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Tuesday 23rd April 2019, a Gang of Four walk in the City of London from Bank to Farringdon in sunny weather

Our location log	The Bank of England	The Royal Exchange	The way in
The Trading Floor	Only £195	Way out	Royal Exchange History
Threadneedle Street	Paul Julius Reuter	George Peabody, American Philanthropist	Bank of England Museum
Machine to produce "uncopiable" patterns for bank notes	Are you strong enough to lift this gold bar? Worth over £361,000		Enlarges
Manufacturing a pound coin	Modern Currency Notes	A caryatid	Gold Store
William Pitt the Younger	Salvaging the Caryatids from the old building	On the north-western corner of the Bank of England, Herbert Baker placed a shallow, copper-roofed dome. On top of the cupola surmounting this dome is a gilded bronze figure called Ariel, after the spirit of the air in The Tempest but male not female by Charles Wheeler. I think it must have been removed!	The Cupolar
Tender Loving Care	Angel Court	Threadneedle Walk	"The City Wing" in bronze by Christopher Le Brun
The "Euphorium" for coffee	Bowler Hats (It is in the City)	Bankers at their break outside the cafe	J Lyons & Co Throgmorton Restaurant
Angel Court	Throgmorton Street.	J Lyons and Co	The LEO I (Lyons electronic office I) was the first computer used for commercial business applications. The prototype was modelled closely on the Cambridge EDSAC
This hat is too heavy!	An Austin Friar?	Off home	The Dutch Church, Austin Friars
Given by the Carpenters Company	The Organ	Overshadowed	Back door? to the Carpenters Ha
William and Mary	Throgmorton Avenue.	We saw the George Dance obelisk in Circus Place which is actually a ventilator shaft as well. It is to honour the architect, George Dance who, as the City Surveyor, laid out the Finsbury Estate as a residential suburb, 1775-1800. He was the first to introduce formal, planned crescents and circuses to London.	Finsbury Circus.
Services Corridor	St Mary's Church, Moorfields, Eldon Street	Four Chefs	Backpacker hostel
Green glass, Chiswell St	The Honourable Artillery Company, a "Trained band" that is now a posh TA unit	Could it snap off?	Man and wife
Doormen at The Brewery Hotel	Rat	Chick	HAC Badge
Only I can get away with parking here!	The Artillery Arms for lunch. A Fullers pub	Bunhill Fields Burial Ground is the last final resting place for an estimated 120,000 bodies. The site has a long history as a burial ground, but is most significant for its Nonconformist connections. These date from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries with the burial of prominent people including William Blake, Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan and Susannah Wesley.	Picnic Lunch in Bunhill Fields cemetery
Bluebells		John Bunyan	A beggar
Two Brewers pub	A low doorway	A Junction Box	Brazil Flavour
Large Street Art by Connor Harrington	Burritos in Whitecross Street market which is largely food stalls	Michael turns his back	The Whitecross Street Party celebrates street art every year on about 18th July when street artists produce works to a set theme and have a party
Lunch Break in front of the mural	"I shoot humans"	Octopuses	Banner Street
Little Sheep	Sporting heroes Street Art	Ape takes a Selfie	Tailor's shop
Dolls House?	Old Street	Wolves	"London Lowdown"
Shyguy	Royall Mayall by Paul "Don" Smith	Shiny Bike	"Mizz Twisted"
Door	Sperm? by Urban Solid	Medical Symbol	"Gold Smelters" in Portland stone by J Daymond & Son salvaged from the old Barbican estate
Plumbing	Barbican	Charterhouse	On the Rookery Hotel, Peter's Lane
Books bound here	White Horse Alley	The start of the walk....	...and the finish

The Royal Exchange

The "Euphorium" for coffee