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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 18 May

On the Antiques Roadshow, someone was showing shards of a plate they’d found and the term ‘mudlarking’ was mentioned. The only mudlark I’m familiar with is an Australian black-and-white bird. However, mudlarking refers to those...

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Banksy in the Wild

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 8 May

After my visit to the British Museum, I made my way to Waterloo Place. where it was reported a suspected Banksy statue had appeared, overnight, at the end of April. The BBC later confirmed it was a Banksy. There was a small crowd...

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Samurai in London

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 8 May

Nearly missed this one. I had planning to visit the Samurai exhibition, at the British Museum, last week, but the day I choose the rail service was disrupted by a suspected gas leak in the City. After spending about 30 minutes...

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Off to London England

DianneN @DianneN (254926) • United States 17 Apr

Not, me, however. My older son has to present at a law conference in London and planned to go with our DIL, but guess who talked her way in to tagging along? Our granddaughter read her planned to the minute, including walking,...

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Why is Tom Cruise leaving London?

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1753) 22 Feb

Tom Cruise moved to London from America quite a while ago, but he seems to be changing plans as he decides to return to America. The reason for this change is not clear, some speculated that he was leaving because of the crime...

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Britains most popular train fare dodger to go to jail

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1753) 17 Jan

A man who has dodged paying for train fares more than 112 times has been arrested and will likely face several months jail term. He is known to avoid paying train fares around London area and has been seen by many people escaping...

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Tower of London Remembers

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 19 Aug

Before I came down with a miserable summer cold, I took a trip to the Tower of London to see the poppy display to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. For the centenary of WWI, nearly 900,000 of these ceramic...

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London

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 30 Jul

London is one place I have always wanted to visit. Its the location of one show I hope is renewed, as have learned so much during the game. It went by so fast and the ratings have been good. Jeffrey Dean Morgan so good with the...

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Missed the Stampede

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 3 Jul

There was an animal stampede, last Friday. While not the hottest day, it was more than warm enough for me, but I wanted to see this event, that morning. The animals are made of papier mache and have been on a world tour and are...

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Abbey Road – At Last

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 23 Jun

It has taken me the best part of 20 years, but I finally got around to visiting Abbey Road, of Beatles fame. The album, and original photograph, date from 1969 and the publication made this zebra crossing world famous. Some...

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Sunk Boat The Latest

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 5 May 25

Took my walk and went to see how the sunk boat is faring. It has been emptied out of rubbish, but is still full of water. I guess getting it afloat again is a bit of a poser. Certainly, I have no idea how to go about it. Still...

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Poet for Hire

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 2 May 25

Spent most of today without the internet, but it eventually came back. I promptly uploaded my video of crossing the Millennium Bridge on the way to The Globe theatre. Along the way I passed a chap who would knock out a poem for...

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Celebrating a birthday early

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Apr 25

Our son is married and lives in Ireland with his wife. Hopefully, he will come out to see us later this year. His wife won’t fly and we’re no longer able to visit them. They don’t have any children. My sister-in-law is in much...

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An Immersive Experience, The Now Building

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 6 Mar 25

Having spent the last couple of days playing with the new editing software, I am not entirely up to speed with it, but getting there. Went into the city today and visited the Now Building, which is a fairly large space with huge...

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Bridge Gone

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 29 Jan 25

On my way to the Millennium Bridge you pass two Blackfriars bridges. In the top photo you can see, on the left, the modern Blackfriars rail bridge and on the right is the Blackfriars road bridge and between them are the red...

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Hotel for Insects

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 27 Jan 25

Out and about on my travels, in the City, I ended up by the Millennium Bridge and near a small garden, on the Thames Embankment. I found an insect hotel. Designed for single insects, like solitary bees and other creepy crawlies....

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Crypt with a Cafe

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 31 Oct 24

Before succumbing to a monster cold, I was in Trafalgar Square and popped into St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, next to Trafalgar Square. I knew there was a cafe there, but hadn’t visited it before now. The main reason I wanted to...

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Harrods, London

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 25 Oct 24

This is one place I so wanted to visit but the day we arrived it was a Sunday and the Mall was closed. We were in London just for two days and it was quite a disappintment A friend of mine told me that their rest room was worth...

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Banksy’s Graffiti Tunnel

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 16 Oct 24

Underneath the rail lines out of Waterloo Station is a 300 metre long tunnel, now known as Leake Street. In the 1960s it was used for storing wine, but today is London’s graffiti tunnel. It was born in May of 2008, when Banksy...

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London Parish Boundaries

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21492) • London, England 23 Sep 24

Opposite the London Stone are these plaques which mark the boundary between London Parish Churches. I was wondering if they are there to prevent dodgy clergy from taking tithes from another parish and pocketing them. These are...

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