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Daily London Trivia. I witter on Twitter @londoncabbie and blog on https://t.co/bPSPZ0wWJq check out my Unblogged London posts at https://t.co/X0qudW9DYX CabbieBlog.com London Joined July 2009-
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In September 1940 a census showed that approximately 177,500 Londoners were sleeping in Underground stations for safety #LondonTrivia
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On 5 September 1988 No Sex Please We’re British the West End’s longest running comedy closed after 16 years and 6,671 performances #LondonTrivia
In September 1852 the Duke of Wellington”s funeral cortege led by 12 horses took 4 and 1/2hrs to travel from the Royal Hospital to St Pauls #LondonTrivia
On 3 September 1928 at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington Alexander Fleming discovered the healing properties of penicillin #LondonTrivia
In September 2015 the Royal Vauxhall Tavern was given Grade II listing, the first location in the UK to be listed for LGBT significance #LondonTrivia
In September 1680 Tibia Hogg was found guilty of shoplifting two parcels of silk from Thomas Suttel in Strand, she was sentenced to death #LondonTrivia
On 31 August 1888 Mary Ann Nichols’ body was found in Buck’s Row, she was Jack in Ripper’s first victim #LondonTrivia
When the pleasure steamer Princess Alice sank near Woolwich with a loss of 640 lives of the 350 women on board it was said only 1 could swim #LondonTrivia
On 29 August 1982, star of Casablanca and Gaslight, Ingrid Bergman died in Chelsea, it was her 67th birthday #LondonTrivia
The Purley Way Lido, Durnsford Road Lido in Bounds Green, and Mill Hill Lido all were converted into garden centres when they closed #LondonTrivia
In the 18th century the Serpentine was used for swimming, but only between 5-8 am and an hour after sunset to spare the ladies’ blushes #LondonTrivia
Formed in 1889, The London Water Polo League is the oldest in the world among its current members are National Champions West London Penguin #LondonTrivia
The bowling green in Finsbury Square, laid out in 1961, is on the roof of the first car park to be built under a London square #LondonTrivia
On 24 August 1795 Reverend Samuel Henshall (later Rector of St Mary’s in Bow) was the first to patent a corkscrew #LondonTrivia
On 23 August 1617 the first one-way streets opened in London #LondonTrivia
Honourable Artillery Company’s Artillery Garden is the oldest venue for archery in the world the Fraternity of St. George 1509 use longbows #LondonTrivia
The Coppergate Map 1555 was London’s first ever street map, it depicts longbowmen competing around ‘Fynnesburie Field and Spitalfields #LondonTrivia
On 20 August 1989, 51 died on the Thames when a dredger, the Bowbell, colloded with the pleasure boat, Marchioness #LondonTrivia
The oldest known cricket ball dates from 1820, used during William Ward’s record innings of 278 at Lord’s where it resides in the museum #LondonTrivia
Charles Dickens once recalled going into a London pub at the age of 12 and being served a glass of its best ale, known as Genuine Stunning #LondonTrivia
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