Jennifer Watson-Bore

Regional Qualification(s):

London

Language(s):

English

Phone Number(s):

01227-472890, 0777 1553295

Contact guide

Introduction:

I have been a chartered librarian and an English teacher with specialist interests including Shakespeare and the literature of war. More importantly,I am a Londoner born and bred, and I have been obsessed with the history and culture of London since childhood. My tours are notable for their unusual content, and I like to explore areas which are off the beaten track.

Personal Interests:

London
Theatre
Cinema
Archaeology
English & Foreign Literature

Special Interests:

London Areas in Depth

Clerkenwell & Islington, the East End, Southwark, Bermondsey, Bayswater, Mayfair, Museum of the Order of St. John.

Ethnic Britain

The Jewish East End, Italians in Clerkenwell, Greek Cypriots in Camden Town, the Welsh in London, Huguenots in Spitalfields.

Theatre

Shakespeare's London and Stratford-upon-Avon, Christopher Marlowe's Canterbury

Literature

All aspects of English Literature.

Churches & Cathedrals

City of London churches,St. Paul's Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral and the churches of Canterbury.

Medicine

The great London teaching hospitals.

Museums

The British Museum, the Museum of the Order of St.John and the Museum of London.

Endorsements:

Windsor & Eton

Additional Qualifications:

BA (Hons), MA., Cert Ed., Cert. Arch., ALA (Chartered), Blue Badge London Guide

Driver Guide:

No