tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84155812024-03-08T03:01:46.356+00:00And Did Those FeetInteresting stuff about London, Museums and HeritageKevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1856125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-28587344767710731122019-04-29T10:20:00.003+01:002019-04-29T10:21:29.430+01:00New Web site and BlogFinally, I have moved myself onto wordpress.org. Slightly afraid of the extra fiddle-faddling capability I now have at my finger tips......<br />
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So this blog will slowly fade into the dusk<br />
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The new blog is here: <a href="http://www.chr.org.uk/anddidthosefeet/?page_id=11">http://www.chr.org.uk/anddidthosefeet/?page_id=11.</a><br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-90627908116159766502019-04-25T17:20:00.002+01:002019-04-25T17:20:33.220+01:00Report on the contribution of the culture industry to the economy.The arts and culture industry has grown <strong>£390million</strong> in a year and now contributes <strong>£10.8billion</strong> a year to the UK economy. <br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-11063527434362654672019-03-29T15:03:00.001+00:002019-03-29T15:03:27.927+00:00Updated Lincoln's Inn Fields Wikipedia pageI quite often revise wikipedia pages if I feel I have a moment.<br />
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This one I did because the London Archaeologist had an article by Barbora Brederova about an excavation in the Fields, and it gave information not clearly listed on Wikipedia.<br />
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I included a reference to the discovery of a fragment of a fudding cup.<br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-62135863436901131512019-03-27T15:46:00.001+00:002019-03-27T15:46:59.557+00:00Ice House discovered near Regents ParkThey have discovered a complete ice house by Regent's Crescent. near Regent's Park<br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-53469021976874526552019-03-27T15:15:00.000+00:002019-03-27T15:15:04.623+00:00My next Walks for London Walks are:
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Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-35396339072860183182019-03-20T16:31:00.001+00:002019-03-20T16:31:49.047+00:00New film on Mary Anning starring Kate WinsletThey have started filming it in Lyme Regis. The story casts Anning as a lesbian which has created a bit of a tiss.<br />
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Firstly, the augment the section on the Skulls that were found there which only he 2 original theories of their origin.<br />
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Secondly, to add the section on Tributaries particularly to add reference to the Langbourne.<br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-68919916701882549272019-03-17T22:00:00.000+00:002019-03-17T22:01:47.332+00:00City of London Ward Walk - Langbourn WardYesterday, after days of research, I gave my walk around Langbourn. The ward is small, almost arrow shaped ward, that runs from Bank to Fenchurch Street. It is basically the land on either side of Lombard Street and the west end of Fenchurch Street, although recent boundary changes mean it is now only on the north side of those streets.<br />
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It actually begins as St Mary Woolnoth, the Hawksmoor Church, crosses Lombard Street and the southern border runs west to Billiter Street. The North side runs from Billiter Street, through the lanes and alleys south of Cornhill.<br />
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Its a great walk because the alley ways around Change Alley are very charismatic.<br />
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The walk began with a look at the Royal Exchange which despite not being in the ward is intrinsic to the story of the ward which is as the centre of London's financial district.<br />
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Lombard Street was where the Italian banking community set up after the Jewish Bankers were expelled by Edward 1st. It was the medieval centre of business until Thomas Gresham built the Royal Exchange.<br />
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In the 17th Century the nascent stock and shares industry set up in Change Alley in Jonathan's and Garraway's Coffee House. Across the road Edward Lloyd set up his Coffee House that became the centre of the Insurance industry. He had a pulpit set up n the centre for announcements. In the 19th/20th Century banks such as Barclays, Lloyds and the TSB had their HQ's here, as well as the London Metals Exchange and tea and rubber traders, amongst many other.<br />
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The first Coffee House in London was founded here at which is now the Jamaica Wine House in 1652. The main investor was a member of the Levant Company one of the early Joint Stock companies.<br />
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At St Michael's Alley the walk changes tone as this is the western edge of the Roman Forum, and the road alignments have an important part to play in any discussion of Dark Age London and early christianity in London. The area is full of Churches, present and past. Along Lombard Street are St Mary Woolnoth, St Nicholas Acon, St Edmund the King and Martyr; All Hallows Gracechurch, St Dionis, St Gabriel Fenchurch. Just out of the ward are St Michaels, and St Peter's. So it honours 2 ArchAngels, the founder of the Roman Church, the evangelist of the Greece Church, and the Virgin Mary. Is this a coincidence or is it to do with the Forum. St Michaels and St Peters are on the Basiclica front of the Forum, Saint Dionis, All Hallows and St Edmund, on or near the southern range of the Forum. Archaeologist suggest a late 10th/11th origin for the road system and churches here. But it seems hard to accept the position of the Churches is purely coincidental.<br />
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Lime Street is thought to be named because lime burners were making a living, using the Roman remains to make lime, well into the 12th Century.<br />
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Back on Lombard Street we went to Plantation House, a huge development by Arup, HQ to many financial businesses. Excavations here uncovered a totally unexpected Roman Fort dating to AD63. Thought to be for reinforcements in the aftermath of the Boudiccan revolt of AD60. It would have sheltered a Cohort of around 500 troops, and finds suggest Calvary as well as infantry. It went out of use 20 years later.<br />
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We then walk back along Lombard Street back to the Tube. Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-10585235699261443942019-03-11T21:22:00.000+00:002019-03-11T21:22:07.021+00:00The man who is changing the pastThis is a great summary of the work being done in aDNA, ancient DNA which is overturning 60 years of folly among prehistorians.<br />
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Invasions are back in fashion<br />
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I wrote a blog post about it earlier.<br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-83840884448467056302019-03-03T10:55:00.002+00:002019-03-04T15:32:08.549+00:00What would Darcy's £10,000 income be worth if he were not a fictional figure and alive today?The answer is that is is very complicated.<br />
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History Today dealt with this in an article by Roderick Floud 'Pricing the Past' March 2019. It is often done using inflation indices which have been compiled for the past, these might be based on prices or earnings, or a combination - each giving different result. But the article suggests, as my anecdotal experience would confirm, that these give a result far too low. People have resorted to other methods for example including taking a single commodity and using that at as the measure. For example. you could give an idea of the buying power of a daily wage by giving it in the number of Mars Bars it could buy, or the income of a Doctor in terms of the daily wage equivalent of unskilled labours, or Roman Legionaries. <br />
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Froud uses a site called MeasuringWorth.com which helps calculate historic value by a range of methods. Be warned it is complicated. However, I have just discovered that if you go straight to this page, then its quite simple! <a href="https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ukcompare/"> www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ </a><br />
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Froud suggests using GDP gives a better and more realistic result. Using this method Mr Darcy's income was £7m pound; the Crystal Palace cost £319m to build, and a Day's pay for a WW1 soldier was £16.50, his colonel would have been paid £462.<br />
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Using the price index suggests the cost of the Crystal Palace was a mere £8.7m, £66.3m by the earnings index. This still seems low. The GDP index, by contrast, suggests a cost of £319m. This appears more realistic but is it? So he looks for a modern parallel and notes that the Dome cost £700m. So the GDP index of £319m is much more realistic than the other indices but you could conclude that finding a modern parallel is the best method. <br />
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Darcy's income of £10,000 is a mere £620,000 by the price's income, calculated by the inflation rate makes it £620,000 still far short of the GDP index of £7m. This still seems low to me. A quick google of the Duke of Chatsworth says he is worth £800m, lets say he gets a 5% return on that this would give an annual income of £40m. My reason for choosing the Duke is that some think Austen based Pemberley on Chatsworth. Darcy was not however titled. So lets be conservative and say Darcy has an annual income equivalent to £20m.<br />
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The exterior of the Hotel is covered in Doulton's 'The au Lait' terracotta tiles, and the interior is covered with amazing limestone cladding.<br />
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On the second floor is a dragon - called Lucky George as his pair sank with the Titanic.<br />
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The star was an exhibition on Shepherd Fairey - rebel with a cause. His punk, Russian Constructivism, Barbara Kruger, street art inspired exhibition showed a clear understanding of how to make an impact in public places. The video with the artist is as inspiring as it is informative. Placing something in unusual places creates something memorable - maybe its obvious but combined with his flair for promotion it shows how he is able to provoke a reaction. Like Banksy he has the eye for combining something striking with something meaningful. So he puts a portrait of a typical american couple surrouded by art work from the Dollar, and the couple are cuddling a bomb. Point simply made..<br />
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Another gallery is reserved for paintings of Bermuda of which one or two make a real impact. Upstairs and on the stairs are a series of modern art works which run the range of modern conceptual art - from the messy pieces of LookAtMe isms mascarading as pyschogeography to pieces that remind us that Marcel Descamps said it definitively and what is the point of saying it again? But there are also one or two pieces that show that some modern artists are finding a confident voice which suggests a future for art beyond the conceptual. Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-62763752323105546242019-02-18T13:05:00.000+00:002019-02-18T13:05:04.467+00:00Vincent Van Gogh in LondonExcellent article by Iain Sinclair in Tate Etc Issie 45 Middle.<br />
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His first house in London is unknown, and then he moved to 87 Hackford St, which reduced his commute to his job at Southampton Street, Covent Garden to about 45 minutes. He walked via Westminster Bridge. While in London he visited cultural venues with his Sister, Anna, such as St Pauls Dulwich Picture Gallery, and Hampton Court. He collected unpaid school fees in Whitechapel.<br />
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He moved to Isleworth, and heard a sermon in Kew Road Methodist Church.<br />
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He did a sketch of Austin Friars, and copied Dore image of Prisoners Excercising in Newgate.<br />
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We know something of his reading - the Arlesienne of 1890 <br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-38080986689664450312019-02-17T16:38:00.000+00:002019-02-17T16:38:13.570+00:00The third City of London Ward Walk - Castle Baynard<b>The Castle Baynard Ward Walk</b><br />
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We began with an introduction to the City of London and its 'democratic' (not) system. Castle Baynard has an ex Lord Mayor as its Alderman (but that must be true of at least 50% of them). He is public school educated but not Oxbridge and is a Tax expert who began with Arthur Anderson. <br />
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This is my sketch map. The yellow is the new boundary, the blue/green is the historic one. You will see that Queenhithe has taken a bite out of the East boundary - if you look there is a sort of nose just under St Pauls, that is the St Pauls Tourist Information Kiosk which Queenhithe must have particularly wanted or needed?<br />
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The Ward also lost that 'arm' pointing up which is essentially Warwick Lane. The major addition is the old printing area west of Farringdon Street and East of Temple Gardens, and the area north of Fleet Street and East of Fetter Lane. It seems to me that they have shunted together 2 disparate areas with completely different histories. <br />
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The War of The Roses as the College of Arms used to be Derby House which was where Lord Stanley (King of Mann and created Earl of Derby) and Margaret Beaufort (mother of Henry VII) lived. They stitched up Richard III at Bosworth Field. Edward IV was proclaimed King at Baynards Castle (as was Edward IV; Lady Jane Grey and Queen Mary). Buckingham suggested Richard III should become King here too. Warwick lived in the area, as did Clarence (Le Erber). There were various War of the Roses events at St Pauls although the most interesting was the 'Love Day' Procession where Henry VI hoped for an outbreak of love and peace by promoting a walk from Westminster to St Pauls. the Duke of York (Richard and Edward's dad) walking alongside Henry VI's wife (Margaret). It had about as much chance of working as solving Brexit by getting Corbyn and May to hold hands on a similar walk. I think they would have liked each other almost as much.<br />
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Shakespeare - the Carter Lane letter; print shop at the Sign of the White Greyhound, Coat of Arms at College of Arms; Blackfriars Theatre and the Seven Ages of Man Statue at the Brutalist Baynard House.<br />
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The statue shown above by Richard Kindersley was for me a highlight. I have pointed this out on many coach tours but only went up to see it again a couple of months ago. It was therefore nice to read from Jacques speech in 'As You Like It.'<br />
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Telecoms. Opposite the HQ of BT is the Faraday Building which turns out to be London's first Telephone Exchange and then the World's first International Telephone exchange. <br />
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We had drinks in the Blackfriars and the Cheshire Cheese. The former being perhaps the most spectacular pub interior in London, and the latter the most historic?<br />
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I am looking at Castle Baynard Ward which is south of St Pauls and west across the Fleet river into Fleet Street.<br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-21107587111255373542019-02-14T11:00:00.002+00:002019-02-14T11:00:42.483+00:00Have you a definition of the modern Museum? ICOM wants one.New definition of the Museum called for by ICOM.<br />
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The current definition is: “A museum is a non-profit, permanent
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public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits
the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment
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accessible artefacts and specimens, which they hold in trust for <b>society</b>.'</span> <br />
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<br />Kevin Fludehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17006188543231880720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415581.post-39233673988924514962019-02-13T12:03:00.001+00:002019-02-13T12:03:43.694+00:00The Latest About the Man with the Boots in the ThamesNo one has yet suggested he was on his way to a fetish club, but it seems he was a fisher man who died in his 16th Century Waders.<br />
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His teeth suggest he used them to control fishing lines or nets, and his bones suggests a physically stressful occupation. He was not buried but probably lost in the river and under 35 years old.<br />
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We heard about excavations just by Henry VII's gallery in what was called Poets Corner Yard. Here they found archaeological sequences which included<br />
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Dump levels containing prehistoric finds and Roman remains (but not in situ) <br />
the original chalk raft for the Abbey<br />
burial ground for monks including some coffins with head shaped ends for the corpses head.<br />
Shops and workshops in the area that Chaucer and Caxton had house and workshop in.<br />
Building levels from Henry III through to Gilbert Scott.<br />
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The archaeological team cleared out all the dust of years that had accumulated in the gallery. It included thousands of fragments of medieval painted window glass, sherds, tobacco pipes, tiles, bricks, moulded stones. Amongst the many pieces of paper found was the wrapping for a 17th Century tobacco pouch; and invites and seating plans for Queen Anne's coronation.<br />
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This is a display of the clay cuneiform tablets. And a close up below.<br />
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The picture below shows that they also used wax tablets like the Romans.<br />
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And this one shows the origins of double entry book keeping. These people shown below are keeping a list of booty collected in war. The accountants are always shown in pairs, one bearded and the other clean-shaven. The panels suggests one writes on a board and the other on parchment and in different languages. I wonder if the clean shaven ones are Eunuchs?<br />
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