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