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London’s Forgotten Disasters: Ice Skating Tragedy In Regent’s Park

When 40 people died in this most tranquil of spots.

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Monday Miscellanea

100,000 Great British Pounds for a virtual strip search machine 50 pence for a serving of beans on toast which will not only fill you up but will also Help A London Child 14,567 animals at London Zoo but possibly more, possibly less… we’ll know …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 12th January 1619: The Banqueting House at Whitehall is destroyed by fire. It would soon be rebuilt. Tuesday – 13th January 1583: Eight people are killed when scaffold seating collapses at the Bear Garden – an arena for …

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The Saturday Strangeness

73. A Gaggle Of Ghosts: Part Three London’s dark history is littered with tales of eerie mysteries, and not many places harbour such weirdness as Hampton Court Palace, the most haunted royal residence in the capital. Stretching for over sixty acres, this beautiful structure, and …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 14th January 1437: The Great Stone Gate at the south side of London Bridge collapses, taking down two bridge arches and several houses with it. Tuesday – 15th January 1867: The ice on Regent’s Park Lake gives way …