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The Peregrine of St. Pauls

Sheldon Goodman

May 26, 2021
4 min

The Peregrine of St. Pauls

The Museum of London has a fabulous Peregrine Falcon. It is however, dead. I saw this bird of prey when I visited the Beasts of London exhibition in 2019 and there was something terribly sad about seeing a creature, although long deceased, stuffed, mounted and displayed in a way that does not reflect the nature of its species (excluding standing over a dead pigeon). This bird once swopped over the skies of London and in the same way that I’m fascinated in following the footst

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Murder on the Piccadilly Line

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 3, 2017
3 min

Murder on the Piccadilly Line

Gloucester Road Tube Station. The eastbound platform of the Piccadilly Line. You don’t know it, but you’re actually stepping into a crime scene. Being London, that’s hardly surprising. But the crime that happened here was inexplicable in the sense that there was no known motive, no witnesses and no clue. The story starts here, but ends a few stops away, down a path in Brompton Cemetery. It’s Friday 24th May 1957. The station was quiet. The clock struck 10:19pm. The train arri

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Murder on the Piccadilly Line

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 3, 2017
3 min

Murder on the Piccadilly Line

Gloucester Road Tube Station. The eastbound platform of the Piccadilly Line. You don’t know it, but you’re actually stepping into a crime scene. Being London, that’s hardly surprising. But the crime that happened here was inexplicable in the sense that there was no known motive, no witnesses and no clue. The story starts here, but ends a few stops away, down a path in Brompton Cemetery. It’s Friday 24th May 1957. The station was quiet. The clock struck 10:19pm. The train arri

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Gruesome Tales, This Thursday!

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 24, 2016
2 min

Gruesome Tales, This Thursday!

The scene that met the Policemen made them collectively shudder. Robert and Nathaniel Coombes were calmly playing cards downstairs. Their mother was nowhere to be seen. But she was in the house. Upstairs, lying in bed, actually. Murdered. Her face had been largely devoured by maggots while rats had eaten her brain, heart and right lung. She’d been dead for ten days and it was an unusually hot summer. When the Police entered, Nathaniel, the younger brother, fled. Robert resolu

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Gruesome Tales, This Thursday!

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 24, 2016
2 min

Gruesome Tales, This Thursday!

The scene that met the Policemen made them collectively shudder. Robert and Nathaniel Coombes were calmly playing cards downstairs. Their mother was nowhere to be seen. But she was in the house. Upstairs, lying in bed, actually. Murdered. Her face had been largely devoured by maggots while rats had eaten her brain, heart and right lung. She’d been dead for ten days and it was an unusually hot summer. When the Police entered, Nathaniel, the younger brother, fled. Robert resolu

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Scar of the Somme

Sheldon Goodman

Jun 30, 2016
2 min

Scar of the Somme

One hundred years ago tomorrow, a terrible event happened that would change the face of British warfare, forever robbing the lives of men and boys, not to mention sons, daughters, nieces and nephews who would never get the chance to be born. This week, we invite Westminster Guide Charlie Foreman of London War Walks to give us a taste of 1916. by Charlie At 7.30 am on 1st July 1916 tens of thousands of British troops left their trenches on the Somme and walked slowly into the

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Scar of the Somme

Sheldon Goodman

Jun 30, 2016
2 min

Scar of the Somme

One hundred years ago tomorrow, a terrible event happened that would change the face of British warfare, forever robbing the lives of men and boys, not to mention sons, daughters, nieces and nephews who would never get the chance to be born. This week, we invite Westminster Guide Charlie Foreman of London War Walks to give us a taste of 1916. by Charlie At 7.30 am on 1st July 1916 tens of thousands of British troops left their trenches on the Somme and walked slowly into the

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Horror in The Dark – The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster of 1943 and its Memorial

Sheldon Goodman

Apr 26, 2016
4 min

Horror in The Dark – The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster of 1943 and its Memorial

by Christina It’s funny- you can live in London for years, and every so often you still come across an area of the city you have never been to and know nothing about. I have lived on the outskirts of London for most of my 32 years, and I had never been to Bethnal Green Tube Station until last month. I found myself there for work, and I needed to hit two particular locations that were difficult to reach from the same station. Using Google Maps, I worked out a route that involv

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Horror in The Dark – The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster of 1943 and its Memorial

Sheldon Goodman

Apr 26, 2016
4 min

Horror in The Dark – The Bethnal Green Tube Station Disaster of 1943 and its Memorial

by Christina It’s funny- you can live in London for years, and every so often you still come across an area of the city you have never been to and know nothing about. I have lived on the outskirts of London for most of my 32 years, and I had never been to Bethnal Green Tube Station until last month. I found myself there for work, and I needed to hit two particular locations that were difficult to reach from the same station. Using Google Maps, I worked out a route that involv

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Murder, War & Gore: A Trip to the Long-Gone East End

Sheldon Goodman

Jan 25, 2016
2 min

Murder, War & Gore: A Trip to the Long-Gone East End

by Sheldon © AFP 2015 Ticket alert! In two weeks time we’ll be kicking off our touring schedule for 2016 with our highly popular tour of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park! Opened as the last of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ Cemeteries in 1841; Tower Hamlets wasn’t quite the success its shareholders had hoped for – the rich flocked to West Norwood and highgate but because of the areas high social mobility and poverty from being close to the docks, the grandeur it was supposed to have wasn

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Murder, War & Gore: A Trip to the Long-Gone East End

Sheldon Goodman

Jan 25, 2016
2 min

Murder, War & Gore: A Trip to the Long-Gone East End

by Sheldon © AFP 2015 Ticket alert! In two weeks time we’ll be kicking off our touring schedule for 2016 with our highly popular tour of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park! Opened as the last of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ Cemeteries in 1841; Tower Hamlets wasn’t quite the success its shareholders had hoped for – the rich flocked to West Norwood and highgate but because of the areas high social mobility and poverty from being close to the docks, the grandeur it was supposed to have wasn

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On Horse Guard’s Parade

Sheldon Goodman

Nov 11, 2015
3 min

On Horse Guard’s Parade

by Sheldon The weather was ‘dull, but fine’ on the morning of Saturday 26th October, 1926. It was quite a sight to see. We’re familiar with Horse Guards Parade being the centre of military parades, even hosting the Beach Volleyball tournaments of the Olympic Games just under 4 years ago, but on that day, amid 15,000 men standing silently, the atmosphere was not of jubilation and joy, but one of sombre reflection. Copyright, Nick Richards 2014 A large memorial, hidden under an

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On Horse Guard’s Parade

Sheldon Goodman

Nov 11, 2015
3 min

On Horse Guard’s Parade

by Sheldon The weather was ‘dull, but fine’ on the morning of Saturday 26th October, 1926. It was quite a sight to see. We’re familiar with Horse Guards Parade being the centre of military parades, even hosting the Beach Volleyball tournaments of the Olympic Games just under 4 years ago, but on that day, amid 15,000 men standing silently, the atmosphere was not of jubilation and joy, but one of sombre reflection. Copyright, Nick Richards 2014 A large memorial, hidden under an

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Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 31, 2015
2 min

Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

by Christina When I think about war cemeteries, this is the sort of thing I imagine – somewhere quiet and bleak and sombre. Recently I went to Normandy with Dan and we visited Bayeux War Cemetery and the Marigny German Military Cemetery. I had been to both before but this time, in late summer/early autumn we were greeted with something I hadn’t experienced on my previous visits – a blaze of colour. The cemetery at Marigny was originally a temporary American war cemetery, used

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Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 31, 2015
2 min

Normandy in Colour – A Photo Post

by Christina When I think about war cemeteries, this is the sort of thing I imagine – somewhere quiet and bleak and sombre. Recently I went to Normandy with Dan and we visited Bayeux War Cemetery and the Marigny German Military Cemetery. I had been to both before but this time, in late summer/early autumn we were greeted with something I hadn’t experienced on my previous visits – a blaze of colour. The cemetery at Marigny was originally a temporary American war cemetery, used

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Look Forward, Feel Free, Rejoice in Life, Cherish the Children, Guard My Memory

Sheldon Goodman

Nov 10, 2014
2 min

Look Forward, Feel Free, Rejoice in Life, Cherish the Children, Guard My Memory

by Christina The title of this post is taken from a letter written by Winston Churchill in July 1915 and addressed to his wife. He sealed the letter in an envelope and marked it ‘To be sent to Mrs Churchill in the event of my death’. This year, London is full of poppies. The moat at the Tower of London is literally FULL of poppies. Every day I see a different photo posted on Facebook by a different friend – of the London poppies. The pictures show not only the dazzling red di

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Look Forward, Feel Free, Rejoice in Life, Cherish the Children, Guard My Memory

Sheldon Goodman

Nov 10, 2014
2 min

Look Forward, Feel Free, Rejoice in Life, Cherish the Children, Guard My Memory

by Christina The title of this post is taken from a letter written by Winston Churchill in July 1915 and addressed to his wife. He sealed the letter in an envelope and marked it ‘To be sent to Mrs Churchill in the event of my death’. This year, London is full of poppies. The moat at the Tower of London is literally FULL of poppies. Every day I see a different photo posted on Facebook by a different friend – of the London poppies. The pictures show not only the dazzling red di

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A Selection of World War One Words and Pictures

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 21, 2014
3 min

A Selection of World War One Words and Pictures

by Christina We’ve been thinking a lot about World War One this month, and looking at all the different ways there are to remember and commemorate. Sheldon has looked at the lives of some notable people that lived, worked and fought during WW1, as well as some striking cenotaphs and war memorials that can be found in the UK. We’ve also seen some examples of propaganda posters that were used at the time and read some letters from men who went to the front, who wrote to their f

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A Selection of World War One Words and Pictures

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 21, 2014
3 min

A Selection of World War One Words and Pictures

by Christina We’ve been thinking a lot about World War One this month, and looking at all the different ways there are to remember and commemorate. Sheldon has looked at the lives of some notable people that lived, worked and fought during WW1, as well as some striking cenotaphs and war memorials that can be found in the UK. We’ve also seen some examples of propaganda posters that were used at the time and read some letters from men who went to the front, who wrote to their f

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Letters from the Front

Sheldon Goodman

Aug 14, 2014
1 min

Letters from the Front

Collated by Christina All produced by St George’s Parish Church Beckenham and displayed on 4/8/2014 #worldwarone #War #letters #FirstWorldWar #greatwar

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