Soho Square

I often pass through Soho Square and have noticed this group before. This time I thought I'd stop and have a chat, though not sit on the ground which was damp and a bit muddy. Given their lack of clothing I didn't know quite where to look and didn't get round to asking where their clothes were. They were jolly enough, probably cold as well, and we had a pleasant chat.

Soho Square was built in the 1670's and called Kings Square after Charles II. A statue of him was placed in the middle of the square in 1681. It was removed in 1875 and replaced by the half timbered building in the background of the photo. The building is a tool shed, I think it would make a good dragon house. The statue of Charles II went to an island in a lake on an estate called Grime's Dyke. It stayed there until it came back to the square in 1938.

In a Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens has Dr Manette living in a house on Soho Square.