London Fire Brigade at St Patrick’s Day
London Fire Brigade at the 2024 London St Patrick’s Day Parade watched by huge crowds as they passed through central London.
Photographic ramblings of random interesting things and happenings
London Fire Brigade at the 2024 London St Patrick’s Day Parade watched by huge crowds as they passed through central London.
The Ceremony of the Constable’s Dues was conducted at the Tower of London by the Royal Marines to present a barrel of wine to the Constable.
Preserved London buses at Baker Street taking part in the North London running day on 10th March.
At 08:03 on Saturday 2nd March 2024, LNER A4 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley” storms through Finsbury Park station.
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44871 at Finsbury Park station at 07:46 on 24-Feb-2024
Clowns International holds the Grimaldi Service annually at All Saints, Haggerston. Joseph Grimaldi is recognised as the first modern clown.
The 2024 King’s Army of the English Civil War Society March and Commemoration of the Horrible Murder of King Charles I in 1649.
Dr Johnson wrote the first dictionary after others had attempted the task. The dictionary he produced was the most scholarly.
The City of London skyline, and Walkie Talkie Building, look very striking when the picture is taken on a black and white infrared camera.
City of London Christmas 2023 temporary sculpture trail featuring Raymond Biggs’ “Snowman” decorated as “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.
For the first time since the pandemic, G. Lawrence Meat Company ran the Christmas Meat Sale at Smithfield Meat Market in the City of London on Saturday 23rd December.
See inside the 2023 London Fire Brigade Command Unit from where big incidents are co-ordinated. Includes 360 degree virtual tours.
On Saturday 25-Nov-2023, LMS Royal Scot Class steam locomotive 46115 “Scots Guardsman” (in British Railways green) visited London Paddington.
On Thursday 23-Nov-2023, the Dutch Navy submarine support ship HNLMS Mercuur sails up the River Thames to visit London.
Friday 10th November 2023: The River Thames Act of Remembrance, a flotilla of nine boats sailed from Tower Bridge to the Houses of Parliament.
The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run happens each year on the first Sunday in November. These are the first set of my 2023 photos.
The day before the 2023 London Brighton Veteran Car Run, the St James’s International Concours was held. Featuring 360 degree virtual tours.
Inside Lambeth fire station is London Fire Brigade’s Memorial Hall, commemorating those lost on duty serving London.
One of the City of London’s many livery halls, Goldsmiths’ Hall is home to the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.
The unique 1953 Morris Minor fire engine TFC953 seen at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire.
Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon” returned to London in October 2023 to be displayed in Southwark Cathedral, which last hosted Gaia. See more of my photos of Luke Jerram’s work.
The City of London, the Square Mile, is packed full of churches which hint at how many people lived in the City hundreds of years ago, as against the business district it is today....
The Horizon 22 observation platform at 22 Bishopsgate is the newest and highest in London, located on the 58th Floor. The best bit – it’s free to visit. It is so high up, it...
Paddle Steamer Waverley passing downstream through Tower Bridge for the first time in the London 2023 season on 24th September 2023.
The Strand in central London is home to many imposing buildings. One of those is St Clement Danes, the Central Church of the Royal Air Force.
Methodist Central Hall took part in Heritage Open Days by opening the building’s dome to visitors. The views from the balcony are stunning.
Route 38 stepped back in time on 16-Sep-2023 as preserved buses served route 38 between Victoria Station and Hackney Central.
Once inside Westminster’s Quaker Meeting House, you find a building interior enveloped by calm and stillness.
Located in Lambeth, just over the Thames from the Houses of Parliament, the IMO draws up regulations for shipping safety and standardisation.
The London Landmarks Skyscraper Challenge has rigged a zipwire from The Cheesegrater to The Gherkin in the City of London. These pictures were taken from 1.2 miles away in Bermondsey on 09-Sep-2023.
Trinity House Vessel Galatea Sails Up The Thames on 03-Sep-2023 and passes through Tower Bridge to visit London.
New for 2023, The Lookout in the City of London offers stunning views from the 50th floor across a huge segment of the London skyline.
3rd September each year is Merchant Navy Day chosen because the first major Allied casualty of World War Two was the Athenia, sunk with the loss of 117 passengers and crew within hours of hostilities being declared on 3rd September 1939.
The Clockworks in South London has a working Beasley-Gamewell Fire Alarm system, used by Fire Brigades and Police forces for street alarms.
A few steps from exit four of Tottenham Court Road Underground station in central London is a free 360 degree immersive experience.
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the Geometric Staircase is an engineering marvel within an architectural landmark.
Carrying equipment for more difficult rescues, OXT779 was a London Fire Brigade Emergency Tender based at Paddington Fire Station.
Jubilee Square, Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall, was the final site to display Luke Jerram’s “Mars: War and Peace” in the 2023 K&C Festival.
All Saints’ Church in Notting Hill displayed Luke Jerram’s “Mars: War and Peace” as part of the 2023 Kensington and Chelsea Festival.
Look around the inside of a London fire engine on your computer (just like Google Street View), the workhorse of London Fire Brigade.
Luke Jerram’s “Mars: War & Peace” hosted by the Kensington and Chelsea Festival at St John the Baptist Church in Holland Road, West London.
Preserved Class 55 Deltic 55009 “Alycidon” coasts through Finsbury Park, slowing for the final stop at London King’s Cross.
Under the London Canal Museum there are two ice wells. They were used to store ice before refrigeration was invented. Open once a year.
The Worshipful Company of Carmen hosted the 2023 Cart Marking Ceremony with the Lord Mayor of London their guest.
LMS Jubilee class 45596 “Bahamas” in BR livery leaving London Paddington with The Railway Touring Company’s “The West Somerset Steam Express”.
Opened in 1863, St Peter’s on Clerkenwell Road has since the 1880s held an annual Procession in Honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Southern Railway 35018 “British India Line”, passes Finsbury Park station on 15th July 2023, with a special from London Kings Cross to York.
New for 2023, City Wall at Vine Street is free to visit displaying a part of London’s Roman Wall and the archaeological finds made on site.
Southern Railway Merchant Navy Pacific 35018 “British India Line”, slows to negotiate Clapham Junction on Sunday 9th July 2023.