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London My London | One-stop base to start exploring the most exciting city in the world.

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    The rough sleepers of Victoria Street

    by Vic Keegan 24/03/2020
    by Vic Keegan 24/03/2020

    Christchurch Gardens, Victoria Street How easy it is to pass them by Excuses fall willingly from the sky The charities speak with one voice They claim that some are homeless…

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    Thanks for rebuilding our website!

    by Vic Keegan 20/03/2020
    by Vic Keegan 20/03/2020

    Thanks for rebuilding our website! This is a little thank you to Rainmakrr for kindly rebuilding our site in such a fab way! If you are looking for a new…

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    The railway that ran dead on time

    by Vic Keegan 08/03/2020
    by Vic Keegan 08/03/2020

    London History – The railway that ran dead on time This is a redundant track from the former Necropolis Railway which ferried dead bodies from Waterloo to Woking. Now that…

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    Hackney’s open street art

    by Vic Keegan 21/09/2019
    by Vic Keegan 21/09/2019

    Hackney’s open street art It is Open House this weekend except at Beck Road in Hackney where it is Open Street. The road, consisting of two almost eerily uniform rows…

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    The magic of the River Wandle

    by Vic Keegan 05/08/2019
    by Vic Keegan 05/08/2019

    Secret London History – The magic of the River Wandle First visible source of the Wandle IF THERE’S ever been magic working on London’s rivers it is surely the Wandle…

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    The lost past of St James’s Park station

    by Vic Keegan 10/07/2019
    by Vic Keegan 10/07/2019

    Secret London History – The lost past of St James’s Park station The former Niagara panorama and ice rink turned garage It is well known that Petty France, by St…

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    London Bridge – the world’s most successful monopoly

    by Vic Keegan 22/03/2019
    by Vic Keegan 22/03/2019

    Secret London History – London Bridge – the world’s most successful monopoly An early run of the Doggett’s rowing race . . . . . . . . . .…

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    Waterloo – the bridge that killed off a rival

    by Vic Keegan 17/11/2018
    by Vic Keegan 17/11/2018

    Secret London History: Waterloo – the bridge that killed off a rival John Rennie’s Waterloo Bridge – “the noblest bridge in the world” This is the story of two bridges…

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    The rise and fall of the Crystal Palace

    by Vic Keegan 04/09/2018
    by Vic Keegan 04/09/2018

    From this . . . . . . to this The sole remaining stanchion The original Crystal Palace – built in Hyde Park in six months to house the Great…

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    Shakespeare’s railway stations

    by Vic Keegan 10/06/2018
    by Vic Keegan 10/06/2018

    Elephant and Castle station Shakespeare would have had to walk but we can visit the sites of three forgotten Elizabethan theatres – with not a plaque between them – by…

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    Goldman Sachs and the medieval monks

    by Vic Keegan 14/02/2018
    by Vic Keegan 14/02/2018

    The Goldman Sachs building, Farringdon Street GOLDMAN SACHS, the seriously rich US finance group, has just built a huge £1 bn office block on Farringdon Street just south of Holborn…

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    The church that marks the birth of augmented reality

    by Vic Keegan 18/11/2017
    by Vic Keegan 18/11/2017

    The world’s first panorama LEICESTER SQUARE is not famed for its churches. An exception is Notre Dame de France. Built on the site of the London pad of the Earl…

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    Four new wineries for central London

    by Vic Keegan 09/10/2017
    by Vic Keegan 09/10/2017

    Sergio Verrillo (above), an American from Connecticut, prepares to taste the first draft of freshly barrelled Chardonnay from his new winery under a railway arch in Battersea. His Blackbook is…

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    Walking the island of London

    by Vic Keegan 22/09/2017
    by Vic Keegan 22/09/2017

    The towpath on the way to Brentford At 11 am on August 1, 1820 something unusual happened when the Regent’s Canal was opened making it possible to travel by boat…

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    The most important room in our history

    by Vic Keegan 15/08/2017
    by Vic Keegan 15/08/2017

    The Chapter House of Westminster Abbey, arguably, is  the most important small building in the country. It is interesting enough in its own right before looking at what happened later.…

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About Victor

Victor Keegan was born in the outer reaches of suburbia in Raynes Park and now lives centrally in Victoria. A long serving Guardian journalist and described in the Observer as a “cult poet” he often walks the streets seeking ideas. London My London, his 5th poetry book, https://amzn.to/2OKXi2f covers life from birth amidst the bombs of the Second World War to his belated discovery of London’s hidden history.  He is married with two children

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