Lord Byron

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Monday Miscellanea

More London trivia for a Monday morning.

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Monday Miscellanea

More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

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Monday Miscellanea

The Victoria Line is just 42 years old today.

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Monday Miscellanea

Last week’s numbers magically transformed into a picture… 6 hour closure between 1am and 7am at Gatwick, Heathrow and London City due to that pesky volcano again 260 or so elephants turn up in London and only a handful of them seem to be London-themed …

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Fingerprint Scanners Introduced At Nursery

Just a normal, stressful morning, getting your wee ones ready for the day ahead. Has Taynor remembered his lute? Does Duchy have her ballet shoes? Everything in order? Great, just enough time to drive them to the nursery, pass through the fingerprint scanner, and kiss …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 10th March 1906: The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opens, running between Baker Street and Elephant & Castle stations. It would soon become known as the Bakerloo Line. Tuesday – 11th March 1692: The Royal Chelsea Hospital is …

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Love On The Tracks

Carving your beloved’s name on the trunk of a tree, or doodling it on the school desk, is so 20th century. For the modern urban dweller, the only way to really impress your betrothed is to spread your love in three-foot high letters on the …