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...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 18, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 18th May 1909 Fred Perry Born Lawn tennis and table tennis player. Born Frederick John Perry at 33 Carrington Road, Stockport. Table tennis was his first sport and he became world singles champion in 1929. Between 1933 and 1936 he won every...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 15, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 15th May 1940 McDonalds Restaurant Started Fast food outlets. The company was founded as a barbecue restaurant by Richard and Maurice McDonald. In 1948, they reorganised the business as a self-service drive-in restaurant selling hamburgers,...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 14, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 14th May 1926 Eirc Morcambe Born Comedian. Born John Eric Bartholomew in Morecambe, Lancashire. Partnered by Ernie Wise their first joint TV show was in 1954 and the last in 1983, with the Christmas specials being national events. Died at...
by Cockney Cabbies | May 13, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 13th May 1940 Winston Churchill first Speech to House of Commons Winston Churchill says “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” in his first speech as Prime Minister to British House of Commons Cockney Cabbies One...
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