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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
18th January 1973 Born today: Crispian Mills, London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker)
18th January 1950 Christopher Fry's Venus Observed, premieres in London
18th January 1884 General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum
Top Pioneer-related places to visit in London.
The celebration of a pioneer, those who yearned for discovery, and those who remain an inspiration.
TOP 10 PIONEER RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE PIONEER SIGHTS:
11. London's First Traffic Island @ St James Street, Piccadilly, London
12. Sir Richard Burtons Bedouin Tomb @ St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, 61 Worple Way, Mor
13. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
14. Gestetner's Former Home @ 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury
15. UK's 1st Ten Pin Bowling Alley @ 158 Clapton Common, Stamford Hill
16. St Margarets and Captain Cook @ Abbey Road, Barking
17. Ernest Shackleton lived here @ Aberdeen House, 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, Lond
18. Mr Morse and his special Code @ 141 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia
19. Bobby Moore lived here @ 4 Stradbroke Grove, Chigwell
20. Inventor of Holograms lived here @ 79 Queens Gate, Kensington, London
21. Joseph-Rene Bellot's Obelisk @ Riverside Walk, Greenwich, London
22. Microphone Inventor lived Here @ 94 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia
23. St Barnabas Preaching Riots @ St Barnabas Street, Pimlico
24. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
25. Coldplay Ancestor's Summer Time @ The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Broml
26. It's For You-Who @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
27. The Assassination of Mr Thynne @ Pall Mall, London
28. Spratt's Dog Food Factory @ Morris Road, Poplar
29. Time was created here @ 119 High Holborn
30. The 1st one way Street @ Albermarle Street
31. A Blue Plaque for a Car Legend @ 14/15 Conduit Street, Mayfair
32. Scientist Rosalind Franklin @ Donovan Court, 107 Drayton Gardens, Chelsea
33. Robert Falcon Scott lived here @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
34. Mendelssohn Composed Here @ 168 Denmark Hill, Camberwell
35. The Scott Family Lodgings @ 80 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
36. A Spy called The White Rabbit @ Queen Court, Guildford Street, Camden
37. Former St Mary's School @ Comunity Center, Walthamstow Village
38. Spend a Penny @ Royal Exchange, London
39. Sir Learie lived here @ 101 Lexham Gardens, Earls Court
40. The Man who knew everything @ 48 Welbeck Street, Westminster
41. Parachute Pioneer lived here @ Goldings, Clays Lane, Loughton
42. Thomas B Macaulay lived here @ 50 Great Ormond Street, London
43. Percy Lambert: Fastest Man @ Brompton Cemetary, Brompton, Kensington
44. Weston's Music Hall @ 242-5 High Holborn
45. Jigsaws were invented here @ Russell Street, Covent Garden, London
46. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
47. The First Human Cannonball @ The Royal Aquarium, Tothill Street, Westminster
48. Stockwell Bus Garage @ Lansdowne Road, Stockwell
49. St Mary's Hospital @ Praed Street, Paddington
50. Blind pioneer Gilbert's house @ 5 Stanhope Place, Hyde Park
51. Sopwith Camel maker lived here @ 46 Green Street, Mayfair
52. Oliver Twist's Literary Home @ 48 Doughty Street, off Gray's Inn Road
53. 1st Motorcycle Engine made here @ 1a Lansdowne Road, Tottenham
54. A Churchill Residence @ 12 Bolton Street, Piccadilly
55. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
56. Home to an Adventurer @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea
57. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
58. The Birdman of Winchmore Hill @ 96 Green Dragon Lane, Palmers Green
59. Nelson Mandela statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
60. The Goring @ Beeston Place, Kensington
61. Artist William Etty lived here @ 14 Villiers Street, Charing Cross
62. Londons 1st Fish and Chip shop @ 78/80 Cleveland Way, Bethnal Green
63. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
64. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
65. UK's First Female Doctor @ 20 Upper Berkeley Street, Marylebone
66. Bouncing Bomb inventor's house @ 241 New Cross Road, New Cross
67. The Rainbow Coffee House @ 16 Fleet Street
68. Doctor Barnardo @ 58 Solent House, Ben Jonson Road, Stepney
69. Thomas Hodgkin lived here @ 35 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury
70. Explorer Stuart lived here @ 9 Campden Hill Square, London
71. Freemans Started Here @ 131-143 Clapham Road, Clapham
72. Clement Attlee's House @ 17 Monkham's Avenue, Woodford Green
73. First Birth Control Clinic @ 108 Whitfield Street, Bloomsbury
74. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
75. Wynkyn de Worde, Fleet St Father @ Stationer's Hall, St Brides, London
76. Cartoonist Phil May lived here @ 20 Holland Park Road
77. Colour Mauve invented here @ 290 Cable Street, London
78. Joseph Priestley lived here @ 113 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney
79. Edward Whymper's House @ 82 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
80. Tompion and Graham Clockmakers @ 69 Fleet Street, London
81. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
82. The King of Scouting Lived here @ 9 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
83. Charles Darwin's Down House @ Luxted Road, Downe, Kent
84. The Aeronaut of Holloway @ Highgate Cemetary East, Swain's Lane
85. Motoring pioneer lived here @ 16 Stafford Place
86. Virginia Woolf born here @ 22 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
87. First Aborigine in Europe @ St John's Churchyard, Eltham
88. D'Oyly Carte lived here @ 2 Dartmouth Park Road, Kentish Town
89. Francis Galton Lived Here @ 42 Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge
90. Home of Guinness Book of Records @ 107 Fleet Street
91. First Lady of Fleet Street @ 7 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair
92. Eadweard Muybridge lived here @ 30 High Street, Kingston upon Thames
93. The First Great Magician? @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Belsize Park
94. London's First Bridge @ River Thames, Vauxhall
95. Mary Macarthur lived here @ 42 Woodstock Road, Golders Green
96. Concorde man born here. @ 499 Hale End Road, Highams Park, London
97. The discovery of Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital
98. The Savoy Theatre @ Savoy Street, Westminster
99. Millicent Fawcett Statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
100. Livingstone I Presume? @ 1 Savile Row
101. Joseph Banks lived here @ 32 Soho Square, London
102. AV Roe's Flying Machine @ 47 West Hill, Wandsworth
103. Sam the Cat @ Queen Anne Square
104. Fleming Museum & Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London
105. Leyton-lad teaches Emperor @ 93 Trumpington Road, Leytonstone
106. The Freud's Lived Here @ Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens
107. George Bernard Shaw lived here @ 29 Fitzroy Square
108. Captain James Cook @ 88 Mile End Road, Mile End
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