L is for London » G http://www.lisforlondon.com An A to Z of London Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:56:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Remember, remember the fifth of November … http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=218 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=218#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:02:15 +0000 http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/lisforlondon/?p=218 Continue reading →]]> L is for London - Fire

Remember, remember the fifth of November

Gunpowder, treason and plot

I see no reason why gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ’twas his intent

To blow up the King and the Parliament

Three score barrels of powder below

Poor old England to overthrow

By God’s providence he was catched

With a dark lantern and burning match

Holloa boys, holloa boys

God save the King!

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

A penny loaf to feed ol’ Pope

A farthing cheese to choke him

A pint of beer to rinse it down

A faggot of sticks to burn him

Burn him in a tub of tar

Burn him like a blazing star

Burn his body from his head

Then we’ll say ol’ Pope is dead.

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

]]> http://www.lisforlondon.com/?feed=rss2&p=218 0 Ghosts, buskers … on the tube http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=122 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=122#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/lisforlondon/?p=122 There are around 40 ghost tube stations in London. These are abandoned or relocated tube stations that are no longer used by London Underground.

Julian Lloyd Webber was London Underground’s first official busker.

Buskers

]]> http://www.lisforlondon.com/?feed=rss2&p=122 0 North, south, east, west – London is best. http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=92 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=92#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:20:26 +0000 http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/lisforlondon/?p=92 Stand on the Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory, with one foot in the eastern hemisphere and one in the west.

L is for London - Meridian

]]> http://www.lisforlondon.com/?feed=rss2&p=92 0 Gherkin http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=73 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=73#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/lisforlondon/?p=73 30 St Mary Axe, known as “the Gherkin”, consists of 24,000 square metres of glass arranged in diamond-shaped panes.

L is for London - Gherkin

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