10 Unusual London Facts

[Carl]

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1. Heads on spikes were displayed on London Bridge for over 355 years.

2. Until 1916 Harrods sold pure cocaine to the general public.

3. Victorians thought that building the Underground would disturb the devil.

4. Hitler had a plan to dismantle Nelson’s Column and display it in Berlin.

5. Covent Garden is misspelled. It was formerly a market garden for a convent

6. The Upper Span of Tower Bridge was until 1910 a haunt for prostitutes.

7. Soho is named after a medieval hunting cry. It was originally open fields.

8. The last person to be executed at the Tower of London was Josef Jacobs.

9. In 1952 polluted fog caused a Sadler’s Wells production to be abandoned.

10. Heathrow Airport is named after a sleepy hamlet called Heath Row.