In the second part of my visit to London on a budget we start in Hendon and the very extensive collection of the RAF Museum.

A Lancaster bomber at the RAF Museum in Hendon
A Lancaster bomber at the RAF Museum in Hendon (Richard Harding)

In the City you’ll find the ‘Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’, also known as the Bank of England, but it won’t cost you anything to visit its museum and you can even handle (a well-secured) solid gold bar.

The Bank of England
The Bank of England (Richard Harding)

I was a big fan of the Channel Four comedy Friday Night Dinner and I managed to track down the famous suburban house which is at 23 Parkside, Mill Hill if you’d like to call in for ‘crimble crumble.’

The famous Beigel Bake in Brick Lane
The famous Beigel Bake in Brick Lane (Richard Harding)

To the East End and a wander around my late father’s ‘manor’ Bethnal Green.

He was a true Cockney and his father was a fire fighter in the Blitz.

The former centre of the newspaper industry
The former centre of the newspaper industry (Richard Harding)

Visit Beigel Bake in Brick Lane for lunch then wander into the City of London passing through Fleet Street, the former centre of the national newspaper industry.

Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace (Richard Harding)
Primrose Hill offers great views
Primrose Hill offers great views (Richard Harding)
The Isokon Flats in Hampstead once home to people including Agatha Christie and Bauhaus emigre Walter Gropius
The Isokon Flats in Hampstead once home to people including Agatha Christie and Bauhaus emigre Walter Gropius (Richard Harding)
A little beyond my budget- The Savoy Hotel
A little beyond my budget- The Savoy Hotel (Richard Harding)
The Great Fire of London Monument near St Paul's Cathedral
The Great Fire of London Monument near St Paul's Cathedral (Richard Harding)
The Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich
The Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich (Richard Harding)
Horseguards Parade
Horseguards Parade (Richard Harding)