by Cockney Cabbies | May 24, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 24th May 1906 Ritz Hotel Started Opened by Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz. The first hotel in the country where every room had an ensuite bathroom. Cockney Cabbies One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History #london #history #tours...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 23, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 23rd May 1533 English Split from Rome To the annoyance of the Pope, the English Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon to be void and his marriage to Anne Boleyn, to be legal. The result...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 22, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 22nd May 1907 Laurence Olivier Born Born Dorking, Surrey. With his wife Vivien Leigh, he managed the St James’s Theatre from 1950 to its closure in 1957. Founding Director of the National Theatre, 1963 – 1973. Baron Olivier of...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 20, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day…. 21st May 1780 Elizabeth Fry Born 6Prison reformer. Born as Elizabeth Gurney in Norwich into a Quaker banking family. Priscilla Wakefield was her aunt. She first visited Newgate prison in 1813 and was appalled at the conditions of female...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 20, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 20th May 1819 Sir Horace Jones Born Architect. Born 15 Size Lane, Bucklersbury, EC4. Did a lot of work in the City, at Guildhall and Smithfield, Billingsgate, Leadenhall Markets, the Guildhall School of Music, Tower Bridge. Died at home at 30...
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