Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
On this Date in 1870...
...Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London. Contrary to what its name implies, it was not actually very tall.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
On this Date in 1962...
...the first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London. Some, however, wonder at the practicality of it since there are so few pandas in London.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
On this Date in 1954...
...closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens. Londoners everywhere rejoice as they are able to make chicken broth once again.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
On this Date in 1809...
...London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. If only he knew the Muffin Man, he might not have taken it so badly.
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