Transport company. It was originally an Anglo-French enterprise, also known as the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de Londres. It became the largest omnibus operator in London, buying out hundreds of independently owned buses. In 1912, it was bought by the Underground Group, which owned most of the London Underground, and eventually became, first, part of the new London Passenger Transport Board, and then Transport for London.
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London General Omnibus Company
The unveiling image (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) is ca...
The photo (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) of the plaque i...
"No greater honour..etc." is surely a quotation but we cannot source it.
Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming dangerously overloaded. Sand shoes were renamed for him since the lower section is rubber and the upper is canvas: dry...
Named not for its own two towers but for the nearby, pre-existing Tower of London. Tower Bridge was designed by Horace Jones, the City Architect, in collaboration with the engineer, John Wolfe Barr...
A shuttle service between Waterloo and Bank (previously 'City') stations designed for commuters. View from the Mirror has a very good post on this line. Londonist have a good succinct history of ...
This was the world's first underground passenger railway which opened from Paddington to Farringdon via Baker Street Station on 10th January 1863. IanVisits has reproduced an Illustrated London Ne...
Furniture designer and retailer. Born at Crouch End. Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art before joining the family firm which ran the Heal & Son department store. He designed the simple, st...
Second wife of Henry VIII and so Queen of England, 1533 to 1536. Though married to Catherine of Aragon, Henry developed a passion for one of her maids of honour, Anne, and so began the whole horri...
Plaque unveiled by Mercury's sister and Brian May. We thought it strange that English Heritage decided that his real first name was Fred...
The round plaque above reads "London Architecture Medal, 1937, RIBA" and is normally considered sufficient advertisement of the building'...
The lettering in this granite stone was originally picked out, probably in gold or black, but now the only way to see that the lettering ...
