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Harrods has more than 200 departments spread over 20 acres of floorspace, with an artesian well and a underground lock-up for shoplifters
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In 1928 Hyde Park Corner had more through traffic than any place in the world by 1998 Vauxhall Cross was declared Europe's busiest junction
1:31 AM Dec 9th
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A mulberry tree in Buckingham Palace gardens is said to be the last of 4 acres planted by James I attempting to start Englands silk industry
2:14 AM Dec 8th
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Little Ease dungeon at the Tower is too small to stand, lie or walk forcing its occupant to squat painfully in the dark for days on end
12:26 AM Dec 7th
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Sherlock Holmes fictional home 221b Baker Street is the Santander Building Society which has an office dealing with the detective's fan mail
3:15 AM Dec 6th
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Silver Vaults London's oldest safe deposit assures confidentiality but when flooded one held a pair of knickers labelled "My Life's Undoing"
7:37 AM Dec 5th
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London in the 1860s when its population was one third that of today's, 80,000 prostitutes worked making the period "the heyday of the whore"
1:10 AM Dec 4th
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In 1836 a sewer worker penetrated the Bank of England's bullion room and was given a reward for showing how he breached the bank's security
1:42 AM Dec 3rd
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London's only Nazi monument is Giro's headstone, a dog owned by Ribbentrop the German ambassador. Giro was electrocuted in February 1934
1:50 AM Dec 2nd
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Chelsea buns originate from the Bun House which stood on the junction Lower Sloane Street/Pimlico Road and patronised by royalty until 1839
1:55 AM Dec 1st
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The Blue Post public houses take their name from the markers denoting the start of a rank for sedan chairs
12:37 AM Nov 30th
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The church of St Andrew by the Wardrobe gets its name from once adjoining the store for the Royal Ceremonial Garments destroyed by fire 1666
12:57 AM Nov 29th
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Near The Houses of Parliament the Silver Cross public house is a licensed brothel as the privilege granted by Charles I hasn't been revoked
2:46 AM Nov 28th
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King Charles I was the last monarch ever to enter The Chamber of The House of Commons
12:56 AM Nov 27th
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Vauxhall Cars take their name from its first factory on the site of Fawke's Hall, beside the river near where Vauxhall Bridge now stands
1:23 AM Nov 26th
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On opening the Thames Tunnel its designer Brunel held an underwater banquet for 170 diners to show its safety 4 months later it collapsed
12:35 AM Nov 25th
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The term "tube" was first coined in 1890 when the first deep level electric line was commissioned 17 years before the brand name was adopted
1:27 AM Nov 24th
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Law discouraging imported spirits resulted in 1 in 7 homes in East London distilling gin and weekly consumption rising to 8 pints per person
1:15 AM Nov 23rd
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The Mayflower pub is licensed to sell American postage stamps for allowing the Pilgrim Fathers to leave for America from its landing stage
12:44 AM Nov 22nd
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The Rocket inventor Robert Stevenson proposed the Thames Viaduct Railway a steel structure for trains to travel along the river's centre
2:49 AM Nov 21st
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- Name David D'Arcy
- Location London - where else?
- Web http://www.cabbie...
- Bio Black London Cab driver pontificating about London
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