Ceremony of the Keys - SAE Required
by peeweekathi
As some of you may well know (or not), to get free tickets to the Ceremony of the Keys, at the London Tower, you have to write in and also send a STAMPED Self Addressed Envelope, with your written request. Well, I've just found that you can buy from Royal Mail online and print the stamps required, yourself! Saves you hunting around for one of those International Coupons, so you can get your request off sooner!
http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceFinder?catId=23500532&gear=pricingcalc
The tower of London. It was...
by ladyfisher
The tower of London. It was great the guides are very helpful and to think it dates back to before henrey the 8th watching a guard at the the palace trying to blow a feather off his nose while standing so still.
Sir Christopher Wren
by bzh
Born 1632, died 1723.
Christopher Wren attended Wadham College, Oxford. He then became Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London and subsequently Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford.
His uncle, the Bishop of Ely, asked him to design a new chapel for Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1663. This lead to other commisions and to a six months stay in Paris in 1665, where he studied architecture. His great opportunity came the year after, in 1666, when the Great Fire destroyed most of London. Wren prepared a mastery plan for the reconstruction of the city that was never executed. However, it gave him the opportunity to design many new buildings, the most famous of all being St Paul's Cathedral. Wren worked on all sorts of buildings but is particularly famous for the 50 odd churches he designed between 1670 and 1711, many of them still standing today. Hence the expression "A Wren church", commonly found in guides to London when referring to one of his creations.
Christopher Wren was knighted in 1675 and died in 1723. He was buried in the crypt of St Paul's.
For more information on Sir Christopher Wren and his buildings:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Sir_Christopher_Wren.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852781.html
London Lampposts
by Mariajoy
This is what I like best about London, not lamp posts per se but the contrast of old and new...these two lamp posts... the old on Southwark Bridge and the new one on the Thames walk are just an example of that.
Tour guides
by TinKan
If you take the Big Red Bus tour (strong recommendation) you will be guided through the city buy a live tour guide who will tell you all about this fine city and the people that live here.
The young man that was our guide was very funny and made the whole trip.
Do not forget to tip these people as most are students and are working only for the tips that you give them.
The Tower shop
Pasha Wapping restaurant - London
Camden Stables Market.
St Pauls Cathedral
