5th June 1381

5th June 1381

On This Day… 5th June 1381 Wat Tyler Died   Leader of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Killed at Smithfield by the Mayor of London, William Walworth.   Cockney Cabbies One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History #london #history #tours #guides...
3rd June 1940

3rd June 1940

On This Day… 3rd June 1940 Dunkirk Evacuation Ended   In May 1940, British, French and Belgian troops were cut off on the French coast by German forces and faced death or capture. A hastily assembled fleet of 850 ‘little ships’, code-named...
2nd June 1953

2nd June 1953

On This Day… 2nd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II     Cockney Cabbies One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History #london #history #tours #guides #cabbies #taxis #londontaxis #blackcabs #architecture...
1st June 1935

1st June 1935

On This Day… 1st June 1935 Lord Norman Foster Born   Architect. Born Stockport. London works include: Great Court at the British Museum, London City Hall on the river, the Millennium Bridge, Sainsbury building at Holborn Circus, 8 Canada Square in Docklands, 30...
31st May 1938

31st May 1938

On This Day… 31st May 1938 John Prescott Born   Born in Wales as John Leslie Prescott. Deputy PM 1997 to 2007. During the 2001 election campaign he punched a protester who had hit him with an egg, and it was captured on camera. 2010 made Baron Prescott.  ...