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A Gang of Four walk of about 6 miles around Southwark, lead by Michael following the Ghost Trail in "Haunted London" by Richard Jones. 2nd July 2024. A grey, humid, wet day.
 Map of the walk from GPS |
The Monument |
 Allegorical Carving of the Great Fire |
 Stone Dragon hiding |
 Another dragon |
 St Magnus the Martyr, High Church, was the toll booth of the Old London Bridge |
 The Nave
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 A Jewish Priest |
 The Virgin Mary |
 An Orthodox Bishop |
 St Magnus |
 A Ceiling Light |
 A model of the Old London Bridge |
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 The Pulpit |
 To the Gallery |
 The Chapel in the Centre of the Old Bridge |
' A Fishy Light |
 The Shard Quarter |
 Fishmongers Hall |
 1 London Bridge |
 Stepping Out on London Bridge |
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 Southwark Cathedral |
 Inside Borough Market |
 Fish Street |
 Cathedral Street |
 Where is it going? |
 A cheerful bin |
 Michael and the Golden Hind |
 The Great Hall of the Bishop of Winchester's Palace remains |
 The Clink Museum |
 The Globe is a few yards further |
 The Anchor pub Bankside founded 1616 |
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 Gentlemen? |
 Boo! (A ghost?) |
 Borough Market |
 Street Food |
 The Market Tavern |
 Tour Bus |
 The George Tavern from which Pilgrims to Canterbury then Pickwick set forth |
 Inside for our lunch |
 Dickensian Players there for lunch |
 A pose? |
 New Face of Borough Market |
 A modern exhibition |
 Old Kings Head Alley |
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 Old Operating Theatre in the Church on right |
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Keats sits in an alcove outside Guy’s hospital because he worked and studied there. He was only 14 when he was apprenticed to a suburban apothecary. He later moved to Guy’s to undertake further training under the legendary surgeon Astley Cooper. Once Keats was assumed to have been a dreamer uninterested in his medical studies but recent research has shown, on the contrary, how successful and focused he was at Guy’s. He passed an exam that many of the students failed and was appointed to the coveted position of “dresser”. That not only involved assisting more experienced surgeons in operations but also being on duty 24/7 one week in four in the equivalent of A&E. |
 "Keats House" (actually his digs were next door) |
 Guys Hospital Courtyard |
 A Monument to Thomas Guy who founded the Hospital |
 Mosaic and prayer column in the Chapel |
 A Grand Corridor |
 Sitting next to Keats and maybe listening to his poetry via QR code |
 Guy's Arms, (three glum Teddies in Crowns?) |
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 HMS Belfast |
 The Queens Walk |
 Ices |
 Empty ex London Council Building |
 A lone tennis Fan |
 Selfie |
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 Another pose |
 Thoughtful |
