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More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

By suburbanslice We’ve already reported that a BT phone exchange at Paddington seems to have been attacked by two-fifths of The Planeteers yesterday (unfortunately not Ma-Ti). As well as affecting phone and internet services in North and West London (and beyond), here at Londonist Towers …

Last week on Londonist in numbers and the photo those numbers translate into… 200,000 people got together in the cold and dark to see some fireworks, for some reason 10 year-old Tube map discovered in Edgware Road 202.5 metres tall is the height of Heron …

As if out of sympathy for our friends in the north currently dealing with floods, a water main has burst in west London, driving about 20 people out of their homes early this morning. The affected area is close to Goldhawk Road tube station – …

Photo by Alexei 322 Londoners won’t need to get their wellies out until at least 2070, according to a new report from the Environment Agency. The Thames Barrier was built to protect the city from flooding and was thought to need replacing around 2030. Designers …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 5th January 1964: The Underground’s first automatic ticket barrier is installed at Stamford Brook station. Tuesday – 6th January 1725: The doors to Guy’s Hospital are opened for the first time. 60 patients are admitted. Wednesday – 7th …

89. The Freak Storm of 1925 It was like a scene from a blockbuster disaster movie in the end, but how it all began was a mystery, like so many freakish weather shows. The Kentish Mercury and Kentish Independent of the 24th July were both …

It was a delightfully dry and bright, crisp and chilly weekend in London… except for a sudden bit of flooding along Edgware Road on Sunday morning. Not from the heavens opening in a repeat of the 2007 deluges but from what has been reported as …

In years to come as historians look back on the events that triggered the untimely demise of this once great nation of ours, they’ll probably be analysing the following timeline: October 2003: First grumblings about raising the Council Tax in London to pay for the …

16. Strange Invaders Whilst residing at his terraced house in Kentish Town, during the 1980s, Christopher Fowler began to notice glimpses of unusual whitish creatures in his back garden. After finally finding the time to fully investigate, and to dismiss such possible hallucinations on his …