Dave Haste

Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History

Monday – 14 October 1852: King’s Cross Station is opened.

– 14 October 1852: King’s Cross Station is opened. Tuesday – 15 October 1881: The Royal Comedy Theatre (known for most of its life as the Comedy Theatre, and latterly the Harold Pinter Theatre) opens in the West End.

– 15 October 1881: The Royal Comedy Theatre (known for most of its life as the Comedy Theatre, and latterly the Harold Pinter Theatre) opens in the West End. Wednesday – 16 October 1987: In the early hours of the morning, a huge storm of hurricane intensity wreaks havoc across London (and much of the rest of southern England).

– 16 October 1987: In the early hours of the morning, a huge storm of hurricane intensity wreaks havoc across London (and much of the rest of southern England). Thursday – 17 October 1814: At the Horse Shoe Brewery on Tottenham Court Road, a colossal vat containing 3555 barrels of beer bursts (equivalent to 2.5 million pints). The ensuing tsunami of beer causes several nearby buildings to collapse, and results in eight fatalities.

– 17 October 1814: At the Horse Shoe Brewery on Tottenham Court Road, a colossal vat containing 3555 barrels of beer bursts (equivalent to 2.5 million pints). The ensuing tsunami of beer causes several nearby buildings to collapse, and results in eight fatalities. Friday – 18 October 1922: The British Broadcasting Company (later to become the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC) is formed, and soon starts broadcasting from Marconi House on the Strand.

Random London Quote Of The Week

London – A place you go to get bronchitis.

Fran Lebowitz

Photo by Tom Bland via the Londonist Flickr Pool.