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...
by Cockney Cabbies | Mar 25, 2022 | On This Day
On This Day… 25th March 1807 Abolition of slavery The British abolition of slavery came in two parts: first the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act became law on 25 March 1807, which left slavery itself still permitted until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833...
by Cockney Cabbies | Mar 24, 2022 | On This Day
On this Day… 24th March 1949 Philomena Davidson Davis Born Born London, she became the first female president of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 1990, a post she held for six years. Our picture source gives a biography and bibliography. Cockney...
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