The Perils and Pitfalls of Handkerchiefs
Being the First of May, it seems almost obligatory to go back to a time when May Day was a big deal. There was virtually nothing Henry VIII liked better than going a-Maying. Although it really only...
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Deer Me
Benedict knows I like a good gulley as much as the next Phantom and kindly sent me this interesting conduit for identification. It’s in Greenwich Park, just in that little hollow that comes down from...
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Charles I and the Comedy Fountain
Over the years Greenwich has seen all kinds of nonsense flim-flammery – ornate bits and bobs, banqueting houses, mock-battlements, real battlements, curlicues and carvery, statues and monuments – even,...
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King William IV ‘Hotel’
Traflagar Road, SE10 After that little flurry about the dodgy leaflets through the door a couple of weeks ago for ‘sales’ of sundry bargain electrical goods, for one night only, no questions answered...
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Royal Greenwich Phantom
What does a Phantom write about on the day one’s borough becomes Royal? Some sycophantic piece charting the history of royalty in Greenwich through the ages? Some tedious piece about the inner...
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Royal Fireworks
Here’s one of a series of fabulous photos Wizzbowes took of Sunday evening’s fireworks. You can see the rest here…
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The Queen’s Rain
Okay – I just used ye olde ‘popping out for a sandwich’ wheeze because I was jealous of the Twitter posts by @warrenkingphoto and @greenwichcouk and wanted to see some pomp come rain or come shine,...
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Photos From The Royal Visit 25th April 2012
Blimey – it looks as though pretty much everyone turned out, if only for a short part, of yesterday’s events and today I thought I’d share some of the pictures I’ve been sent for anyone who wasn’t...
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