“Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern”
This is the twenty-first square of my London Faces Patchwork. It is a patchwork of papers gleaned from the pavements of the city in which I live. There are twenty-five squares making up the whole piece. You can see it here.
John Keats, poet, was born in Moorgate in 1795. The Globe pub now occupies the site of his birth, a few yards from Moorgate Station. He died in 1821.
The Mermaid Tavern, of which Keats talks, was destroyed in The Great Fire of 1666. It is said to have been a haunt of Shakespeare, my 9th square.
To continue with the Fleet Street connection on some of these posts. Keats’ publishers, Taylor and Hessey, were at 93 Fleet Street.
This ink silhouette is by Charles Brown, who was born in 1787 in Lambeth.
The square is cut from a Keats House Events Guide.
Alison Sye 
Reblogged this on vintagethrifter51.com and commented:
Your patchwork is so amazing, I just love the idea. It has me rethinking trash I see on the road. Cheers, Michele
Yes, I pick up everything – unfortunately! Thank you 🙂
I tried to visit your reblogs but couldn’t find them
I don’t know what the problem is if you can’t see the reblogs. I am new at blogging and so don’t know all the ins and outs yet. Love your blog. I love rice pudding too, my husband is not a fan so that leaves more for me. Cheers, Michele
We all love it here.
Yes, I have been blogging for a couple of years, but I just stick to the basics. I have never tried a reblog, you are brave :)))
Hi Alison,
Thank you. I don’t know if the reblogs show up on my posts, but all my followers get a notification that I reblogged and see your post. I have had people I know who check my blog out and follow me say they have seen the reblogs. Maybe that’s how they appear. I like to have the blogs I like and follow be featured on my blog, wish I knew how to have them appear in my post feeds. But it is a learning process, I just learned how to do a link yesterday. Cheers, Michele
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