Author: CWGLA

Westminster News

It all started with a Tea Dance

It all started with a Tea Dance … Bringing back and making memories … Silver Sunday has become a national campaign tackling loneliness that affects

CWGLA September 26, 2023

Association News

Visit to Freemason’s Hall

In May, the membership of the City of Westminster Guide Lecturers Association was treated to an extraordinary tour of an extraordinary building – the Freemasons’

CWGLA November 30, 2022

History

Tucked away in a corner of Hyde Park is a patch of green scattered with tiny headstones, a place where well-to-do Victorians commemorated joyful times in the park with their beloved pets Cherry, Spot and dear old Topsy

CWGLA April 12, 2021

London Underground Booking office sign on background of 1960s Tube train

History

The roundel: a design for all times

It is a symbol of London that even those who have never boarded a London Underground train or London bus will almost certainly recognise The

CWGLA August 10, 2020

Montage: Hippodrome Casino, Judy Garland plaque and Talk of the Town programme

History

A Hollywood legend in Leicester Square

Judy Garland was just one of the many American stars who for almost a quarter of a century brought a touch of glamour to the

CWGLA August 3, 2020

Portrait of Chopin and house in St James's Place with blue plaque

History

Chopin’s London triumphs

On November 16 1848, Chopin ‘played like an angel’ at Guildhall, yet this performance was to be the composer’s final public appearance Chopin was feeling

CWGLA July 26, 2020

History

Batting for history at Lord’s Old Cricket Ground

Marylebone Cricket Club may have been hosting matches at its current location for more than two centuries, but this site is not its first home

CWGLA July 7, 2020

The Old Horse Guards from St James's Park c.1749 by Canaletto, 1697-1768

History

Canaletto’s London stage set

An Italian artist better known for his depictions of Venice, Canaletto also painted more than 50 English river and cityscapes during his many years living in London

CWGLA June 28, 2020

Francis Barraud with his painting of Nipper, the symbol for HMV

History

Memories of little Nipper in Oxford Street

How a little Jack Russell terrier became the mascot of a record label and the symbol of the now closed flagship HMV shop in London

CWGLA June 21, 2020

Architectural impression of the new north entrance to the National Portrait Gallery

History

A new look for the nation’s family album

Across the capital, art galleries and museums have been silent since March, but the National Portrait Gallery will now remain closed for a further three years, beyond the COVID lockdown, while it undergoes a major revamp

CWGLA June 13, 2020