Category: London Tours
Travel back to the 60s with a Soho vintage walk
Travel back in time to London during the Sixties with a Back In The Day Walk through Soho. Specialising in London-based guided walks, tour guide Barrie Greene – who was part of the Soho crowd during the Sixties himself – will take you back to the heartland of Swinging London, a place and time he [...]
Things to do around London: tracing Sherlock Holmes
The famous sleuth might only be a fictional character yet London without Sherlock seems unimaginable. Rebecca McWattie explores all things Sherlock in the capital. Since Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 he quickly became one of the most well loved fictional characters in English literature. Arthur Conan Doyle [...]
Join The Vintage Guide on a special tour taking you back to 1951!
We have teamed up with the lovely Penny Dreadful Vintage boutique to transport you back to 1951 and the original Festival of Britain. From Friday 29 to Sunday 31 July, our twice daily tours of the Southbank – which are part of the big Vintage at Southbank Festival – will evoke the spirit and splendour [...]
How to ‘do’ London the war-time way – part 1: etiquettes of dress
A few months ago writer and broadcaster Gemma King stumbled across a second-hand bookshop. The next thing she knew she was inside over-excitedly peering over swaying towers of literature. Find out how the book she found has made her rediscover London from a war-time perspective.
The guide to all things vintage during London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is hitting town this Friday, and while there are plenty of shows to see, lots of shopping to be done and parties to attend, things could get just a tad same-y. Well, if you find yourself bored, follow our alternative guide to London Fashion Week, and enjoy the capital - the vintage way. Start [...]
‘A vintage day out’ – Primrose Hill
Bored during the weekend? Fancy trying out something new? Join Rebecca McWattie as she explores different areas of London on a vintage day out. Is there a lovelier way of spending a grey Sunday in January than catching up with an old friend? After meeting at Camden Town Underground we chatted as we walked, passing [...]
