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 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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