by Cockney Cabbies | Jun 5, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Jun 3, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Jun 2, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Jun 1, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 31, 2022 | On This Day
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. ...
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