Eating and drinking

This is my sister, Kate, eating ice cream (or is it yoghurt?) on a September day in 1982. This was a few years before I was born, but it's evocative of my own childhood memories of the Strand.

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In the 1720s, Mrs Holt's Italian Warehouse (a warehouse was a sort of 18th-century department store) in the Strand opposite Exeter Change. According to the trade card that William Hogarth engraved for her, she stocked Read more »

This story has been kindly contributed by Gerald Collins. Read more »

These spoons brought to a Strandines session by Jean, who comes to the Age Concern Day centre in Covent Garden. They were collectors items, produced by Tetley's tea. 

This painting was brought to a Strandines session by Louise, who comes to the Age Concern Day centre in Covent Garden

This place mat was brought to a Strandines session by Jean, who comes to the Age Concern Day centre in Covent Garden. 

Last November Mark and I started making a diary. I visited him everyday for a week and asked what had happened since last I saw him. Mark has spent time sleeping rough in the Strand area; he sells the Big Issue. At first he remained anonymous, but then he wanted to let readers know his name. 

The recordings in this posting, made just before Christmas 2010, are rather different. Mark decided to make his own diary, borrowing one of the Strandlines audio recorders.  Read more »

It is such an interesting area. I became familiar with part of it through worshipping at St. Martin's since 1946 when in London, and then regularly from 1952, and from working at 13 King Street from 1958 to the early 70s.   We used to joke that we should print on our letter heading a taxi address - Moss  Bros. Read more »