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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
23rd October 1986 Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke was born in London.
23rd October 1962 Born today: Beatie Edney, London England, actress (Diary of a Mad Old Man)
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. AV Roe's Flying Machine @ 47 West Hill, Wandsworth
12. Robert Cocking's Fall to Earth @ St Margaret's Church, Lee Terrace, Lewisham
13. Bouncing Bomb inventor's house @ 241 New Cross Road, New Cross
14. Explorer Stuart lived here @ 9 Campden Hill Square, London
15. The First Great Magician? @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Belsize Park
16. Thomas B Macaulay lived here @ 50 Great Ormond Street, London
17. Spend a Penny @ Royal Exchange, London
18. The discovery of Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital
19. London's First Bridge @ River Thames, Vauxhall
20. Piers Morgan's Pub @ 86 Earls Court Rd, Kensington
21. Sam the Cat @ Queen Anne Square
22. St Margarets and Captain Cook @ Abbey Road, Barking
23. The Aeronaut of Holloway @ Highgate Cemetary East, Swain's Lane
24. Curse of Tutankhamun @ 19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington
25. St Mary's Hospital @ Praed Street, Paddington
26. Jigsaws were invented here @ Russell Street, Covent Garden, London
27. Sir Learie lived here @ 101 Lexham Gardens, Earls Court
28. Coldplay Ancestor's Summer Time @ The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, Broml
29. Spratt's Dog Food Factory @ Morris Road, Poplar
30. Charles Darwin's Down House @ Luxted Road, Downe, Kent
31. The First Human Cannonball @ The Royal Aquarium, Tothill Street, Westminster
32. Dick Whittington lived here. @ College Street
33. Captain James Cook @ 88 Mile End Road, Mile End
34. Thomas Crapper Flush House @ 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley, London
35. The Goring @ Beeston Place, Kensington
36. Clement Attlee's House @ 17 Monkham's Avenue, Woodford Green
37. Weston's Music Hall @ 242-5 High Holborn
38. The Rainbow Coffee House @ 16 Fleet Street
39. Londons 1st Fish and Chip shop @ 78/80 Cleveland Way, Bethnal Green
40. Home of the Speaking Clock @ Flowers Close, Brook Road, Dollis Hill
41. The King of Scouting Lived here @ 9 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
42. D'Oyly Carte lived here @ 2 Dartmouth Park Road, Kentish Town
43. Robert Falcon Scott lived here @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea, London
44. Doctor Barnardo @ 58 Solent House, Ben Jonson Road, Stepney
45. The Man who knew everything @ 48 Welbeck Street, Westminster
46. Freemans Started Here @ 131-143 Clapham Road, Clapham
47. Lloyds Law Courts Pedal Power @ 222 Strand, London
48. First Birth Control Clinic @ 108 Whitfield Street, Bloomsbury
49. Francis Galton Lived Here @ 42 Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge
50. The Assassination of Mr Thynne @ Pall Mall, London
51. London's First Traffic Island @ St James Street, Piccadilly, London
52. It's For You-Who @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
53. Joseph-Rene Bellot's Obelisk @ Riverside Walk, Greenwich, London
54. Tompion and Graham Clockmakers @ 69 Fleet Street, London
55. William Tierney Clark lived here @ 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Hammersmith
56. Joseph Banks lived here @ 32 Soho Square, London
57. The Freud's Lived Here @ Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens
58. Andrex 2-ply invented here @ Paper Mill Place, St Andrews Road, Walthamstow
59. Livingstone I Presume? @ 1 Savile Row
60. Percy Lambert: Fastest Man @ Brompton Cemetary, Brompton, Kensington
61. Stuntman Blondins Niagara Villa @ Northfield Avenue, Northfields, London
62. Motoring pioneer lived here @ 16 Stafford Place
63. Nelson Mandela statue @ Parliament Square, Westminster
64. Mendelssohn Composed Here @ 168 Denmark Hill, Camberwell
65. A Spy called The White Rabbit @ Queen Court, Guildford Street, Camden
66. Cartoonist Phil May lived here @ 20 Holland Park Road
67. Eadweard Muybridge lived here @ 30 High Street, Kingston upon Thames
68. Joseph Priestley lived here @ 113 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney
69. Home to an Adventurer @ 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea
70. The Birdman of Winchmore Hill @ 96 Green Dragon Lane, Palmers Green
71. First Plastic Invented Here @ Berkshire Road, Hackney Wick, London
72. The Scott Family Lodgings @ 80 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London
73. Time was created here @ 119 High Holborn
74. A Churchill Residence @ 12 Bolton Street, Piccadilly
75. First Aborigine in Europe @ St John's Churchyard, Eltham
76. Microphone Inventor lived Here @ 94 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia
77. UK's 1st Ten Pin Bowling Alley @ 158 Clapton Common, Stamford Hill
78. Concorde man born here. @ 499 Hale End Road, Highams Park, London
79. Parachute Pioneer lived here @ Goldings, Clays Lane, Loughton
80. Fleming Museum & Penicillin @ St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London
81. Virginia Woolf born here @ 22 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
82. Former St Mary's School @ Comunity Center, Walthamstow Village
83. The Harvard Chapel @ North Transept, Southwark Cathedral, London
84. Sopwith Camel maker lived here @ 46 Green Street, Mayfair
85. Stockwell Bus Garage @ Lansdowne Road, Stockwell
86. UK's First Female Doctor @ 20 Upper Berkeley Street, Marylebone
87. 1st Motorcycle Engine made here @ 1a Lansdowne Road, Tottenham
88. Artist William Etty lived here @ 14 Villiers Street, Charing Cross
89. Mr Morse and his special Code @ 141 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia
90. Oliver Twist's Literary Home @ 48 Doughty Street, off Gray's Inn Road
91. Hartley's Fireproof Obelisk @ Putney Heath, London
92. George Bernard Shaw lived here @ 29 Fitzroy Square
93. First Lady of Fleet Street @ 7 Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair
94. Leyton-lad teaches Emperor @ 93 Trumpington Road, Leytonstone
95. Howard Carter's Birthplace @ Richmond Mansions, 252 Old Brompton Road
96. Gestetner's Former Home @ 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury
97. Mary Macarthur lived here @ 42 Woodstock Road, Golders Green
98. Blind pioneer Gilbert's house @ 5 Stanhope Place, Hyde Park
99. The Savoy Theatre @ Savoy Street, Westminster
100. Wynkyn de Worde, Fleet St Father @ Stationer's Hall, St Brides, London
101. Edward Whymper's House @ 82 Waldegrave Road, Teddington
102. A Blue Plaque for a Car Legend @ 14/15 Conduit Street, Mayfair
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
