by Cockney Cabbies | Mar 30, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Mar 29, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Mar 27, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Mar 27, 2022 | On This Day
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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Mar 25, 2022 | On This Day
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...
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