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used to appear in the credits to the sweeney with Regan and Carter enjoying a pint whilst looking out over the Thames See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweeney

What useless adjustment?

Thank you wikimapper for this useless adjustment

go to hell

I do not see any connection between the tag and the Wikipedia entry of East Sheen.

anyone for pimms?

This isn't an office tower - it is a Holiday Inn Express

See the following web site for more information about the East Ham Palace theatre: http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/EastHamPalaceTheatre.htm

its going to be turned into 5000 flats from what Ive been told.

In 1952 a crowded bus overran the "Stop" signs and began to cross one of the bascules (the two opening sections) just as they were opening. The bus leapt across the gap onto the other bascule and arrived safely on the other side.

An advert for the tube showed Henry VIII buying a ticket saying "Tower Hill return please" except someone had written below "and a single for the wife".

Shay Naiy provide very tasty food. Service is great and they provide food that is definitely value for money. I highly recommend it and since it opened, I have been going there ever since!

HIRAL SHAH FROM INDIA STUDING MASTERS IN HR

It's what you call a Culvert. There are several other rivers in London which are now hidden.

The food aren't that nice. Prefer Yam Yam,nearby there too.

Here's a lesson to councillors: a cheap 'temporary' single-lane flyover keeps traffic at this big junction moving. It was originally built in the 1970s as a temporary solution to solve congestion at the roundabout. 30 years on it is still standing. It was hoped that the problems would be dealt with once and for all by the London Ringway Plan, a crazy 1960s scheme to drive motorways through suburban London which eventually died.

used to be known as the North Bank until they changed the name to the Centenary Stand in a bid to move away from the violence that used to exist by those who frequented this stand

By the mid 19th century churchyards within the City were becoming overcrowded, unsanitary and unfit to be used for further burials. Under the terms of the Metropolitan Burials Act of 1852, the Commissioners of Sewers were appointed the Burial Board for parishes in the City and its liberties. On the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, the Board ruled that interments should cease within the City. To answer the problem of burials for the City of London, the Corporation purchased 90 acres of farm land at Little Ilford in 1854. The farm was demolished and a large fishpond drained (this now forms the site of the Catacomb Valley). The cemetery was designed by Colonel William Haywood as Engineer and Surveyor to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London and landscaped by Robert Davidson. The first burial at the City of London Cemetery took place in June 1856. However, the ground was not consecrated until November 1857. A crematorium was opened in October 1904 and the first cremation took place in March 1905. It was the second crematorium in London and was designed by D J Ross, Engineer to Commissioners of Sewers and later City Engineer, 1894 - 1905. A new crematorium was built in 1971. In 1937 a garden of rest was constructed followed by a series of memorial gardens. There were also plans to build a railway siding and special station linked to Eastern Counties Railway but these came to nothing. The cemetery contains reinterments from demolished City churches. Famous people buried here include, Elizabeth Ann Everest, nanny of Winston Churchill; World Cup hero Bobby Moore; Robert Hooke, philosopher and inventor and Ripper victims, Mary Ann Nichols and Catherine Eddowes, alongside the friends and relatives of thousands of Londoners