Ladies Who London
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Ladies Who London
Join us, Alex and Fiona, as we take a light look at London's history in a relaxed and entertaining way. As qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guides, we share our passion for the city with you in a chatty and fun podcast, looking at the weird, wonderful and unknown in this huge, ancient place we call home...
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Ep 208 Havering;* the end?
Well gang, here we are. It might not be the end of the road. It might just be a great big semicolon blocking our way for the moment. If you want to fi...
Ep 207 Hillingdon - a hotbed of international intrique
Quite leafy Ruislip, a typical London suburb, was home to Helen and Peter. He was a 2nd hand book dealer and....... well, what else? And why did Hele...
Ep 206 - Clowning around
We're often called clowns. I'm sure it is meant nicely. In any case, this week we take a look at one of London's most unusual events, the Clown Servic...
Ep 205 Harrow: Gilbert and Paul at Grim's Dyke
Alex takes us to the North London borough of Harrow. Eschewing the school and it's many celebrity alumni, we are retiring to the country instead.
Ep 204 Ceremonial City life, in all it's bonkers glory.
Never has paying rent been quite so elaborate. Even when it's rent you're not paying, for a piece of land you don't use anymore. It's confusing. The C...
Ep 203: Haringey - A magic movie moment, all done with kindness
Hello Haringey. From Highgate to Tottenham, and the cemetery to Bruce Castle, we flit West to East and back again. Fiona's long been fascinated by a...
Ep 202 The bells, the bells - Big Town Tinnitus
Fiona hits the streets in search of the sound of London. Or at least the sound of the bells of London. From the Westminster the the City and beyond, l...
Ep 201 Hammersmith & Fulham: Imre Kiralfy Rescues the Olympics
In which Alex tells us why a Hungarian dancer was instrumental in fixing the distance for the marathon. It's a journey that takes us all the way from...
Ep 200: Celebrating 200 with a crazy quiz and a special guest
Get your pencils and paper ready to join in with us. Alex has prepared a quiz, Fiona has fun facts to share and special guest and friend of the pod Le...
Ep 199 Hackney: More Light, More Power, More Aerial Silks
This week it's the rose red empire of Hackney famous residents from the 1500s. We discover why Alex didn't watch Wolf Hall. She's a sensitive gal you...
Ep 198: Walking and talking - Refugee Tales with Anna Sayburn Lane
Today we are ringing London, joined by special guest, author and walker, Anna Sayburn Lane. Refugee Tales is a modern recreation of Chaucer's Canterbu...
Ep 197 Glorious Greenwich: a tale of two shipies
Climb aboard and come away with us on the high seas. Take a trip to France on Henry Grace a Deau. The pride of Henry VIII's fleet. Or overtake her whi...
Ep 196 Hip hip hooray for National Hat Day!
This week we are talking hats. What's Fiona's favourite London hat? Celebrating National Hat day, and giving you time to prepare for London Hat Week....
Ep 195 Enfield - Dedication. Norris McWhirter, small arms, llamas and a tank called Julian
Ooh it's a mixed bag this week. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Farming. Industry. Royal Enfield - which might not be from Enfield. What...
Ep 194 Merry Christmas live at the Tap
Well here it is, the second half of our live record evening. We set out to discover the most important/ best/ typically London/ Londitudinal building...
Ep 193 Industrious Ealing: Beavers gotta beave
Our story this week is of a hardworking immigrant family, beavering away to improve the quality of life for Ealing. But first there’s hills made of r...
Ep 192: Lilian Bader and women of colour in World War Two
We're still on an airfield this week. But it's all about the woman wielding the tools, keeping the planes aloft. It's 1941 and Lilian Bader is one of...
Ep 191: Classic crime in Croydon
Mayday, M'aidez! I'm worried that Alex is turning to a life of crime!
Croydon: The international airport of London in the golden age of glamoro...
Ep 190 Life lessons from Historical Women with very special guest Eleanor Morton
We are slightly overexcited this week, as we're chatting with comedian and writer Eleanor Morton. Her fabulous book of lessons from historical women f...
Ep 189 Camden cures all featuring Elizabeth Garett Anderson
We're taking a stroll through the medical powerhouse that is south Camden and focussing on Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. She's been on the fringes of ma...
Ep 188 The British Empire Exhibition - Baffling displays back in Brent
In a new guessing game Alex tries to pick the material chosen to sculpt the Prince of Wales. 100 years ago the crowds were gathering in Wembley for th...
Ep 187 Brilliant Bexley - Crossness pumping the poop
Calling all penny farthing enthusiasts, we need answers! New records have been set, and we want to know more.
Alex takes a dive into th...
Ep 186 with a VERY special guest and some spooky South London goings on.
We're very excited about our guest this week. With a suitably seasonally episode. What do we think about Spiritualism? Are mediums in contact with tho...
Ep 185 Brent, Tommy Flowers and the colossal impact of Dollis Hill
Get your buzzers ready. We get competitive this week. Can you beat Alex in spotting the links to past episodes? Who'd have thought that Gladdie Park...
Ep 184: Fanny Eaton, Overlooked Pre-Raphaelite Muse
You might not know her name but there's a decent chance you know her face. Fanny Eaton worked as a model for the Royal Academy and painters of the Pre...
Ep 183 Bromley - Margaret Finch, Queen of the Gypsies
Project 32, this week we're south of the river in Bromley. Home to Margaret Finch, Queen of the Gypsies. (We're using the term as that's how she would...
Ep 182 Barebones Barbon - The Fetter Lane dynasty
The radical preacher who served in Parliament and the son who followed in his footsteps, but maybe for very different reasons. Between them they span...
Ep 181 Project 32 The Battle of Barnet
The 2nd week of project 32, and London's 2nd most populous borough. This week we are stumbling around in the fog of the Battle of Barnet. Who is fight...
Ep 180 Degas's Miss Lala
We're in between boroughs this week as Alex goes gaga for Miss Lala (as painted be Degas). She wowed the crowds in Paris and London with her phenomena...
Ep 179 Launching Project 32 - Barking and Dagenham
It's the long awaited, hotly anticipated, much hyped launch of Project 32. Our deep dive into all the boroughs of London. And Alex is kicking off this...
Ep 178 - London's Gas Lamp lighters - putting the spark into the dark
We're BAAAACK! Oh gang, we've missed you! After an eventful summer, Alex and Fiona are back in your ears, and we have been out and about. Following on...
Ep 177 - Goddess Isis and Mama Thames - a duo of damp deities
We're off travelling this week, from London to Oxford, via Greece and Egypt, to find out about the female manifestations of the rivers Thames and Isis...
Ep 176 - How to lose the World Cup
1966. A year that lives on in the memory of the English as the year that England won the World Cup. But it's also the year that England LOST the World...
Ep 175 - fish, chips, gooseberries & mulberries - a D-Day special
What does the 6th June have in common this year? It is both D-Day and national fish and chip day. So we are spreading two themes in one here, which ha...
Ep 173 - Mary Wortley Montague, mother's marvellous medicine
Fiona is back, and cracking out a fantastic story, picking up a loose thread from a few weeks ago, Mary Wortley Montague. An intriguing woman, Mary di...
Ep 173 - Dido Belle - society and slavery
Alex is flying solo this week, as we take on the story of Dido Belle, the young mixed race woman, born to am enslaved woman, and brought up in British...
Ep 172 - Operation Umbrella - Over, under, through
We don't half love an Operation here at the Ladies Who London podcast! This, however, is no military operation, although it is no less audacious or fi...
Ep 171 - Emma Hamilton - rags to riches & maid to mistress, the story you never knew
Heave ho me'hearties, this week we are setting sail aboard the good ship Hamilton, as we take a look at one of history's most famous mistresses, Emma...
Ep 170 - A mad medley of Montagus
Well this is an episode, kids. Fiona has seen a squirrel and gone on a mad goose chase through the annals of history, chasing down the elusive Montagu...
Ep 169 - the mysterious disappearance of Elizabeth Canning
This sounds like one of Sherlock's great cases - the mysterious disappearance of Elizabeth Canning, but it is a true story. What you may not know is t...