For dear readers and friends: A whimsical Thames reverie to be sung to the traditional tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”… as best you can. On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me:a little gull perched upon a wall. On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to …
Author archives: Patricia Stoughton
All Hallows by the Tower
The oldest church in the City, inextricably bound up with the Thames and the Port of London. Just a few steps away from the tourist-thronged Tower of London stands a church, founded in AD 675 as a chapel of the abbey of Barking, that is older than and steeped in as much history as its …