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• Cycle hire hits record high as usage growth slows

  28-12-2018 17:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Over 10.5 million journeys were made using Santander Cycles during 2018 according to TfL, but growth rates have slowed over the past couple of years.
  There has been an average of 29,500 hires each day this year, the highest daily average since the scheme started in 2010. Christmas Day saw more than 35,000 hires as Londoners took to cycling on a day when no other public transport exists.
  There were five consecutive months this year where TfL’s scheme achieved more than one million hires. In
  
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• Giant “Ice House” discovered under the streets of Marylebone

  28-12-2018 11:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  A long-lost Ice House has been uncovered during building works under the Regent’s Crescent in Marylebone.
  Ice Houses were underground chambers used to store ice and keep it cool in the years before modern refrigeration was invented. Ice was either taken from lakes, or later, imported from Scandinavia by boat, then then sold to be stored in the underground ice house.
  Ice trade workers handle blocks of ice (c) London Canal Museum
  Ice House’s vary in size but were usually fairly small i
  
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