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#FunLondonFact 184 - #WilliamHuskisson's unfortunate demise. #londonwalkingtours #steamlocomotive #wordlsfirst #londonguide #walkingtour #steamtrain
#FunLondonFact 183 - What is a #mews and why do we have them? #london #londonstreets #etymology #french #staffordhotel #stables
#FunLondonFact 182 - In the 19th century, many of #London's streets were paved with #wood, to dampen the noise and give a smoother ride across cobble stones. The #invention of #tarmac meant they were torn up and burned as #fire wood. However, a couple of examples still remain.
#FunLondonFact #179 - #London has an incredibly large population of Ring-Necked #Parakeets usually found in #Africa and the #Indian Subcontinent. How did they get here?(apart from fly) I don't think anyone really knows. Most likely escaped pets that made London their home.
#FunLondonFact 178 - In the 1990s, #artist #KeithBowler was commissioned to make 25 cast iron roundels to commemorate different aspects of #Spitalfields' (in east London) rich and diverse #history. Have you spotted them? #spitalfieldsroundels #eastlondon #underyourfeet
#FunLondonFact 176 - #JosephGrimaldi was a late 18th & 19th century #actor, #comedian & #clown. His burial site is now a park and in 2010, x2 pseudo graves were installed; one for Grimaldi, made from bronze tiles that chime when stepped on so you can dance on their graves.
#FunLondonFact 175 - Ever spotted little studs in the pavement in the #CityofLondon? They're called 'Boundary Demarcation Studs' and show where #buildings once stood, but over time ...have been pushed back after #rebuilding. #funfacts #trivia
#FunLondonFact 174 - #MarbleArch was never supposed to be in ...Marble Arch. It originally stood as a triumphal arch outside #BuckinghamPalace and was moved in 1850 when #QueenVictoria had a new wing added to the #palace and it was in the way.
#FunLondonFact 172 - #StapleInn, dating back to 1585 is the only surviving one of #London's smaller 'Inns' where #lawyers trained before joining one if the big four #InnsofCourt. If it seems familiar, it might be because it used to adorn tins and pouches of #OldHolborn #tobacco.
#FunLondonFact 171 - In Sept 1915 the #DolphinTavern got hit by a #bomb during a #Zeppelin attack. Three people were killed but the clock was found, stopped at 10:40pm ...the time the bomb hit. It'still there today telling the same time. #funfacts #londonpub
#FunLondonFact 170 - Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is an official #government position, currently held by @Number10cat. There have been x5 #primeministers since #Larry started. #larrythecat #batterseadogsandcats #downingstreet
#FunLondonFact 169 - After selling a mansion for development in the 17th Century, #GeorgeVilliers the Duke of #Buckingham stipulated his name adorn the new streets. #VilliersStreet, #DukeStreet, #BuckinghamStreet etc. There was even an 'Of Alley' as in the Duke OF Buckingham.
#FunLondonFact 168 - The Old St Paul's burned down in #theGreatFire of 1666 along with its magnificent rose window. If you'd like to get an idea of what that window looked like then the #church of St Katharine Cree has a window thought to be a copy of the one at #OldStPauls.
#FunLondonFact 167 - Outside the #NationalGallery is a #statue of #GeorgeWashington ...a gift from the people of #Virginia. Supposedly, because #Washington had said he never wanted to set foot on #English soil, #American soil accompanied the statue ...which we laid underneath.
#FunLondonFact 166 - #AlfredHitchcock made his earliest films at the #GainsboroughStudios in #Hoxton (in a former power station). The building got turned in to flats but in the courtyard you'll find a massive sculpture of #Hitchcock's head ...with an office inside.
#FunLondonFact 164 - Why do the #guards at #BuckinghamPalace wear such tall hats? #trivia #palaceguards #grenadierguards #funfacts #bearskinhats
#FunLondonFact 158 - During the #Blitz in the 1940s there were very strict 'blackouts' at night. Many things were painted with black and white stripes to make them more visible in the darkness. In #London we still have '#GhostSigns' from #WW2 directing people to bomb shelters.
#FunLondonFact 157 - Seen a few theories about this, but it's generally thought the term #hungover derives from surviving a hanging. #etymology #hangover #language #english #history
#FunLondonFact 155 - Ever wondered how many #sculptures of #lions there are in #London? Fear not ...a few years ago a woman called Valerie Colin-Russ did it for you. She found 10,060 and created a book called 'London Pride - The 10,000 Lions of London'. @Frances_Lincoln
#FunLondonFact 154 - In 1982 a man called #MichaelFagan broke in to #BuckinghamPalace and ended up in #theQueen's bedroom ...whilst she was in bed. #funfacts #trivia #royalfamily #theroyals #royalpalace #thecrown
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