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BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: "A HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN LONDON"
BRING YOUR BABY
From the award-winning creator of BRING YOUR BABY PUB QUIZZES
- Thursdays 11:00–14:00
Outside The Ritz London, Green Park station side, by the red telephone boxes 150 Piccadilly, London, Greater London, W1J 9BR
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Event
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0 months - 2 years
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Book with Happity
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£20.00
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NB: This event MUST be booked in advance. No drop-ins.
Description
Walk Starts: Please meet at Green Park station - at the red telephone boxes to the right of The Ritz hotel.
Walk Ends: Near Oxford Circus tube.
With a stop after about an hour for toilets and baby change at The Royal Academy (Burlington House). At the same time you will also have a break to get refreshment and/or food at one of the many outlets on Piccadilly before regrouping with the guide to resume the walk.
What you will discover on this walk - through the festively decorated streets of London, and past some of the most Christmassy shopfronts you're likely to find!
- Why Fortnum and Mason’s early 20th century hampers would be illegal now.
- The shops that developed to serve the men at the Court of St James.
- Who makes Lady Gaga’s corsets.
- Where you can buy a gun for your shooting parties; wine from a centuries old shop; cigars from Churchill’s tobacconist; bespoke shirts, shoes and dressing gowns; cologne that James Bond wears (if he was real that is).
- Who polished his boots with champagne.
- How to behave in Burlington Arcade.
- Where the Prince Regent found out how much he weighed.
- Where both Indiana Jones’s and Charlie Chaplin’s hats came from.
- Who makes royal uniforms.
- The place where those swinging in the Sixties dressed.
- How to follow your nose to the cheese in Jermyn Street.
This walk will be guided by City of London guide, Sue Doe, who also co-wrote Women from Hackney's History.
- Customer refunds must be requested at least 24 hours before an event starts. We cannot guarantee you can move your ticket to another date but you are welcome to enquire at [email protected]
Booking info & prices
Important notes: - Children are the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and must be monitored by them at all times. - Refunds or requests to move to a future event or date must be requested within 24 hours of the event commencing so that we can try to refill the space in adequate time. - On occasion we take photos or short video clips at our 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes' or 'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks'. By attending you are giving your permission for these to be used for Bring Your Baby Ltd promotional purposes. Any individual who we have taken a photograph of and published can request that any photographs are removed and deleted at any time. Even if they have given consent when booking according to our terms and conditions, they can of course withdraw their consent and can contact us at the email provided. - At 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes', we understand that the parent or guardian will want to keep sleeping babies close to their table in baby carriers (including, for example: prams, buggies or car seats). However if babies are awake we reserve the right to ask the parent or guardian to move their baby carrier into a designated area of the venue to meet health and safety requirements (such as clear access to fire exits and clear walkways).
Prices
- Adult ticket (children go free but each adult needs a ticket): £20.00
- Additional adult without baby: £20.00
Booking info & prices
Important notes: - Children are the responsibility of the parent or guardian, and must be monitored by them at all times. - Refunds or requests to move to a future event or date must be requested within 24 hours of the event commencing so that we can try to refill the space in adequate time. - On occasion we take photos or short video clips at our 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes' or 'Bring Your Baby Guided London Walks'. By attending you are giving your permission for these to be used for Bring Your Baby Ltd promotional purposes. Any individual who we have taken a photograph of and published can request that any photographs are removed and deleted at any time. Even if they have given consent when booking according to our terms and conditions, they can of course withdraw their consent and can contact us at the email provided. - At 'Bring Your Baby Pub Quizzes', we understand that the parent or guardian will want to keep sleeping babies close to their table in baby carriers (including, for example: prams, buggies or car seats). However if babies are awake we reserve the right to ask the parent or guardian to move their baby carrier into a designated area of the venue to meet health and safety requirements (such as clear access to fire exits and clear walkways).
Prices
- Adult ticket (children go free but each adult needs a ticket): £20.00
- Additional adult without baby: £20.00
