Oxford Circus, central London
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The last few days have seen misty and foggy weather here in the UK. This morning we woke up to a thick blanket of fog. This was taken on Christmas Day's night, while trying to walk off the effects of overindulgence!
Stitched from three SOOC camera jpegs. Happy Fence Friday!
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A hasty three shot panorama taken from the traffic island in the middle of Regent Street while competing for space with tourists snapping the view of the Christmas lights down the street to the right..
From Wikipedia:
Hamleys of London Limited, trading as Hamleys, is a British multinational toy retailer, owned by Reliance Retail. Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest toy store, it was founded by William Hamley as "Noah's Ark" in High Holborn, London, in 1760. It moved to its current site on Regent Street in London's West End in 1881. This flagship store is set over seven floors, with more than 50,000 lines of toys on sale. It receives around five million visitors each year, and in 1994 was the largest toy shop in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamleys
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100/100 London landmarks by night
It seems I must have misnumbered my entries to the 100x group, and have reached the group's limit. So I am renumbering this to 100 and calling it a night. It has been a fun and rewarding challenge and I thank everyone who faved, commented and viewed these images.
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Fenchurch Street railway station is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London. The station opened in 1841 to serve the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) and was rebuilt in 1854 when the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, a joint venture between the L&BR and the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR), began operating.
Fenchurch Street is one of the smallest railway terminals in London in terms of platforms, but one of the most intensively operated. It is the only London terminal with no direct interchange with the London Underground. The area around Fenchurch Street is one of the oldest inhabited parts of London; the name "Fenchurch" derives from the Latin faenum (hay) and refers to hay markets in the area.
The poet John Betjeman passed through the station on day-trips to Southend, and described it as a "delightful hidden old terminus".
The first documented murder on the British rail network occurred on 9 July 1864, when Franz Muller murdered Thomas Briggs shortly after a train left the station en route to Chalk Farm.
Fenchurch Street is one of four railway stations on the standard UK Monopoly board, alongside Liverpool Street, Marylebone and King's Cross.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenchurch_Street_railway_station
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98/100 London landmarks by night
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You've got to have deep pockets at this store. This is the famous Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, London. The name is famous for many reasons.
The history of Harrods first starts in 1824, when it was opened as a general merchant’s shop for drapes, linens, wickers, and various goods. Since then, it’s become one of the most prestigious shops in London with millions of people visiting each year.
Harrods pioneered escalators. Making its debut in 1898, the first escalator was considered a turbulent experience, so the visitors were given brandy to calm their nerves. A hundred years later, in 1998, Harrods introduced the Egyptian escalator, which was regarded as a masterpiece in ergonomics, style, and in-store transportation.
Harrods used to have a pet department, which first opened in 1917. This department sold all kinds of animals – from domestic to exotic pets. Some of the world’s most exotic pets were sold there, such as lions, tigers, elephants, and panthers. The son of the king and queen of Albania bought an elephant in 1967 and presented it to Ronald Reagan as a gift. The department stopped selling exotic animals in 1976 and was fully closed in 2014.
One of the darkest blemishes on the history of Harrods was in the 70s and 80s when the IRA targeted the store for bombing attacks. These attacks occurred several times, and each time, there were civilian and police casualties. Several people were killed, and dozens of people were injured, but the IRA Army Council claim the bomb attacks on the store were not planned and authorized in any capacity.
In 1985, House of Frasier sold Harrods department store to Egyptian businessman Mohammed Al-Fayed. Al-Fayed introduced the Egyptian room in Harrods in which he displayed two busts of himself, as well as two memorials to his son Dodi and Princess Diana, who both died tragic deaths in a car accident. Mohammed Al-Fayed was the owner of Harrods until 2010 when he sold the store to Qatar Holdings for 1.5 billion pounds.
guidelinestobritain.com/shopping/history-of-harrods-depar...
For information on the controversial and notorious Mohammed Al-Fayed, here is the Wikipedia link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Al-Fayed
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100x: The 2024 Edition
97/100 London landmarks by night
Image stitched from eight SOOC jpegs, shot in portrait orientation.
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