by BlackTaxiTours | Jan 14, 2025 | Black Taxi Tours of London
London Stone, on temporary display at the Museum of London. Author Lord Belbury Hands up if you’ve heard of the London Stone. It’s our oldest relic going back thousands of years, to the time of long, long ago. Of course, I don’t blame you if you haven’t. London’s...
by BlackTaxiTours | Jun 1, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia: Charles George Harper. (1907). Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural. Chapman & Hall, Ltd. Like a good ghost story? Of course you do. Find your way to 50 Berkely Square and stand back to observe. The building dates from the early 18th...
by BlackTaxiTours | May 3, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia: Lampost outside the front of the University Womens Building on Audley Square In a delicious twist of fate, a Victorian lamppost by Audley Square contains an ironic secret. During the cold war the USSR had numerous secret agents operating in the...
by BlackTaxiTours | Apr 25, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia. A photo of Santal Eau de Toilette by Floris. Author Brit in Seoul This wonderful old perfumers on Jermyn Street, founded in 1730 by Juan Floris, is the oldest retailer of fragrance and toiletries in the country and is still family owned –...
by BlackTaxiTours | Apr 19, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia. Albert Bridge, London. Author Iridescent Everyone loves a nickname and London has loads of them. It’s almost an English obsession to dream up a cute name to sum up something or somewhere. One of my favourites is the Trembling Lady. Albert...
by BlackTaxiTours | Apr 15, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Courtesy of Wikipedia: Author Abravelle. 26 February 2021. On Cheyne Walk facing the river, lies a truly magnificent grade II listed 15th century mansion. Now privately owned, it is the only surviving example of a medieval merchant house in London. While that’s quite...
