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• List of London councils that collect your Christmas trees

  26-12-2018 18:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Each year the streets are littered with dead and dying Christmas trees dumped by uncaring families who can’t be bothered to dispose of them properly.
  To see trees that for a few weeks gave so much delight and pleasure to families being coldly cast aside without care is heartbreaking.
  But those who wish to dispose of their tree is a more sensible manner, most London councils offer collection and recycling facilities, where trees are reduced to compost to grow the next generation of trees.
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• Puss in books in the British Library

  26-12-2018 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Long before cats appeared on the internet, they appeared in books, and their comic antics are currently the topic of an exhibition at the British Library.
  Unfortunately for the cats, their earliest depictions were often in witches manuals, as a guide to witchfinder generals out seeking demonic activities. It was some time before they started to appear in the more familiar comic form that we associate with them today.The exhibition is largely a collection of books and posters with cats as the mai
  
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• Finding the Cyprus Street war memorial

  26-12-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On a rather fine looking side street in Bethnal Green can be found a surprisingly impressive, and well maintained war memorial to the dead of WW1.This is Cyprus Street, and while many streets put up temporary memorials in the aftermath of WW1, this is one of the few to survive to the modern day.
  Part of the reason for its endurance could be due to the fact that it’s been suggested that it had the highest soldier casualty rate of any street in London during WW1.The Cyprus Street plaque was
  
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