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Saturday, February 05, 2022

6 comments:

Stephen said...

I just discovered a Youtube channel you might get a kick out of -- "Jay Foreman". He has historical videos on different aspects of London, like the history of its bridge(s), its struggle with cycling infrastructure, and so on. Very funny!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CguqywlBk

CyberKitten said...

@ Stephen: Indeed... VERY funny! Our history is endlessly fascinating and we have SO much of it!

Stephen said...

Is there a definitive "history" of London you'd reccommend? I'm considering "The City on the Thames".

CyberKitten said...

@ Stephen: I haven't read any specific history of London but I do have a few books on my Wish List that you might want to check out.

London In The Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing
London In The Nineteenth Century: 'A Human Awful Wonder of God'
London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People

All by Jerry White

The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How it Changed the City Forever by Christian Wolmar and

Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts by C Bloom

You might also want to try:

Citadel of the Saxons: The Rise of Early London by Rory Naismith

VV said...

What pipes!

CyberKitten said...

The HAIR made me laugh...! and those SHOULDERS [rotflmao]