Subject Types

Mayoralty of the City of London - 800th anniversary

The Mayor, poor lamb, has to make 700 speeches during his year in office.

Event, Politics & Administration

International Conscientious Objectors Day

Event, Armed Forces, Peace

Baker Street Station Restoration

Event, Architecture, Engineering

First public library in St Pancras

Event, Museums / Libraries

First gay rights demonstration

The first gay rights demonstration in Britain took place in Highbury Fields when about 150 members of the Gay Liberation Front held a torchlight rally against police harassment. Louis Eakes of the ...

Event, Gender Issues

Widening of Long Acre

Event, Transport

first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity

See Savoy Theatre.

Event, Engineering, Theatre

British Legion, Hornsey Branch - opened

Event, Armed Forces

The Goon Show

Radio comedy show, originally broadcast as 'Crazy People' The first scripts were co-written by Spike Milligan and Jimmy Grafton. The pressure of writing eventually contributed to Milligan's mental ...

Event, Humour, TV & Radio

Epping Forest Act 1878

The Epping Forest Act placed all the commons and forest in the parish of Epping, except Rye Hill, under the protection and management of the City of London, thus ensuring their preservation. We le...

Event, Gardens / Agriculture, Law