tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1067421876819131699..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Thaxted, EssexPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80556688323523143962015-02-01T21:58:41.467+00:002015-02-01T21:58:41.467+00:00Sabina: Indeed. London is full of endless fascinat...Sabina: Indeed. London is full of endless fascination. <br /><br />I'm also a fan of old guidebooks, which are often sources of out of the way information and fascinating insights. One of these days I'll start a Dead Guidebooks Society...Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-45738890074331888982015-02-01T07:00:22.559+00:002015-02-01T07:00:22.559+00:00In the early '70's, I walked the City of L...In the early '70's, I walked the City of London with the aid of a 1946 tourists' guide in which I recall reading the charming story of the Gresham grasshopper weathervane atop the Royal Exchange; sadly, I could find no vantage point from which to view it.<br />(I visited every church in the City, and all the old pubs, including one with an extant snug and another which still had its adjoining music hall intact. I agree with Johnson, that one who is tired of London, is tired of Life!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com