Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to Win-nie, Happy birthday to you! Londonist would like to congratulate Winnie Langley for reaching the precious age of 100 years old today. To put this in context, this means she's seen two World Wars and no less than 19 different Prime Ministers. Wow, that's a lot of stuff to see in a lifetime. So how is Winnie, from Croydon going to celebrate her......

10. Scareships Just previous to the First World War, as Germany prepared to release the Zeppelin air ships, a spate of phantom airship sightings took grip on the world. London was just one city in the UK to become besieged by the mysterious aircraft that had no definitive origin. Were they the first UFOs? How did such craft seem to vanish or escape pursuit? Here's a chronicle pertaining to the capital: 9th May 1909......

This Day In London’s History 1988: The Bank of England withdraws the £1 note from circulation. In 1797 the Bank of England started printing banknotes in denominations of one pound sterling on a regular basis. To quote their website: In 1759, gold shortages caused by the Seven Years War forced the Bank to issue a £10 note for the first time. The first £5 notes followed in 1793 at the start of the war......

If the number of single-occupant cars during rush hour gets your dander up, how about this? One commuter per three mounts. How selfish is that? Actually, this was a train of police horses on their way up to stables on West End Lane, NW6, this morning. Looks eerily like something from the First World War.......