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• HS2’s Euston station set for revival: Transport Secretary hints at link to Old Oak Common

  08-10-2024 15:02 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Although a formal decision about HS2’s Euston station is not expected until the end of the month, the Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, has suggested that the station will be built with a tunnel link to Old Oak Common.
  The previously proposed Euston station (c) HS2
  Speaking on Times Radio this morning, the Transport Secretary said “Look we’ve said before Euston was always planned to be part of the picture for HS2 and we’re hoping to make an announcement on that very soon
  
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• No date yet to reopen the City of London’s historic Simpsons Tavern

  08-10-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The ongoing closure of the much loved Simpsons Tavern in the City of London still seems to have no end in sight, with an ongoing court case in the dispute still to be heard.
  Simpsons Tavern (c) ianVisits
  Simpsons Tavern has been open in its narrow alley location since 1757 and was famous for its unfussy food and much more, its determined retention of 19th-century dining, with communal tables shared by diners. Those age-old tables are from the underwriting room of Lloyds and were soaked in its in
  
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• Victorian drinking fountain is back in action after heritage restoration

  08-10-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A Victorian drinking fountain on Kensington High Street that was installed over a century ago has been restored to working order.The stone fountain was installed next to the Public Library in 1900 and paid for by the local Temperance Society, which was dedicated to promoting drinking water over alcohol.
  The idea for the free drinking fountain emerged from the St. Mary Abbot’s Temperance Society in 1898 when the Rev Canon Pennefather applied for permission to errect a new pedestal drinking
  
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