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Author archives: Patricia Stoughton

Westminster Bridge…

The planned grand opening of Westminster Bridge by Queen Victoria had to be abandoned as she was in mourning for her husband, Prince Albert, who had died five months earlier on December 14, 1861. Instead it was officially opened, though quietly, at four o’clock in the morning on May 24, 1862, the day and hour …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton4th October 20203rd October 2020Posted inEbb & Flow

RIB around the River…

If a flash of red cuts across your sightline brightening up the river as you walk along the Thames Path National Trail in central London, you are most likely catching sight of a Thames Rocket, one of the three tourist Rib companies that ply for custom on the waters of the central London tidal Thames. …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton20th September 202019th September 2020Posted inEbb & Flow

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