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• The London Buzz – 9th July 2024

  09-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  Sadiq Khan dubbed ‘a killjoy’ for not arranging London fanzone for Euros semi-final Standard
  A “prolific offender” has breached his Romford town centre ban five days after it was made. Romford Recorder
  A further 300 London bus workers are to be balloted for strike action in a row over pay, the Unite union has said. BBC News
  A grindhouse cinema is born in South London Little White Lies
  By-elections are expected i
  
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• Delayed but Ready: Innovative electric buses set to launch on Route 358

  09-07-2024 16:03 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new fleet of electric buses will start running between Crystal Palace and Orpington shortly, following longer than expected trials of the fast charging service.
  Irizar ieTram bus – source: TfL
  The electric buses will run along the lengthy 15-mile Route 358, which is currently served by a fleet of single-deck diesel buses. These older buses will be replaced by the sleek looking “ie tram” from Spanish bus and coach maker, Irizar.
  The new buses are part of TfL’s plans to c
  
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• Warning of a week-long closure of the Bakerloo and Overground lines in north London

  09-07-2024 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Part of the London Overground and the Bakerloo line will be closed for nearly a week in early August due to railway engineering works being carried out by Network Rail.
  London Overground train at Stonebridge Park station (c) Network Rail
  From Saturday 3rd August to Thursday 8th August 2024, Network Rail engineers will carry out £2m worth of improvements to a 16-mile stretch of railway in north London.
  Network Rail says the closure will affect the Bakerloo line between Queen’s Park an
  
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• From corsets to maternity wear: Victorian and Edwardian styles on display in Kensington

  09-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Two related exhibitions in Kensington are currently examining Victorian and Edwardian fashions, with a range of clothes, photographs and letters from the Sambourne family on show.Marion Sambourne was the wife of Victorian illustrator and Punch cartoonist Linley Sambourne. Their daughter, Maud, shared an artistic flair which she abandoned in pursuit of a prosperous marriage with Leonard Messel.
  Sambourne House in Kensington preserves their home, and a short walk away is the much larger Leighton H
  
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• Camden Council plans to pedestrianise Camden High Street

  09-07-2024 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The exceptionally busy Camden High Street could become much more pleasant to walk along, as Camden Council plans to pedestrianise it.
  An average weekend on Camden High Street
  The pedestrianisation would be for an 18-month trial and would be from Camden Town station’s entrance up to just before the canal. Although it would be a pedestrian space, emergency vehicles and services would still have access, and northbound cycling would also be retained. Delivery spaces would be created on nearby
  
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• Why is the Apex Corner roundabout called Apex Corner?

  09-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Northway Circus is the notoriously busy roundabout in north London that you have never heard of because you’ll know it by its nickname, Apex Corner.
  But why is Northway Circus better known as Apex Corner?
  Quite a few businesses around it use the Apex name, but they’re all named after the roundabout, not the other way around. There’s nothing locally called Apex, and old maps show the area as Gibbs Green, so there’s nothing to explain how Northway Circus gained its nickname
  
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