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• Bronze animal sculpture trail arrives in Knightsbridge

  21-06-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Nine bronze anthropomorphic sculptures created by British and Australian artists, Gillie and Marc, have appeared on the streets around Knightsbridge as part of a free art trail.
  You may have seen them before elsewhere, as Gillie and Marc are if nothing but very prolific and their animals tend to crop up all over the place. This summer their project ‘A Wild Life for Wildlife’ will roam the Brompton Road and King’s Road in partnership with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
  
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• Rare photos of Tower Bridge’s opening day unveiled after 130 years

  21-06-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Photos taken on the day Tower Bridge opened to the public 130 years ago and never seen by the public before are being displayed for the first time this summer.
  The opening day – colourised photo from the exhibition
  The previously unseen photos of Tower Bridge were only discovered last year when a member of the Molineux family was flipping through a box of documents from his late mother, and a small envelope was found and inside were documents about Tower Bridge. The family knew that their
  
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• Approval granted to turn Barons Court tube station green

  21-06-2024 10:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  About 25 years ago, Barons Court tube station in west London was painted the wrong colour, and approval has been granted to repaint it the correct colour — green.
  Station entrance (c) ianVisits
  The station opened in 1905 for the District line, and a year later the Piccadilly line started calling there as well. Inside the ticket hall, it’s very green, and the platforms should also be painted in District line colours, but in 1996-97, the station was repainted in a terracotta and maroon
  
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