My name is Marc Haynes and this site is dedicated to the off-beat history, stories and sights of London and its inhabitants.
Darkest London takes it’s name from In Darkest London (1926), a book in which one Mrs. Cecil Chesterton went undercover to report on the conditions of London’s outcasts. It’s really worth a read. You’re bound to find a cheap copy on Abebooks.
Submissions are warmly welcomed, but please be aware this site does not publish fiction and there is no payment for contributions.
This site is non-profit making. It’s done out of love. As such, I’d ask you not to take big chunks out of it to use for your own ends, and the same goes for the photos here. If you only speak business-talk, then here’s my copyright thingy.
© Marc Haynes 2010-13. Unauthorized use or duplication of this material without written permission is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Marc Haynes or DarkestLondon.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
There you go.
If you wish to tell me I’ve got something wrong, want to add to what’s already there, ask me to remove something, have any copyright concerns, would like to reprint anything from this site, or just want to say hello (I’d like that), please contact me either through this page, or via london1860@hotmail.co.uk.
Marc
Hi Marc, I just came across darkest London and wanted to say I really enjoyed it. All the best,
Jeane
Hi Jeane! How nice to hear from you – thanks so much for getting in touch, and I’m glad you like the site! I enjoyed yours very much and how nice to see your photo with the Highgate Ponds dog! All the best, Marc
We stumbled across your website during some researches on London, for a University project, we love it, it’s great!!! Keep on writing, please! Cecilia, Esther and Kat.
Watched the ‘London Nobody Knows’ and from that checked your website for some more on its filming-Congatson your piece on it
I think might be the strangest Documentary I have ever watched….
cheers
Nik
I spent a whole morning reading everything on your blog. So wonderful. I’ve never been to England and probably never will, but I’ve a huge Anglofetish and feed it every chance I get. Thanks you.
brilliant work, please check out the killing in a cafe come bar at the Angel in the sixties, early I believe, think it was called the blue something