Every Picture Told a Story:
a Christina Unwin Retrospective
Gustav Milne
If memory serves, Chris Unwin walked onto the Baynard's Castle site in June 1975, taking a break from her studies at UCL.
Common Markets: Leadenhall Court LCT84-6
Gustav Milne
Running up that Hill
Pretend you'd crossed London Bridge in the late 2nd century and were heading north up the main road to the crest of Cornhill.
Tales of the Unexpected: Thames Exchange TEX88
Gustav Milne
Looking in the Wrong Place
The Billingsgate Lorry Park excavations had top billing in the DUA calendar for 1982-3. It was seen as the last major waterfront excavation in the City,
Café on a Bridge PEN/PDN 1979-82
Gustav Milne
Once upon a time there was a café on a bridge. But it was not just any café, and it certainly wasn’t just any bridge. The cafeteria in question was Joe’s, 127 Lower Thames Street at the junction of Fish Street Hill in the City of London.
Now for Something Completely Different:
Custom House 1973 CUS73
Gustav Milne
The amalgamation of the London and Guildhall Museums was long in the planning, but only formally completed in the summer of 1975.
Archaeology in the City of London: an end and a beginning 1972-6
Gustav Milne
PART ONE- A CASTLE AND A CRISIS
Although the Museum of London closed in December 2022, its remarkable archaeological legacy remains.
A DAY in the LIFE: Trig Lane, 1974
Gustav Milne
Leaving Home
Gustav got up, got out of bed and stretched. Since the head of the bed butted against the low kitchen cabinet, it was not a long walk to the kitchen sink to clean teeth, or to the outside loo.
1973: the Birth of the DUA
Gustav Milne
The ground-breaking Museum of London brought together the collections and expertise of the former London Museum (founded 1911) and the City’s own Guildhall Museum (founded 1826).
- You are here:
-
Home
- Telling DUA Tales