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Monday Miscellanea

More London-oriented trivia for a Monday morning.

The Charles Lamb, second best pub in Angel, and starting point for our pub crawl.

A-Z Pubcrawl: The Best Pubs In Angel

The results of our recent poll, and the date to join us for a pub crawl.

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Monday Miscellanea

Yes, it’s Monday.

Lambeth Bridge

Monday Miscellanea

Guns, bombs and bridges feature in this week’s Londony anniversaries.

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Monday Miscellanea

A Summer Solstice special calculation on Londonist… 04:52 sunrise 21:22 sunset 16 hours, 38 minutes of daylight today 452 + 2122 + 1638 = 4,212 which is an appropriately sun-filled pub near Victoria Park, as captured by Slaminsky for the Londonist Flickr pool. It can …

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Monday Miscellanea

Summarising last week on Londonist in numbers and how those numbers translate into pictures… 7.5 miles of the A13 that will come under scrutiny when speed cameras are installed 8 week course in slowing down, as undertaken by our own correspondent in the Slow Club …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police is founded by the Home Secretary, Robert Peel. In his honour, members of the force would become colloquially known as ‘bobbies’. Tuesday – 30th September 1928: Alexander Fleming discovers the antibacterial properties …