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Leadenhall Market

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Leadenhall Market is one of London’s oldest food markets, standing on the site of a 1st century Roman basilica (a Roman public building). There has been a market on this site since the 14th century, and people travelled from all over the neighbouring counties with their produce. (more…)

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Plague!

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

A 17th century Londoner might one day notice a dark, gangrenous looking pustule on his leg which grew. It would soon be joined by black blotches all over the skin caused by haemorrhages underneath, and buboes - apple-sized swellings in his groin and armpits. He’d swiftly fall into a high fever and experience (more…)

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Getting to know London

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

With each of the virtual tours that we have added to the site, I have tried to add some interesting information about the area or building in London. However, sometimes, there’s far more interesting information than I can cram into the virtual tour page! When this happens, I’ll write a blog post about the virtual tour and give a lot more information than we can fit on the main pages.

If you have any suggestions of areas you’d like to see more information on, or even a suggestion of interesting locations for future London Revolution virtual tours, then please feel free to leave a comment and we’ll see what we can do!

I shall kick off tomorrow with some info about the Lloyds of London building in the City…

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