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London is the greatest show on Earth, for never have so many human characters been gathered together at one place.

On 18 October 1910 Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen’s trial commenced, for the murder of his wife Cora.

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Ah, London!

On 11 October 1870, Margaret Waters was hanged at Horsemonger Lane Gaol, close to present-day Newington Causeway, for the crime of what became known as baby farming.

Provided that the City of London remains as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop.

On 4 October 1911, Earls Court opened to the public the first underground escalator.

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September 2026 Stating the bleeding obvious On a rare trip to London to fix my iPhone (iRepairs on Margaret Street – recommended), we alighted at Tottenham Court Road on the Elizabeth Line.

The lighted shops of the Strand and Fleet Street; the innumerable trades, tradesmen, and customers, coaches, wagons, playhouses; all the bustle and wickedness round about Covent Garden; the very women of the town; the watchmen, drunken scenes, rattles; li…

On 27 September 1960 Europe’s first travelator was ceremonially opened.

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I have seen the West End, the parks, the fine squares; but I love the City far better . . .

On 20 September 1991, the church of St.

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Like the majority of London people, she occupied a house of which the rent absurdly exceeded the due proportion of her income, a pleasant foible turned to such good account by London landlords.

On 13 September 1971 a theft from Lloyds Bank on Baker Street was reported by the media.

For those new to CabbieBlog or readers who are slightly forgetful, on Saturdays I’m republishing posts, many going back over a decade.

London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow / At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore / Vomits its wrecks, and still howls on for more. / Yet in its depths what treasures!

On 6 September 1889, a letter to the Editor of The Times was published, the correspondent pointed out the inconvenience to a gentleman of the errant low hanging awning rods outside shops.

For those new to CabbieBlog or readers who are slightly forgetful, on Saturdays I’m republishing posts, many going back over a decade.

August 2026 Confused?

Earth, yet it is governed with the same Ease, and with less Trouble to the Subject, than many petty Villages in other Parts of the World.