008040f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/8c8b5b_13d8f940c7914e3692f9c814e008040f~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [5] “The Old Curiosity Shop”. Discover the oldest surviving shop in London.
A wonderfully ancient, small shop still survives just off Holborn Kingsway surround by high rise blocks of the LSE , bearing the date...
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![HIDDEN LONDON [4] Georgian Deptford & Albury Street.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_1f9f6750d62f4f9abb36923d5e286c86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a27d24_1f9f6750d62f4f9abb36923d5e286c86~mv2.jpg)
Gregg Maflin
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
HIDDEN LONDON [4] Georgian Deptford & Albury Street.
There are many elegant Georgian buildings north of the river, but in South London close to the Thames few survived the horrors of the...
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