by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 23, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 23rd February 1916 Sir Laurence Gomme Born Born 3 Cecil Street, Stepney. Clerk to the London County Council, folklorist and historian. Died at home, Buckinghamshire.
by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 22, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day….. 22nd February 1857 Robert Baden-Powell Born Army officer and founder of the boy scouts and girl guides. Born as Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell at 6 Stanhope Street, Paddington. His mother changed the family name to Baden-Powell after her...
by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 21, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 21st February 1910 Sir Douglas Barder Born 1910 The birth of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader who lost both his legs while attempting aerobatics in 1931. As an RAF fighter ace during the Second World War he was credited with 20 aerial victories, many...
by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 20, 2022 | On This Day
Gordon Brown Born Politician. Born James Gordon Brown in Giffnock, Renfrewshire. Following the death of Labour Party leader, John Smith in 1994, the so-called and much denied ‘Granita Pact’ took place between Brown and Tony Blair in a restaurant in...
by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 19, 2022 | On This Day
Dick Emery Born Actor and comedian. Born University College Hospital, Bloomsbury. ‘The Dick Emery Show’ ran for twenty years, 1963 – 83, with his catch-phrase, ‘Oh, you are awful!’ Died Denmark Hill, London
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