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. ...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 29, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 29th May 1630 King Charles II Born Reigned: 1660 – 1685. Born at St James’s Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king “restored” to the throne after the civil war. Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 28, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 28th May 1759 William Pitt (the younger) Born Born Hayes, Kent. Son of William Pitt the Elder. Tory. Entered parliament in 1781, became Chancellor of the Exchequer and then, aged 24, Prime Minister: 1783-1801 and again: 1804-6. Reputed to drink...
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