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BBC NEWS | UK | Two car bombs found in West End

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments · London, Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

BBC NEWS | UK | Two car bombs found in West End

Police have confirmed they are now investigating the discovery of two car bombs in the West End of London.Police said the second device had been found in a Mercedes hours after the car was given a parking ticket in Cockspur Street and towed to [...]

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Caveat Lector » Trafalgar and Westminster

January 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, London, The Road Goes Ever On: 3 Weeks in Britain

Caveat Lector » Trafalgar and Westminster
Despite my mother’s enthusiastic recommendation, I found Westminster Abbey a difficult place to visit, and should I return to London, I don’t believe I will return there. The church itself is well-built and handsome, but its graceful old bones are impossible to see for all the plaques and busts [...]

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Not Again

July 21st, 2005 · No Comments · London

Not Again

Originally uploaded by StickerEsq.

Two weeks to the day and now there are more reports of explosions in London.
My resentiments exactly.

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Shit shit shit shit SHIT!

July 21st, 2005 · No Comments · Flickr, Hot Off The Presses, London, terrorism

CNN.com - London Tube stations evacuated - Jul 21, 2005
Ivan McCracken told Sky News: “I was in a middle carriage and the train was not far short of Warren Street station when suddenly the door between my carriage and the next one burst open and dozens of people started rushing through. Some were falling, there [...]

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