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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
24th May 1953 Born today: Alfred Molina, London, actor (Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears)
24th May 1908 John Masefields Tragedy of Nan, premieres in London
24th May 1899 The state apartments at Kensington Palace opened to the public for the first time.
24th May 1890 Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London
24th May 1879 James Walker's original Vauxhall toll bridge was opened up for free by the Prince of Wales.
24th May 1819 Queen Victoria is born at Kensington Palace.
Top Disaster-related places to visit in London.
Events that caused great destruction or great loss of life don't come around very often. Every now and again someone or something wages a war on the city and it's inhabitants.
TOP 10 DISASTER RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE DISASTER SIGHTS:
11. The Great Fire of London @ Pudding Lane
12. The Chinese Bridge and Pagoda @ St James Park
13. Sandhurst School @ Minard Road, Catford, London
14. The SS Montgomery Wreck @ Thames off Sheerness
15. Home of Titanic's Duff-Gordons @ 22 Lennox Gardens, Knighsbridge, London
16. Houses Collapsed into Hole @ Ridley Road, Bromley
17. The Princess Alice Disaster @ Galleon's Reach, Plumstead
18. House of Reeves @ 120 Church Street, Croydon
19. WT Stead lived here @ 5 Smith Square, Westminster, London
20. All Hallows Church @ Byward Street, London
21. Blow Up Bridge @ Macclesfield Bridge, Regents Park, London
22. Dr Johnson's Dictionary House @ 17 Gough Square, London
23. Green Jackets Bandstand bomb @ Bandstand, Regents Park
24. Spanish Rooms Fire @ 18 Denmark Place, Tottenham Court Road
25. Site of huge gunpowder explosion @ 43 Great Tower Street, London
26. Lepers, Beer, and Thespians @ 268-269 Tottenham Court Road
27. Thai Chilli Sauce Terror Cloud @ Thai Cottage, 34 D'arblay Street, Soho, London
28. The Piccadilly Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
29. London's 9/11 Memorial @ Grosvenor Square, London
30. Exchange Alley @ Bank, London
31. The Silvertown Explosion @ North Woolwich Road, London
32. Edgware Gas Explosion @ Highview Gardens, Edgware, London
33. The Battles of Brentford @ Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex
34. 21/7 Bomb Factory @ 58 Curtis House, Ladderswood Way, New Southgate,
35. The Camden Markets @ Camden Lock Place
36. The Gherkin @ 30 St Mary Axe
37. Thames Flood Barrier @ Unity Way, Woolwich
38. Bomb Plotters Flat @ 386A Forest Road, Walthamstow
39. Holland House @ Holland Park, Holland Walk, Kensington
40. St Magnus the Martyr @ Lower Thames Street, London
41. The Piccadilly Hotel's Tornado @ 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, London
42. The Apollo Theatre @ Shaftesbury Avenue
43. The Cutty Sark @ 2 Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London
44. Turner and Rushgrove House @ Rushgrove Street, Woolwich
45. Vincent C. Richmond lived here @ 24 Silverdale Road, Highams Park
46. Grenfell Tower @ Station Walk, North Kensington
47. Scene of Great Tooley St Fire @ Cottons Wharf, Southwark, London
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
