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Last Beatles' concert

W1

From MentalFloss: "On January 30, 1969, at lunch time, The Beatles appeared on the rooftop of their record label’s headquarters, unannounced, and s...

Doulton drinking fountain - Henry Fawcett

SW8

From Friends of Vauxhall Park: c.1891 "The contents from {Henry Fawcett's} house raised £75.10s (£75.50) which was accepted by Sir Henry Doulton f...

Richard Grosvenor fountain

SW1

The 1954 film 'Cocktails in the Kitchen' has Dirk Bogarde and wife living in a one-room flat in the Cundy Street flats near here and, at about 30 m...

Kindertransport - Kent

EC2

This sculpture was first installed in 2003, just outside this station, in what is now named Hope Square, when it looked very different, consisting ...

Commonwealth Walkway

WC2

The plaque is laid into the pavement. Details of the walkway here. It runs 1.6 miles past 12 "points of interest", mainly High Commissions of Commo...

Jackie Free

E11

Jonathon “JJ” McPhillips

N1

Silvertown Explosion - monument

E16

Following the explosion the factory site was left undeveloped and was used as a car park until development began c.2015 (on-going in 2021).

Lambeth Chapel

SE1

The plaque is under the noticeboard that you can just see in our photo on the very dark wall. 'The Word', the sculptured figure on the front wall ...

Warburton property - lunatic asylum

E2

This 1897 OS map shows that Bethnal House Lunatic Asylum occupied the land between this alley and Bethnal Green Gardens. The Warburton family owned...