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A view of Holborn viaduct in 1910 - this bronze statue atop the viaduct is one of four and shows ‘Commerce’ which was designed and created by Henry Burcill, along with one called ‘Agriculture’ - the other two depict ‘Science’ and ‘Fine Art’… #london #History

Forgotten London characters... Edwin Crocker - the ‘Big Ben Telescope Man’ by his pitch below the statue of Boadicea - he started back in 1895 and spent 40 years providing this service eventually retiring when he was 88… #History #London

Another quirky London pub - Down a near invisible passage, Ye Olde Mitre in Ely Place, Hatton Garden has a representation of a Bishop’s mitre set in its wall which came from an episcopal palace - the whole area used to be owned by the Bishops of Ely… #london #History

It always bothers me when we talk about a water shortage - we are an ISLAND for God’ sake - yet we only have ONE major desalination plant in operation, located in Beckton, East London of all places! Why has this option not been explored? It may be costly but no more so than

On June 24, 1982, British Airways Flight 9 flew into darkness literally and figuratively. At 37,000 feet above the Indian Ocean, en route from London to Auckland, the Boeing 747 unknowingly entered a massive cloud of volcanic ash from Indonesia’s Mount Galunggung. Moments later,

Ripper decided he had better come clean at the Police Station… #eastend #history #humour

C1928 - It’s OK - they’ll be protected by their flat caps! 3 men clean the statues of the horses on the quadriga statue on the Wellington Monument at Hyde Park Corner (they are about 70ft up)… #London #History the-east-end.co.uk

After admiring the statue, Mrs Ripper suggested to her best friend Muriel that they pop around the other side to see his enormous weapon… Happy Friday folks… #eastend #history #humour

The Prospect of Whitby pub (a slightly unusual name in the East End as it’s miles from that view in Yorkshire) gained its slightly strange moniker after a coal carrying vessel of that name which always used to moor beside the pub - the-east-end.co.uk #eastend #pubs

Petticoat Lane - a bit of a misnomer, as Petticoat Lane technically doesn’t actually exist any more and has been renamed Middlesex Street (the name Petticoat was deemed too risqué - the words middle sex seemed to have passed the censors by!) the-east-end.co.uk/petticoat-lane… #Eastend

LITTLE KNOWN FACT ALERT - most people recognise the Albert Memorial straight away, but did you know, although the monument was completed and unveiled in 1872, it would be another 3 years before the statue was put in the centre… #London #History

1912 - a busy Piccadilly Circus with the statue of Anteros (centre left) on the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain which had been erected 19 years earlier - and Yes - it IS Anteros and NOT Eros as many people think… #london #History

Charles Jamrach wrestled the Bengal Tiger to the ground in order to rescue the boy - read a little more of this strange tale here - which is now commemorated in Tobacco Dock... the-east-end.co.uk/charles-jamrac… #eastend #History

Always best to plan ahead… Hope you all have a wonderful weekend - I will be having a day off from posting tomorrow, so make the most of these…! #eastend #history #humour

This little statue of a Midshipman used to grace the outside of Solomon Gillis’ chandlery in Leadenhall Street. Although the area can still be considered ‘quaint’ by London standards, the little statue was moved to the Charles Dickens museum in Doughty Street, WC1N… #History

February 1933 - Men clean the statue of Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) outside the Houses of Parliament. It was designed by Baron Carlo Marochetti and started life as a plaster model for the Great Exhibition of 1851 before being cast in bronze in 1856… #London #History

1887 - a number of views from inside the Monduit workshop in Paris where the the Statue of Liberty was manufactured. I thought I would treat you to some shots of the entire structure being assembled… #eastend #History #statueofliberty #America

Could these two men really have been one and the same? Papers of the time ridiculed Arthur Orton, the Tichborne Claimant - read the strange tale of this coarse East Ender’s claim to being the rightful heir to the Tichborne fortune... the-east-end.co.uk/the-tichborne- #eastend #fraud

A grainy view of Holborn Circus in 1910 looking towards the Prince Albert statue which was erected in 1874. This shows the Prince raising his hat in the uniform of a Field-Marshall. The statue was moved in 2014 as part of some road improvement works… #london #History #horses

Worth a read, dear followers…