London Trivia

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When renovating Queen Victoria Memorial a workman knocked off her nose with the bright white replacement she appears to have snorted cocaine #LondonTrivia

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House near Globe Theatre claims Catherine, Henry VIII’s first Queen sheltered on her first landing in London and Christoper Wren lived there #LondonTrivia

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“There are people working in McDonald’s in Soho who can look out of the window and see parking meters earning more than they do”-Simon Evans #LondonTrivia

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On 3 June 1931 John Logie Baird televised Britain’s first live sport, the Epsom Derby #LondonTrivia

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On 2 June 1975 London recorded the first time snow fell in London in June #LondonTrivia

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On 1 June 1571 the first person was executed on Tyburn Tree, Roman Catholic Dr John Story for refusing to recognise Elizabeth I as England’s Queen #LondonTrivia

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On 31 May 1859 the Great Clock on Big Ben started telling the time. The Great Bell and the quarter bells chimed later that year #LondonTrivia

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Bells are rung at Grays Inn and The Tower of London every evening to warn citizens to extinguish their fires. Ritual dates from Norman times #LondonTrivia

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On 29 May each year oak twigs are paraded and King Charles I statue in Trafalgar Square decorated to mark his birthday and escape from Cromwell #LondonTrivia

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Tower of London was: a palace; execution site; royal mint; armouries; observatory; menagerie; prison; Public Records and now has the Crown Jewels #LondonTrivia

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Gropecunt Lane once ran north from Cheapside so called as it was a famous haunt of prostitutes it was renamed by kllljoys in the Reformation #LondonTrivia

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On 26 May 1950 the Government ended petrol rationing, the motoring organisations dubbed it VP (Victory for Petrol) Day #LondonTrivia

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A Cockney is defined as being born within the sound from the bells of St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside in the City of London not East London #LondonTrivia

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When St Pauls Cathedral neared completion its elderly architect Sir Christopher Wren was hauled to the roof by bucket and rope to inspect it #LondonTrivia

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On 23 May 1701 the Scottish pirate Captain Kidd was executed at Wapping despite having been promised a Royal Pardon if he gave himself up #LondonTrivia

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On 22 May 1659 the earliest known cheque was drawn on bankers Clayton & Morris in Cornhill for £10 later auctioned at Sotheby’s for £1,300 #LondonTrivia

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Lambeth Bridge’s statutes symbolise human virtue: for men ironworking building working honour; for women agriculture housework cooking power #LondonTrivia

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The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley is the oldest continuous working unaltered movie theatre in England #LondonTrivia

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On May 19 every year for the last two centuries a florist places a dozen red roses on Anne Boleyn’s grave by the Duke of Northumber’s family #LondonTrivia

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Christopher Wren’s tomb in the crypt of St Pauls Cathedral is inscribed “Reader, if you seek his monument, look about you”. How very true #LondonTrivia