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
by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 18, 2022 | On This Day
Born at Greenwich Palace. Daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. When her sickly brother, the Protestant King Edward VI died in 1553, Mary was, by normal accession rules, next in line to the throne but she was Catholic. Edward and his councillors (he was...
by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 17, 2022 | On This Day
The British parliament voted to join the European Common Market.
by Cockney Cabbies | Feb 16, 2022 | On This Day
The British TV broadcasters BBC and ITV ended a postwar policy in which there was no programming between 6:00 and 7:00 at night; known as the “toddler’s truce,” the break was designed to help parents put children to bed.
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