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Susan Mayne
Actualizado el 14/08/2010
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Teléfono: 020 8748 3787 - Móvil: 07702 100 037 - Fax: 020 8748 3787
Año de graduación: 1993
Lenguaje Nativo: English
Biografía: I have a passion for London. There is so much to see and do. I enjoy meeting people from all over the world and being a guide combines the two so well.
Born in India and educated in the UK, I have travelled extensively and lived in India, East Africa, Canada and the USA. Before I joined the BBC, I cooked for lighthouse keepers, worked in a London bookshop, ran a bookshop in Canada, and worked in the theatre in Kenya. In the BBC I worked in Television, working on the early series of Doctor Who, Armchair Theatre and International Cabaret. I then moved to BBC World Service Radio as a Studio Manager and produced programmes and radio documentaries. I am married to David Tod Boyd, a professor of music at the Royal College of Music. We have adult children. I became a full-time guide in 1996 and have a extensive experience of guiding both in London and all over the country. I take walks in London and particularly enjoy guiding in British museum,Somerset house,Victoria & Albert Museum,Cathedrals and churches.I can now add Olympic Sites for London2012.The regeneration of this area in London is very thrilling. The great arenas for the Olumpic games are being completed and are on time. To see it now being built gives such a sense of antisipation for London 2012
Región acreditado para esta región: London
Lugares de Londres para los cuales esta acreditado: British Library, British Museum, City of London, Docklands, Greenwich, Hampton Court Palace, Lambeth Palace, National Gallery, Somerset House, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tate Britain, Tower of London, Victoria & Albert Musm., Westminster Abbey
Sitios fuera de Londres para los cuales esta acreditado: Bath, Oxford, Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge, Stratford-upon-Avon, Winchester Cathedral, Windsor Castle
Intereses especiales: My interests are in the Decorative Arts, Crafts, Tapestry embroidery, and stitchcraft.Gardens,plant hunters, regional tours.Literature, Shakespeare and the south bank.Blackfriars, St Pauls Cathedral,St Barts, Smithfield. British Museum highlights,Somerset House, Gilbert Collection,Theatre, Covent Garden & the WestEnd.Victoria & Albert Museum, British Galleries,Westminster Abbey,Westminster area,Kensington Palace,Kensington area, Chelsea & River Thames and the villages of London.Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace,Tower of London & Royal London as well as Indian London. I try to cover the social development of places with an emphasis on the life, times and humour of the people.
Tours paseando: Fleet Street - Lawyers, Printing and Publishing
City of London - Plague and Fire
Southwark and the City - The past pleasures of London - Stratford and the regeneration of the area for the London 2012 Olympic games.
Blackfriars and St Pauls - Medicine in the City
East End - Silk, warehouses and migration
Westminster and Parliament - the Seat of Democracy
St James's and the oldest shops in London
Bloomsbury - Writers and London University
Greenwich
Rotherhithe, Bermondsey and Surrey Quays
Piccadilly and Soho
Chelsea - Poets, painters and plant hunters
Covent Garden and Theatreland
London 2012 - How the industrial east end is being regenerated to a new vibrant area to host the 2012 Olympic and leave an exciting legacy city for the future.
Tours extensos: I would be delighted to tailor my tour to cover your particular interests whether it is architecture, rural history, social development or industry that you're interested in. It couldn't be easier. For example on an English Countryside Tour I'll organise car, coach, lunch, tea etc and take you to visit precisely what you'd like to see. A typical day might start with a visit to one of England's beautiful gardens, lunch at an old pub or coaching inn, a drive through the countryside past thatched cottages, trout streams and ancient forests, winding up with a visit to a stately home and afternoon tea amongst the roses. On my tours I also cover the architecture, social history and development of this country.
Regions offered as British Isles Tour Manager: Northumbria
Países que se ofrecen: South Africa