Tours | Categories (New, Hot) | Map
Alcohol - Ancient - Animal - Architecture - Art - Aviation - Boxing - Celebrity - Charity - Children - Church - Cinema - Comedy - Crime - Dance - Death - Disaster - Drugs - Fashion - Food - Gambling - Ghost - Grave - Health - Historical - Industry - Justice - LGBT - Literary - Look Up - Medical - Military - Motoring - Murder - Museum - Music - Nature - Naval - Paranormal - Pioneer - Poetry - Police - Politics - Pub - Public Amenities - Quirky - Religion - Retail - Ripper - River - Royalty - Science - Sculpture - Sex - Signs - Society - Sport - Subterranean - Technology - Theatre - Train - Transport - Tube - TV - Weather -
Contact Us
IN THE NEWS
TOUR OF THE MONTH
ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
25th June 1953 John Christie is sentenced to hang for murdering his wife and hiding her body under the floorboards in their Notting Hill home.
25th June 1946 Born today: Ian McDonald, London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson)
25th June 1942 British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London
25th June 1750 William Green, a weaver, accidentally lost his balance at The Monument and fell to his death.
Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power
This bank has a strange history involving women in the basement!
Location: 222 Strand, London, WC2R 1BB
Description: This branch of Lloyds (Law Courts branch) had a fabulous decor which takes you straight back to when it was opened as a restaurant in 1883 to serve legal folk.
It only lasted 3 years but it was one of the first air-conditioned establishment's in London. A pair of women would ride a tandem bicycle in the basement which would power a giant pair of bellows forcing air into the ground floor dining area - hats off to those girls!
The bicycle is still here to see.
Pioneer
Transport
Ranking This Month: 1833/2696
Pages Hit This Month: 72
Link to This Page: http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location/1572
Credits: https://www.smlawpub.co.uk/academic/updates/darbyshire/legaltour2005.doc
|
This bank has a strange history involving women in the basement! |
The Shady Old Lady points out that you can drag this map using mouse. Or visit our full massive map.
Time for Tea at the Palace...», 3.6km
Sex Pistol was a Dianetic», 1.0km
The Whispering Gallery», 0.6km
Have you seen him?», 1.3km
Baby born on a Bus», 3.2km
Spring Heeled Jacks 1st Victim», 3.6km
Anthony Hopkins Odd Coincidence», 0.6km
Neal's Yard Water Clock», 0.5km
Leicester Square Chimes...», 356km
Dr James Barry's Secret», 1.3km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
