Category Archives: Past times
London Life & Great Great Grandfather Thomas Royle
Walking to the Bankside Gallery & Tate Modern this afternoon, crossing Ludgate Circus there is one of those Ghost bikes painted white to mark where a cyclist was killed. This reminded me that my Grandmother’s grandfather was run over by … Continue reading
The Geffrye Museum
About time Mrs Potts surfaced again with a visit to the Geffrye Museum – originally built as Almshouses in 1741 by Sir Robert Geffrye. Entry is free and the Museum is now a series of rooms showing domestic interiors over … Continue reading
Early Ambitions!
My first book! It’s so funny to see this and it shows how people don’t really change – even at 7 or 8 ( think I was about that age ) I was a bit (!) of a control freak … Continue reading
£’s, shillings and pence
Someone asked me about old money – they didn’t know (how could they – too young) about 12d in a shilling, or 10s., or that 20s. made a pound (£1.00). Or that once upon a time there was a 10 … Continue reading
Mrs Potts the Painter's Wife 