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An Antique Souvenir of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese of London City. The Literateurs' Haunt for 300 Years or The Book of The Cheese This book was published around a century ago. If the current pub's owners were minded to produce a new version today they could get away with using the same illustrations. The Eight Edition of "The Book of the Cheese" 1923 "The Book of The Cheese - Being Traits and Stories of 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese', Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London" was first published by the Chees
Peter Berthoud
Sep 16, 2023


High Suspense in Mayfair
This is what being a telephone engineer involved in 1930s London. Twice a year the steel wires which support London's telephone cables -...
Peter Berthoud
Apr 8, 2018


Golf and Guns: London's Rooftop Playground in the 1930s
High above London, men and women were at play in 1938. Back then one could shoot guns and play golf on a rooftop. Here are some...
Peter Berthoud
Mar 7, 2018


Hyde Park: Shepherd and His Sheep
In the 1920s and 30s a Scottish shepherd grazed his sheep in Hyde Park. George Donald travelled down each year from Aberdeen together...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 17, 2018
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