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• Bloomsbury street becomes a pocket park with bench made from Double Yellow lines

  31-05-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A double yellow line that once said no to parking is now a park bench saying yes to sitting after a road in central London was turned into a mini pocket park.The short road at the north end of Gordon Square in Bloomsbury was closed to road traffic in 2015 to be used as storage space for construction works, and now they have finished, rather than reopening the road, the council decided to turn it into a pocket park.
  They recently filled the road with planters and seating areas on one side and a n
  
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• Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! City of London’s Common Cryer reads the King’s Proclamation

  31-05-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! By the King, a Proclamation!
  Earlier today, in keeping with ancient custom, a group of officials in the City of London wearing lace and tights read aloud the King’s Proclamation summoning a new Parliament.The tradition of reading out a Proclamation in public dates back to before newspapers existed. It also occurred at a time when Parliament only met when summoned by the monarch, more often than not, when they wanted to raise taxes to fight a war.
  So, for people in the Mid
  
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• London’s free exhibitions to visit in June 2024

  31-05-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Here is a selection of ten free exhibitions to visit while dodging random bursts of heavy rain in the summer months.At Home in Hackney: A community photographed 1970-today
  Hackney Museum, Hackney
  Free
  (Note closes Saturday 15th June 2024)
  From 1970s activism to the current party scene, the exhibition displays five decades of Hackney life through a camera lens.
  Details here
  Chihuly
  Chelsea Barracks
  Chelsea Barracks presents the inaugural edition of public art initiative ‘Modern Masters&rsqu
  
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