iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great to have step free access on the south side of Euston Road.

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Huge thanks to all our #ForgottenWomen Friday volunteers, hope your research is going well and we look forward to your stories Lovely to meet some of you yesterday on zoom Our book is launched in October, email us to reserve a copy and we'll send payment details later -afewforgottenwomen@gmail.com

043

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Join us this Bank Holiday weekend to discover the scandals of St James's, the secrets of Walthamstow art & industry in the East End and a tour of #Greenwich footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social

045

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sue’s back in #Newham on Monday exploring some of its hidden gems on a riverside walk. bit.ly/4wPxq6W

000

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Why not get out for a walk this #BankHolidayMonday afternoon? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998357659...

000

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Newham Bookshop @newhambookshop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thanks so much for the wonderful response. Please support the shop by coming in to buy a book today!

055

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Newham Bookshop @newhambookshop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who has supported our campaign. Please come to the shop and buy books.

043

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Newham Bookshop @newhambookshop.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Great article about the shop #MyLondon.

041

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A pleasant surprise to see @robssmith.bsky.social our knowledgeable colleague and fellow @islingtonwalks.bsky.social and @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social guide on BBC Who do you think you are? Chatting to Joe Swash in #Clerkenwell

011

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Thanks for another year's great @Tripadvisor reviews. Visit footprintsoflondon.com for more great London walks. We're owned by qualified guides who research & conduct their own tours @robssmith.bsky.social @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social @westminsterwalks.bsky.social

032

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨 My new post on Substack tells the story of the London County Council's ‘Patronage of the Arts’ Scheme that installed over 70 works of art in schools and housing estates across the capital. municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-lcc-an...

municipaldreams.substack.com

The LCC and the Arts II: the ‘Patronage of the Arts’ Scheme

Last week’s post looked at the LCC’s open-air sculpture exhibitions but arguably the more significant contribution to the worthy attempt to bring art to the people lay in its ‘Arts Patronage Scheme’ i...

23211

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Very pleasing to see my Fanny Wilkinson’s Green Lungs for London walk highlighted in the latest Bulletin for London Open Gardens 2026 mailchi.mp/londongarden...

mailchi.mp

Bulletin - Exclusive: New London Open Gardens Walks and Tours revealed. Plus, your usual updates and ideas for getting outdoors.

000

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Meet the women who shaped history: fought for the vote, equal pay, their faith, their country. Not heroines, or villains but they changed the world. Join Marie for a great walk round #Westminster this Tuesday. Book at footprintsoflondn.com

031

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

@capitalwalks.bsky.social is also exploring Finsbury in Print. Lots more good walks on offer from our @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social colleagues.

000

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Always good walks and good fun to plan and deliver new walks.

011

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

It’s a #FewForgottenWomen Friday! Look forward to a day of research and marmalade-making! @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social

011

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 18/11/2025

Last week, two 3-tonne lock gates arrived on the Regent’s Canal, to be craned into place near the Islington Tunnel. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/rep...

ianvisits.co.uk

Replacement of 20-year-old gates gives glimpse inside drained Regent’s Canal lock

Last week, two 3-tonne lock gates arrived on the Regent’s Canal, to be craned into place near the Islington Tunnel.

2308

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Celebrate Diverse London in a series of walking & virtual tours. We'll explore the ethnic, religious & gender heritage of one of the world's most culturally rich cities. Book these walks & more at footprintsoflondon.com @robssmith.bsky.social @capitalwalks.bsky.social @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social

033

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

A nice surprise to stumble on the Cambridge home of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Henry Fawcett and Philippa Fawcett the other day.

000

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Born at Chingford Rectory 160 years ago #OTD 15 Aug 1865, Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake was the first British woman to qualify as Master of Surgery. She was lead surgeon and later consulting surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital. 📷 OS map section c.1870. Portrait commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lo...

OS map section c.1870, showing Chingford Rectory at lower left.

Photographic portrait of Louisa Aldrich-Blake.
Via Creative Commons:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louisa_Aldrich-Blake_.jpg

0114

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Anniversary of the death of #WilliamBlake on this day 1827 has been nicely marked in Bunhill Fields. Seems there’s a commemoration planned for Saturday. @islingtonwalks.bsky.social

000

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

What are you up to next Friday? Why not join us in researching a woman (or women) born in 1819…. Full details on our website www.fewforgottenwomen.com/1819

1129

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Chingford Historical Society @chingfordhist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

#Free 1 hour #guidedwalks with our vice chair Joanna aka @westminsterwalks.bsky.social along part of the #NorthChingford Heritage Trail this Sunday 6th July at 11 and 2. Part of the #Heritage Festival. Please book in advance here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/north-chin...

054

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Laura Agustín @nakedanthropolo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

In St John's Wood adventurous unmarried women like George Eliot were called Disgraceful by Respectable Society. Nearby WT Stead created the 1st mediatic sex-trafficking scandal when he 'bought' Eliza Armstrong. Why were some females victims and others whores? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disgracefu...

eventbrite.co.uk

Disgraceful Women of Old St John's Wood

In St John's Wood Alternative Lifestyles were the norm, but nearby Lisson Grove saw the first sex-slave scandal, of young Eliza Armstrong.

284

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Innes Hope Pearse, co-founder of Peckham Experiment which researched what creates well-being and good health. Members of the local community were invited to join and had access to leisure & exercise facilities. They underwent medical checks and patients were actively involved in any treatment.

191

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Fanny Wilkinson didn’t get to design many gardens around Bloomsbury. Red Lion Square in Holborn is one of the few nearby. Very good to see the recently installed plaque there.

010

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Philippa (brilliant mathematician, inspiration for #williammorris) one of the least known Garrett women. Harold Steward Rathbone’s portrait now in the @morrisgallery gallery used to be at 2 Gower Street, Join Sue’s #bloomsbury walk on Friday afternoon to find out more bit.ly/4deBwNL

Portrait of Philippa Garrett Fawcett as a young woman

010

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

This week's new Substack post: Hornsey Town Hall, Crouch End: ‘the quintessential English modern public building of the decade’ municipaldreams.substack.com/p/hornsey-to...

1497

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

1/3 Children’s writer E (Edith) Nesbit whose books include The Railway Children & The Treasure Seekers was born in Kennington 1858. The family moved around when she was young but later settled in Lewisham. She married journalist Hubert Bland in 1880.

241

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Peggy Knight MBE (1920-2004). Served in Special Operations Executive. 'A young girl of an altogether exceptional courage', she received Croix de Guerre 1947. Lived at 88 James Lane, Leyton & worked at ASEA, Fulbourne Road, Walthamstow. See feature by @wfwalkingpast.bsky.social is.gd/y9Fqg4 #VEDay80

Aerial photograph of Fulbourne Road, Walthamstow, c.1930.
📷 From VHM collection, available in our Searchroom.

OS map section showing James Lane, Leyton, c.1939.

062

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Newscuttings from our current Searchroom display celebrating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the London Borough of Waltham Forest #OTD 1 April 1965. The illustration shows the new mayor of Waltham Forest joining former mayors of Chingford, Leyton & Walthamstow to mark this historic occasion.

Newscuttings relating to the newly created London Borough of Waltham Forest in April 1965.

062

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

This week at footprintsoflondon.com we explore Putney, Walthamstow, Crystal Palace and #soho & and have the first of our Diverse #London walks. Join us for one of our real and virtual tours @robssmith.bsky.social @westminsterwalks.bsky.social

022

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Fascinating research by @westminsterwalks.bsky.social exploring the origin of the name of Walthamstow's Orford House, and possible link with Orford House in Ugley, Essex.

021

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

This week's post looks at Lambeth's interwar tenement blocks, built to house the poorer working class more cheaply and nearer to their place of work: municipaldreams.substack.com/p/lambeths-i...

3196

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

So helpful for planning a literary walk if the author marks a fictional location on a real map! I expect it helped that when Michael Sadler wrote Forlorn Sunset who was working at his publisher.

010

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Sue’s walk on Sunday explore the rich history of radical theatre in Camden from the Actresses Franchise League and pacifist plays of WW1 to agitprop in the 1970s www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...

eventbrite.co.uk

Walking Tour - Radical Theatre: Kings Cross to Kingsway

Explore some of Camden's rich history of radical theatre over the last 100 years .

010

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

And good to see her included in the mural on Old Church Road.

042

Reposted by Capital Walks in London

Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

High Road, Leyton in late 19th cent. Rosa Lewis née Ovenden (1867-1952), lived here when young. Entering domestic service aged 12, she became a highly esteemed society cook. A successful businesswoman, she bought The Cavendish, Jermyn Street, London in 1902, & ran the hotel until mid 1940s. #WHM2025

Photograph of High Road, Leyton in late 19th century.
From VHM photo collection, available in our Searchroom.

Portrait photograph of Rosa Lewis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_lewis.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

1114

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Enjoying exploring this. Discovered that pupils of #Leytonstone High School for Girls -now LeytonstoneSch - contributed £66 (almost £4000 at today’s value) to Scottish Women’s Hospital in WW1 and their Gym teacher served with them in Syria. @lbwfarchives.bsky.social

284

Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

And a decade earlier the birthplace of two other notable Leytonstone women: Louisa and Harriet Martindale. You can discover more about them at Leyton & Leytonstone Historical Society meeting on 19th March.

031