Best of Recent Blog Posts #33

Haven’t done one of these for a while, busy, busy. Just this morning discovered a great London history blog called London Trinkets, and by a London Historians member to boot. I’ve added it to our blog roll. Good photos, take a look.

Vauxhall Gardens, 250 Years Ago by Georgian Gentleman
James Figg, the father of modern boxing by Georgian Gentleman
The Temple of Mithras goes back to where it came from by the Great Wen
Two Perfect Women – the meeting of Prunella Stack and Gertrud Scholtz-Klink at Claridges in 1939 by Another Nickel in the Machine
Tull of Fenchurch Street by Caroline’s Miscellany
Frederic David Mocatta, Victorian Philanthropist by Caroline’s Miscellany
Homeopathy: a Most Extravagant Conceit (hear, hear!) by Georgian London
Games for May by The Library Time Machine
The Trial of Sir Walter Ralegh: a Transcript by Mathew Lyons
A Stroll Around Hatton Garden and Farringdon by Silver Tiger
Cover Story by Dustshoveller’s Gazette
A Victorian Piano Maker by The Victorianist
The Opening of the Rebuilt Waterloo Station 1922 by Turnip Rail
Indian Princess in Suffragette March by Untold Lives
A Brief History of Dolls Houses by Virtual Victorian
To the Editur of the Times Newspaper by Lee Jackson
Lost London: Gates Special – Ludgate by Exploring London
Witches are hanged, or sometimes burned by Shakespeare’s England
No Need to Fear Unesco’s Threats. It’s Time to Celebrate by Building Storeys
William Booth and the Salvation Army in Chelsea by the House Historian
Visit to the Government Art Collection by Westminster Walking