Euston Arch
The massive Doric arch, designed by Philip Hardwick, was the entrance to the original 1837 Euston Station which was on Drummond Street (which used to run further east than it does now) quite close ...
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Sir Sam Fay
Railway administrator. Born in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, In 1872 he joined the London and South Western Railway as a clerk, and rose to become the last General Manager of the Great Central Railway...
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Finchley Road
This highway was constructed in 1835 as an alternative by-pass route to the old road from London to the north, which took the gruelling haul up through the congested streets of Hampstead.
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Finnish Seamen's Mission
We found a reference to the Mission at the Branch Street address in the Children's Newspaper, 10 June 1933, but apart from that the address given for the Finnish Seamen's Mission and church is alwa...
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First Blackfriars Station
As we write the work on the new river-spanning Blackfriars Station is close to completion.  It seems Blackfriars Station has never known whether it is a North or a South Londoner.  The first Blackf...
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first gas-lit street in the world
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Frederick Winsor in 1807. Â In January he lit the street and in June he put on a special gas-lit exhibition here, celebrati...
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FirstGroup
Started as a bus company in Aberdeen where it is still based. Operates transport services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
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first thoroughfare under a navigable river in the world
See Brunel's Thames Tunnel.
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First underground passenger railway - Metropolitan
Between Paddington and Farringdon. A grand opening on the 9th preceded the opening to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863. “That afternoon Hetta trusted herself all alone to the mysteries of th...
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