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4th April 1984 Michael Frayn's Benefactors premieres in London
4th April 1956 Enid Bagnold's Chalk Garden, premieres in London
4th April 1940 Born today: Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
4th April 1929 New Moon musical opens in London
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:
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11. Ernest Shackleton lived here @ Aberdeen House, 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, Lond
12. Leyton-lad teaches Emperor @ 93 Trumpington Road, Leytonstone
13. UK's 1st Ten Pin Bowling Alley @ 158 Clapton Common, Stamford Hill
14. The Rainbow Coffee House @ 16 Fleet Street
15. Hartley's Fireproof Obelisk @ Putney Heath, London
16. St Barnabas Preaching Riots @ St Barnabas Street, Pimlico
17. Artist William Etty lived here @ 14 Villiers Street, Charing Cross
18. St Margarets and Captain Cook @ Abbey Road, Barking
19. Spratt's Dog Food Factory @ Morris Road, Poplar
20. Joseph Priestley lived here @ 113 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney
21. A Spy called The White Rabbit @ Queen Court, Guildford Street, Camden
22. Susan Travers born here @ 35 Courtfield Gardens, Kensington
23. Freemans Started Here @ 131-143 Clapham Road, Clapham
24. Howard Carter's Birthplace @ Richmond Mansions, 252 Old Brompton Road
25. The Assassination of Mr Thynne @ Pall Mall, London
26. The 1st one way Street @ Albermarle Street
27. Eadweard Muybridge lived here @ 30 High Street, Kingston upon Thames
28. Nelson Mandela statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
29. Cartoonist Phil May lived here @ 20 Holland Park Road
30. Charles Darwin's Down House @ Luxted Road, Downe, Kent
31. London's First Traffic Island @ St James Street, Piccadilly, London
32. Percy Lambert: Fastest Man @ Brompton Cemetary, Brompton, Kensington
33. The First Great Magician? @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Belsize Park
34. The World's First Ever Cashpoint @ 20 The Town, Enfield
35. The King of Scouting Lived here @ 9 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
36. Gestetner's Former Home @ 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury
37. Clement Attlee's House @ 17 Monkham's Avenue, Woodford Green
38. Sam the Cat @ Queen Anne Square
39. Home of Guinness Book of Records @ 107 Fleet Street
40. Richard Branson born here @ Stonefield Nursing Home, 904 Sidcup Road, London
41. Londons 1st Fish and Chip shop @ 78/80 Cleveland Way, Bethnal Green
42. Colour Mauve invented here @ 290 Cable Street, London
43. UK's First Female Doctor @ 20 Upper Berkeley Street, Marylebone
44. Explorer Stuart lived here @ 9 Campden Hill Square, London
45. Fleming Museum & Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London
46. Coldplay Ancestor's Summer Time @ The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Broml
47. The discovery of Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital
48. The First Human Cannonball @ The Royal Aquarium, Tothill Street, Westminster
49. Thomas Hodgkin lived here @ 35 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury
50. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
51. Bouncing Bomb inventor's house @ 241 New Cross Road, New Cross
52. Wynkyn de Worde, Fleet St Father @ Stationer's Hall, St Brides, London
53. Captain James Cook @ 88 Mile End Road, Mile End
54. Doctor Barnardo @ 58 Solent House, Ben Jonson Road, Stepney
55. Sir Learie lived here @ 101 Lexham Gardens, Earls Court
56. The Harvard Chapel @ North Transept, Southwark Cathedral, London
57. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
58. Weston's Music Hall @ 242-5 High Holborn
59. Time was created here @ 119 High Holborn
60. Robert Cocking's Fall to Earth @ St Margaret's Church, Lee Terrace, Lewisham
61. Jigsaws were invented here @ Russell Street, Covent Garden, London
62. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
63. The Scott Family Lodgings @ 80 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
64. Sopwith Camel maker lived here @ 46 Green Street, Mayfair
65. Virginia Woolf born here @ 22 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
66. Motoring pioneer lived here @ 16 Stafford Place
67. Parachute Pioneer lived here @ Goldings, Clays Lane, Loughton
68. Spend a Penny @ Royal Exchange, London
69. Livingstone I Presume? @ 1 Savile Row
70. Concorde man born here. @ 499 Hale End Road, Highams Park, London
71. Scientist Rosalind Franklin @ Donovan Court, 107 Drayton Gardens, Chelsea
72. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
73. Joseph Banks lived here @ 32 Soho Square, London
74. Sir Richard Burtons Bedouin Tomb @ St Mary Magdalen's RC Church, 61 Worple Way, Mor
75. AV Roe's Flying Machine @ 47 West Hill, Wandsworth
76. Edward Whymper's House @ 82 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
77. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
78. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
79. Thomas B Macaulay lived here @ 50 Great Ormond Street, London
80. First Aborigine in Europe @ St John's Churchyard, Eltham
81. 1st Motorcycle Engine made here @ 1a Lansdowne Road, Tottenham
82. It's For You-Who @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
83. Oliver Twist's Literary Home @ 48 Doughty Street, off Gray's Inn Road
84. George Bernard Shaw lived here @ 29 Fitzroy Square
85. A Churchill Residence @ 12 Bolton Street, Piccadilly
86. Tompion and Graham Clockmakers @ 69 Fleet Street, London
87. Microphone Inventor lived Here @ 94 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia
88. Francis Galton Lived Here @ 42 Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge
89. The Goring @ Beeston Place, Kensington
90. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
91. Mendelssohn Composed Here @ 168 Denmark Hill, Camberwell
92. D'Oyly Carte lived here @ 2 Dartmouth Park Road, Kentish Town
93. Former St Mary's School @ Comunity Center, Walthamstow Village
94. The Man who knew everything @ 48 Welbeck Street, Westminster
95. The Birdman of Winchmore Hill @ 96 Green Dragon Lane, Palmers Green
96. First Lady of Fleet Street @ 7 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair
97. Blind pioneer Gilbert's house @ 5 Stanhope Place, Hyde Park
98. The Savoy Theatre @ Savoy Street, Westminster
99. The Freud's Lived Here @ Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens
100. A Blue Plaque for a Car Legend @ 14/15 Conduit Street, Mayfair
101. London's First Bridge @ River Thames, Vauxhall
102. Mr Morse and his special Code @ 141 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia
103. Robert Falcon Scott lived here @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
104. Stockwell Bus Garage @ Lansdowne Road, Stockwell
105. Mary Macarthur lived here @ 42 Woodstock Road, Golders Green
106. Home to an Adventurer @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea
107. First Birth Control Clinic @ 108 Whitfield Street, Bloomsbury
108. Curse of Tutankhamun @ 19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington
109. The Aeronaut of Holloway @ Highgate Cemetary East, Swain's Lane
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