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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 18h

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 · 1d

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

(Royal Academy of Arts)

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 2d

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 3d

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

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 ..

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 6d

Well, it's certainly up there.

A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

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

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Dr Richard Asquith @richardasquith.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

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

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 9d

we were all in suspense ...

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 10d

An earlier (red brick) Fishmongers' Hall.

Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 15d

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

(Private collection)

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 11d

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

Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 11d

OK. Have a good time in York.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Steve Plumb @squaremileguide.bsky.social · 11d

This was known and signed as 'Thames House' until not so long ago. The blue plaque near the person in pink marks the site of the second (I think...) Hall of the Parish Clerks' Company. The plaque was installed, with permission of the Vintners' Company, about two years ago.

Peter Stone @londonstone.bsky.social · 11d

Five Kings House, on Upper Thames Street at the approach to Southwark Bridge, is named after the banquet in 1363 hosted by the Mayor of London. In attendance were King Edward III of England and the kings of Scotland, Cyprus, France and Denmark.

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