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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
19th January 1966 Tippetts cantate Vision of St Augustine, premieres in London
19th January 1940 Comedian and Eastenders actor Mike Reid was born in Hackney, East London.
19th January 1917 The Silvertown explosion kills 73 people in the East End.
19th January 1907 Born today: Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)
Monkey Gargoyle
Architecture worth looking up at - can you spot the monkey
Location: Chiltern Street
Description: On the south side of Marylebone Road almost opposite Madam Tussauds is Chiltern Street.
On the right side of Chiltern Street is Portman Mansions. If you look up to the top of the buildings you will see that one has a monkey with a long tail while another has a hunchback in the style of Quasimodo.
It makes a change from devils...
Tagged in this Tour: Curios
Tagged in this Tour: London 2012
Architecture
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