me and my bf realli enjoy going round london and learning about old london history eg jack the ripper, sweeney todd the great fire of london etc....some people incl think its borin, ne 1 else like this sort of thing??
2007-01-22 08:54:21 · 18 answers · asked by vicky s 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
You two are cool...I am facinated by the castles they built , and their accents make them sound smarter...and the women sexier.
2007-01-22 16:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere in the region of 1,700 to 2,100 years... It was settled by the Romans and called Londonium, on a campaign led by Julius Caesar himself, the Romans occupied Britain for a few hundred years before the empire fell into disarray so it doesn't have as much Roman influence as other parts of the former empire but there are still some lasting examples... Eg: Hadrian's Wall in Scotland But think about it, there were prehistoric, Neolithic cave men living there thousands of years BEFORE that, the ones that build Stone Henge and such... So there may have easily been a settlement in the metropolitan London area before the Romans, but of course this was not a true "civilisation", nor would it have been called London or anything close to it but nevertheless I'm sure the area surrounding London was Ancient land even to the Romans..
2016-05-23 22:36:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not boring - although there's much more to it than the largely fictional speculation about Sweeney Todd & Jack the Ripper.
Go to the Museum of London at the Barbican and the Guildhall Art Gallery nearby for a real look at London's history.
2007-01-22 10:43:33 · answer #3 · answered by Bridget F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I was born in the East End of London and remember the Blitz as a boy. When I was eight years old I enjoyed looking around London and discovering its history. I discovered a lot of interesting things that have happened over many years, (some probably far-fetched). Eventually, when I started work at 15, I worked on some of the bomb damaged buildings in London and remember the Barbican/Moorgate area as a virtual bomb site. I therefore became interested in the more recent history of London too.
2007-01-22 09:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
London has a recorded history that goes back over 2,000 years. During this time, it has experienced plague, devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment and terrorist attacks, yet, it has still grown to become one of the financial and cultural capitals of the world. See City of London for details on the historic core of London.
You could get more information from the link below...
2007-01-22 19:50:22 · answer #5 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to live on the South Coast until recently and have never been bored by London or its history. I will never find time to see everything of historical interest as well as visit all the galleries and museums. I find it incredible that I have found people here in the East Midlands who have never even been to London, let alone know anything of its history!
2007-01-22 23:09:10 · answer #6 · answered by piccalilli 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a born Londoner i agree , but there are so many things that are facernating that they do not show , just one if you go down to wapping there is a long streech of the original Roman wall , at the end of upper thames street you can go underground an so part of roman london
2007-01-22 21:38:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't live in London, but I'll admit that history has always been a passion with me, so I'd very likely join you and your boyfriend on one of your history crawls if I did.
So many folks seem to think history is nothing but a bunch of boring facts about equally boring events and famous dead people, but I've never felt that way--to me it's all about the ordinary ones like you and me and how they lived in various times.
Boring? Not by a long shot, in my estimation!
2007-01-22 09:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe its because i'm a Londoner but i love London history too. Ignore anyone that thinks your boring, thats their problem, have fun.
2007-01-22 09:17:00 · answer #9 · answered by TERRY B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep its fascinating, lots of great books to read too. Theres a great fictional book Called just LOndon by Edward Rutherford which goes right back over 2000 years and has all these really interesting charecters.......read it!
2007-01-22 09:14:51 · answer #10 · answered by rain 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, lots of people love finding out behind the hidden history in London. Couple of books to read if you haven't yet, London - The biography by peter ackroyd - http://www.amazon.co.uk/London-Biography-Peter-Ackroyd/dp/0099422581/sr=8-1/qid=1169504435/ref=sr_1_1/202-1066154-9356630?ie=UTF8&s=books
& the London encyclopaedia - http://www.amazon.co.uk/London-Encyclopaedia-Ben-Weinreb/dp/0333576888/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_0_2/202-1066154-9356630
2007-01-22 09:22:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋