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Steve Plumb

@squaremileguide.bsky.social

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An accredited Tour Guide providing tours of London by licensed taxi; also bespoke walking tours in the City of London. Liveryman & Past Master Parish Clerk.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 9h

Frank Lloyd Wright does beer:

Beer stein, 1914
Frank Lloyd Wright

(Minneapolis Institute of Art)

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see the Arms of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks being emblazoned in the Bill heading.

Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young @charlie-l-y.bsky.social · 1d

You never know what you'll find in Skoob! This one is coming with me to be added to my Champion bookcase (mostly books he owned, not wrote!)

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 1d

*THE* Green Park, if you please.

Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 2d

'Green Park' (1947) by Robert A. Buhler

(Royal Academy of Arts)

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 4d

First draft by our chap. Needs tweaking. NB: adjustable shelving !!

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 4d

Well on the way to having bookcases installed. Will save so much space. Not cheap, but I'm excited already.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 4d

Me twelve years ago. I was playing in a house trio in Finchley, North London. Had coffee with the Pianist this morning. I'm not at all sure whether I will get back to the drums. Never say never ...

Blurred and out of focus. Standard :)

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 4d

One of my brothers bought this at the time. On Decca, I think. The B side was 'Child of the Moon, maybe.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 5d

Had you, by any chance, wandered into the Pub with your conference name-badge still pinned-on? It happens a lot, you know ...

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 5d

I meet old friends about twice per year for Dinner. This time we will be at some sort of steak restaurant in the City. I am anticipating way too much noise for my liking, PLUS the ubiquitous muzak, which no-one listens to.

I am intrigued by the map which the restaurant has on its website. I like ..

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 7d

Well, it's certainly up there.

A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 7d

Is this the best street name sign in London? On the corner of the London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine, from my post on the building and institution at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 7d

Why have I never noticed this ?

A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 8d

111 Strand – A Street Map In Portland Stone
at alondoninheritance.com/london-build...

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Dr Richard Asquith @richardasquith.bsky.social · 8d

There’s no evidence, as far as I’m aware, that Chaucer himself was a Vintner - but his father, grandfather, and other relatives certainly were. One of our treasures is a 1352 deed for the site of the hall that names John Chaucer as a witness

A photograph of a medieval deed in a frame with a small red wax seal attached to the bottom.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you Richard. I must have gotten caught-up in an urban myth. The deed is outstanding. VMT.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 8d

A member of London's Company of Vintners, no less.

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 9d

15 Oct 1386: Geoffrey Chaucer #poet gives evidence in high court of chivalry #otd for Sir Richard Scrope in his dispute with Sir Robert Grosvenor about the right to bear certain arms (Bodleian)

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 10d

BBA moved to the old Achille Serre (dry cleaners) plant in Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow.

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 10d

we were all in suspense ...

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 10d

As bought by my late brother in 1966. I have the book here.

I might have a reel-to-reel tape recording of a BBC radio Home Service dramatised documentary on the Norman Conquest, somewhere. The BBC at its finest.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 10d

Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 10d

The Al Jarreau theme tune is outstanding; as is anything by Al Jarreau !

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 11d

An earlier (red brick) Fishmongers' Hall.

Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 16d

'London Bridge and the Monument from the South West' (first exhibited, 1791) by Joseph Farington

(Private collection)

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 11d

Yes. I guessed as much. I did wonder ...

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 12d

Indeed. Just heading to the (a) Pub for beers and Jazz in North Finchley :)

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 12d

OK. Have a good time in York.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 12d

Will you be in London next week, at all? I have the book and the D**ly T*l*gr*ph pub supplement which I want to pass-on.

Weds 15/10, I am at Innholders Hall for Parish Clerks' All Hallows Court etc.

Have a good time in York. The Musicians are going there next year. I hope to join them.