Random Historical Facts...

[brucespanner]

Right Ladies and Gents I have a request...

 

The incumbent Lady S was born abroad and came to Blighty's glorious shores when she was fourteen, so she only entered British schooling at GCSE so missed all the good stuff they teach about Britons past. She asked me the other day to explain a few things to her, about Cromwell and such like. Now being the unerring romantic I am I'm not going to buy her a Simon Schama book and pop out to the pub, no, not me, I'm planning on exploring this nations land and showing here where all the good stuff happened.

 

Now here's the twist part I want it to be random flecks of history; things like the Duck and Drake pub is where the original plotters met to discuss the Gunpowder Plot and take her for a drink there and explain it to her...

 

Here's where you charming cunts come in, I've not got loads of research time to find all these little morsels of trivia so I'm entrusting you to help me. London based preferably, but we could go further afield at the weekends.

 

Cheers chaps and chappettes.

 

Right, I'm off to look at Dinosaurs.

[Lurtz]

Take her to Hampton Court. You'll get the Tudor and Baroque monarchs covered off there.

[RJ Fan club]

Loads here Bruce...

 

London for free - Walks - 11 Free self-guided sightseeing walks around London

 

She'll be as wet as an Otter's pocket when you've finished your historical tidbits.

 

Legal walk is very very good IMO, and shopping walk good for a treat if you're after buying something nice,

[RJ Fan club]

 

Right, I'm off to look at Dinosaurs.

 

Oooooohh,, that reminds me The British Museum has got an Ice Age exhibit on, gutted I missed it last week. But I had to go and see the hipster side of the family in Stoke Newington and had to drive (long story), so Me and Mrs RJ might go to it and do a walk from that Website to on Sunday.

[SCOUSE TAPAS]

Get a boat up the Thames one with ale on of course if its possable and point out this is where the sex pistols made the video for god save the queen.The Spaniards Inn on Hampstead Heath supposed to be haunted by Dick Turpin.The Prospect of Whitby in Wapping was the drinking place for the bloodthirsty judge Jefferies who sent many men to there deaths.The Blind Beggar in Whitechapel and the drinking haunt of the Krays.The Freemasons Arms in Covent Garden was the birthplace of the Football association.The George Inn on Borough Highstreet a place Dickens use to drink at.

[AJBlaikie]

Show her the episode from Blackadder the Third when they do about rotten borough to show how our voting system has evolved over the years.

[Fowlers God]

The house in where after the culprits of said gunplotters is in Dunchurch. Its a thatched cottage with plaques and all that jazz. The main reason to go would be on a sunday when you can visit the Huntsman which has a magnificent carvery.

[Lee909]

Take her to Abbots Langley

There is fuck all there but the Langley Farm is the Birth place of the only British Pope

[Champ]

Dan Cruikshank has done a few programmes on the tv and radio about London and its history. I'm on my phone but I'll give it a go posting a link. Don't say I'm not good to you

 

BBC Radio 4 - The London Nobody Knows

[Rico1304]

Runnymede to show her where it all started.

[brucespanner]

Cheers Champ and chaps, keep 'em coming though I want to make this awesome!

 

RJ, I'm oop North so I took the nephew on the train to Manchester to see the T-Rex, he's five and fucking love Dinosaurs and I'm a cool as fuck uncle who loves Dinosaurs. I'm looking forward to the Ice Age exhibition, well pretty much any excuse to go really, I love the place and shake hangovers there, no better cure!

[mattyq]

Go to Windsor and Eton, great castle, lovely village and river action.

Get a boat down the Thames which goes through Bray, a little village wth 3 3 star Michelin places including The Fat Duck and a place called Monkey Island

Do the walk from the Palace of Westminster crossing Westminster bridge and turning left pass the Eye and the Southbank and carry until you get to Tower Bridge cross over and go to Tower of London or decent boozer in St Katherine's Dock

[Rico1304]

Runnymede to show her where it all started.

 

If you do go to Runymede there is also the RAF memorial, the JFK memorial and its a nice little trip down the river to Windsor.

 

Thanks for the Rep, brilliant.

Edited April 11, 2013 by rico1304
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[Lee909]

This looks a decent way to visit Hampton Court

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[brucespanner]

I should add she's lived in London since moving here so I'm thinking places of subterfuge, plotting, deviancy and intrigue, the kind of stuff the history books don't tell you.

 

Cheers Lee, that looks pretty cool.

[Champ]

I should add she's lived in London since moving here so I'm thinking places of subterfuge' date=' plotting, deviancy and intrigue, the kind of stuff the history books don't tell you.

 

Cheers Lee, that looks pretty cool.[/quote']

 

Definitely check Dan Cruikshank out. Don't know if anyone saw it but he did a great tv series a few months back. Not just London. He did a programme on Liverpool iirc. I love all that stuff

[Lee909]

Might be worth having a look at a couple of these listed on here.

Things to do in Hertfordshire – 68 Hertfordshire Attractions - TripAdvisor

 

St Albans is always pretty nice and easy to get to.

It was a major town/city in Roman times and has the Cathedral etc to see

[Bjornebye]

Just finger her

[brucespanner]

Just finger her

 

She's not yer mar, she has class.

[lifetime fan]

Can't say I like it but birds usually love Bath.

[VladimirIlyich]

This looks a decent way to visit Hampton Court

Home - Thames River Cruise - Turks Launches

 

Dont forget to show her your Hampton Wick too.

[Bjornebye]

Camber Sands.

[Rushies tash]

I should add she's lived in London since moving here so I'm thinking places of subterfuge, plotting, deviancy and intrigue, the kind of stuff the history books don't tell you.

 

Cheers Lee, that looks pretty cool.

 

Not sure if it's exactly what you're after, but if its olde pubs you want then...

 

Ye Olde Mitre - Home Apparently Queen Elizabeth 1 danced around the tree in the courtyard there

 

Or

 

The Nell of Old Drury where Charles 11 had a tunnel dug to the theatre nearby so he could have his end away with Nell Gwynne.

 

Hope it goes well

[brucespanner]

Not sure if it's exactly what you're after, but if its olde pubs you want then...

 

Ye Olde Mitre - Home Apparently Queen Elizabeth 1 danced around the tree in the courtyard there

 

Or

 

The Nell of Old Drury where Charles 11 had a tunnel dug to the theatre nearby so he could have his end away with Nell Gwynne.

 

Hope it goes well

 

That's perfect, thank you!

 

I'm looking to take her somewhere and then explain the significance of it all with a fanciful yarn about skullduggery.

 

Do you know anymore?

 

Edit: I was in the Mitre a couple of weeks ago, the staff were wankers.

[Pidge]

Monument, Pudding Lane. The starting point of the great fire of 1666. 7/8 homes in the city destroyed because of one baker and a dithering mayor.