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Walking through Lockdown London with a visor!

Tony McMahon3 years ago3 years ago04 mins

In early June 2020, I broke the Coronavirus lockdown and walked through the centre of London wearing a face visor to see how the city had changed

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London hated the French long before Brexit

Tony McMahon3 years ago3 years ago13 mins

Xenophobia in London is nothing new as Londoners hated the French two hundred years ago as Tony McMahon discovers

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The urban gang that terrorised Georgian London!

Tony McMahon3 years ago3 years ago27 mins

The Black Boy Alley gang terrorised Georgian London but were eventually executed en masse at Tyburn

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Victorian slang for beginners!

Tony McMahon3 years ago3 years ago55 mins

If you would like to talk like a Victorian Londoner is a Charles Dickens novel then read this

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Great Plague of London in 1665

Tony McMahon5 years ago3 years ago14 mins

London experienced one plague after another under the Tudors and Stuarts culminating in the Great Plague of 1665 in the reign of King Charles II

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A horrific day trip to Georgian London!

Tony McMahon5 years ago3 years ago49 mins

A day trip to Georgian London could have involved going to see a prisoner put to death or watching a live amputation by a well known surgeon

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London plague pits – the locations!

Tony McMahon6 years ago3 years ago13 mins

Wherever you go in central London there are plague pits under your feet – literally thousands of skeletons of those who died in a horrific way

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