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TfL selects partner for 900 homes development in Acton

10-04-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Transport for London (TfL) is pushing ahead with plans to build 900 homes on land it owns in Acton, having awarded the construction contract to Barratt London.
Bollo Lane development (c) TfL
The location, Bollo Lane runs alongside the District and Picadilly line tracks between Chiswick Park and Acton Town stations, and on the railway side, is mostly occupied by TfL car parks and a couple of office buildings.
The site in Bollo Lane received the go-ahead in January 2021 by Ealing Council at the pl

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Tickets Alert: 175th anniversary tours of Waterloo Station

10-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

To mark the 175th anniversary of the opening of Waterloo station, there will be a series of historical tours of the building, organised by Network Rail.The tours will be run in the public access areas of Waterloo Station and the surrounding areas, taking in the hidden pieces of history, including the original Waterloo News cinema, the Battle of Waterloo Medallion, and the World War One and Two Memorial.
Hosted by Network Rail, the tours are led by Blue Badge Tour guide, Rachel Kolsky, and will o

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World’s first cash machine bank bulding gets heritage protection

10-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The Barclays Bank branch inEnfield which was the site of the world’s first cash machine has been given Grade II listed building protection.
The Barclays Bank at 20 The Town, Enfield now listed at Grade II. (c) Historic England Archive DP434079
The prototype machine, which was unveiled on 27th June 1967, functioned differently to today’s cash machines. The customer inserted a special paper voucher similar to a cheque that was punched with dots corresponding to the customer’s fou

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King’s Coronation route to Westminster Abbey announced

10-04-2023 11:05 via ianvisits.co.uk

The route that King Charles III will take to head to the Coronation at Westminster Abbey has been announced, and it’s a lot shorter than previous coronations.
The route will be basically from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey via Trafalgar Square, and the same on the way back. By comparison, the route in 2023 is about a quarter of the route in 1953, which had included Regent’s Street, Oxford Street and back past Hyde Park.
Coronation route – overlay on Open Street Maps
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London’s Alleys: Orchard Place, SW1

10-04-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This is a brand new alley in central London that sits on a former orchard and was much later the brutalist police headquarters of New Scotland Yard.The area was originally an orchard providing food for the monks in Westminster Abbey, which was also known as Cemetery Orchard because monks were buried there – giving back to the earth what it had given to them. However, following the dissolution of the monasteries, much of the abbey’s land was sold off and developed for housing.
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