Lawyers
An atmospheric snow scene, 2012, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, located near the former Land Registry Office and the entrance to New Square. The blues and browns creating a quiet harmony.The snow reflecting the sky above.
A view towards Fleet Street from the Strand using Victorian style formats of sepia colour and an oval frame. Picture taken February 2012 early evening.
A watercolour drawing from location featuring the transitional changes from autumnal to spring colours and there is a sense of scale with the walking figure on the right contrasting with the large trees.
I worked as a messenger boy for 6 months in the 60s for a solicitor called H M Garland-Wells in Norfolk Street (which no longer exists) off the Strand. I knew at the time that H M or Herbert Monty as he was known was keen on cricket but only recently discovered that before becoming a solicitor he was Captain for Surrey in 1939. During WW2 the name Garland-Wells was used as an informal code for General Montgomery in North Africa. Allegedly, this couldn't be deciphered by the German codebreakers!
"Although few buildings from Donne's time survive, most of the places associated with his name are within easy walking distance of one another. From Bread Street, where he was born, to Lincoln's Inn, where he studied law and later preached, takes little more than fifteen minutes. Even less time is necessary to walk from the Inns of Court to York House, at the bottom of Drury lane, in which he would serve as Egerton's secretary; and from here to St. Read more »
'Charlie' leads Sockmob walking tours around London. I have written about these tours for the Strandlines blog. 'Charlie' used to be homeless, and slept around the Strand, Covent Garden, Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridge. She describes here how she knitted and sold toys as an alternative to begging.
This description is excerpted from Pigeons of the Temple by Arthur Brebner. It was first published in the Cornhill Magazine in January 1921. Read more »
