Shoes seen as demonic and vain were blamed for making men "effeminate" and bringing the plague to London.

The museum holds more than 2.5 million objects showcasing 20th Century life in north-east England.

Here are some of the capital's retail behemoths of the time, now gone from the streets.

Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are set to shut after centuries - what is their history?

An archive project is collecting the memories of Scottish Pakistani migrants who kept in touch with family using cassette tapes.

Tom Chivers and Nicola White found the trinket in the Thames at Southwark.

Eating on the hoof: London's long history of street food.

Dotted around Bristol are surviving relics which reveal interesting stories about the city's history.