30th March 2002

30th March 2002

On This Day… 30th March 2002 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Died   In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland) married Prince Albert, Duke of York, the man who would become George VI when his elder brother Edward VIII...
29th March 1920

29th March 1920

On This Day… 29th March 1920 Croydon Airport Opened   Croydon was London’s first international airport. The terminal building, 1928 – 1959, was one of the first purpose-built terminal buildings in the world. The air traffic control tower is the first...
28th March 1901

28th March 1901

On This Day… 28th March 1901 British Institue of Photography Started   Held its first meeting, as the Professional Photographers Association, at Anderton’s Hotel, Fleet Street.   Cockney Cabbies One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History...
27th March 1863

27th March 1863

On This Day… 27th March 1863 Henry Royce Born   Henry Royce, co-founder of the Rolls-Royce auto & aerospace companies was born.     Cockney Cabbies One Big City, Three London Cabbies and the Rest Is History #london #history #tours #guides #cabbies #taxis...
26th March 1893

26th March 1893

On This Day… 26th March 1893 Richard Church Born   Poet and writer. Born Richard Thomas Church in Battersea. He worked as a civil servant, before taking up writing full-time in 1933. His poems include ‘Solstices’, ‘A House in Winter’ and...