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• Big military flypast over London on Saturday

  10-06-2024 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Weather permitting, a military aircraft flypast will take place over central London on Saturday to mark the King’s official birthday.
  The flypast is part of the Trooping the Colour ceremony, the ceremonial event that takes place on Horseguards Parade in the morning, and once that has finished and people have time to get into place — a flypast over London concluded by the Red Arrows.
  King’s birthday flypast 2023 (c) ianVisits
  As it happens, there’s also a rehearsal over th
  
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• Tickets Alert: Climb down into an Ice Well

  10-06-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Once a year, two large ice wells near King’s Cross are opened for the public to climb down into and learn about how ice was stored before the refrigerator was invented.
  Canal Museum ice well (c) ianVisits
  Ice Wells were usually subterranean chambers of varying sizes that kept ice cool enough that it would melt very slowly. Originally something only the rich could afford, a winter’s supply harvested from local lakes could last into the summer months.
  Later, much larger ice wells were
  
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• Heritage makeover for Blackheath station to restore historic canopies

  10-06-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  South London’s Blackheath Station will get a heritage makeover soon to restore and repair some of the Grade II listing station’s canopies. Both platforms are partially covered by weather canopies, and Network Rail says that the canopies’ current condition is poor, necessitating repair and, in some places, replacement work.
  Source: Aecom / Planning documents
  The state of the canopies can be seen by looking at the “daggerboards” that run around the edges. In many plac
  
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• London’s Alleys: Albert Place N17

  10-06-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This narrow, and currently very yellow passageway near Bruce Grove station in Tottenham has seen a lot of changes in it’s fairly short life.The alley leads off Tottenham High Road, squeezing in between two shops and leading to a road behind the shops. However, when first laid out in the early 19th century, it was a dead-end passage that led to a wider courtyard surrounded by houses.
  It’s possible that the passageway and surrounding buildings were constructed by Mr Ives, as there&rsqu
  
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