On 27 July 1990 Marcel Marceau, the mime artist, proved he was a monologue artist of the first order at a press conference at the Savoy, he spoke for twenty-five minutes then answered twenty-five minutes of questions possibly his last one-man show in London.

On 27 July 2012, the Queen appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium in London before declaring the London 2012 Olympic Games open

London’s oldest tree a 2,000 year old yew in St Andrew’s Totteridge churchyard was used as the venue for an early type of magistrate’s court

Covent Garden takes its name from when the area was walled off as a garden for Westminster Abbey and the convent on the site

London’s first pedestrian refuge island was financed by a Colonel Pierpoint stepping back to admire his creation he was knocked down by a cab

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon at Edward VII’s wedding was so boring the orchestra started playing to drown him out

The Duke of Wellington has the unique honour of having two equestrian statutes of him erected in central London

Britain’s first bagel bakery opened in 1855 – it still is open every day of the year 24 hours a day in Brick Lane

Montague Burton set up a chain of shops selling 30/- suits, upper floors were builliard halls for use by customers as they waited for their clothes to be altered

The total number of stations served on the network is 270. Parking your car? The largest car park is at Epping having 599 parking spots

Twining Teas opened 1707 on the Strand selling tea to Queen Anne, it’s the oldest business in Britain operating from their original premises

The former Abbey National Building Society (now Santander) was founded in a Baptist chapel in Abbey Road, St. John’s Wood

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