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Wanted! A home for #Spitalfields in miniature, courtesy of @thegentleauthor http://t.co/y7iT0WTq
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Short of insults? Try this c18th #London thieves canting dictionary, you Carrotty-Pated, Sparrow-Mouthed Prickeard! http://t.co/GQKxCu3P
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Mapping London. Does what it says on the tin. Brilliantly. Thanks @maplondon @oobr @spatialanalysis http://t.co/YKzXGwAW
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7 feet 6 tall, 13 tons and a bit cracked: the story of Big Ben: http://t.co/dzplYcdd
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HistoryLondon's 6.2K followers are from 32 countries and 197 cities. Their majority is interested in Writers, History, Author, Historian. Check them out by clicking the blue percentages.Audience Demographics
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Castlereagh to George Canning, 1809: I'm a bit fighty, come round the back of the pub for some low level consensual violence #ericjoyce
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My London history search feed today is completely clogged by references to some football game or other.
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Just landed at City Airport in daylight for 1st time. Highly recommended for anyone who loves London. Am sure we almost grazed the Shard!
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Some o'er thy Thamis row the ribboned fair...some Richmond Hill ascend, some scud to Ware, and many to the steep of Highgate hie...lovely...
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HistoryLondon shares 5 links a week, mostly from londonhistorians.wordpress.com, www.peterberthoud.co.uk, www.telegraph.co.uk, newhistories.group.shef.ac.uk, www.candicehern.com, www.flickr.com,
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Old Curiosity - Before Aldwych & Kingsway: great post by @PeteBSW1 with wonderful pics as usual:
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Irish Republicanism in Victorian London: RT @keatsbabe #history #London Clerkenwell Outrage of 1867: Fenians in London
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A Friday night pint of London porter? Here's a good background piece by @Londonist
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11% of HistoryLondon's tweets are replies. This means 3 replies a week, mostly to @JaneWriting1 (5) and @RobertoHaino (5).
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RT @estarnott: Date of next London History Network meeting in partnership with Roehampton University - http://t.co/Gcd5qKzb
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RT @ARebelHand: Help! My ancestor's a Londoner! #Genealogy and #history tips and links for researching London #familyhistory http://t.co ...
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RT @dodgyhoodoo: Alt-history folks, take a look at this... RT @ianvisits: Yesterday's blog post - London’s Lost Suspension Railway http: ...
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RT @JungleMumble: Photographer Gavin Hammond makes the most of the "wettest drought in history" in his "London in Puddles" photographs: ...
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Hurrah! @HistoryLondon is 1000 gobbets old! Thanks so much to all our 971 followers, please RT to find us 29 more this weekend!
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One of the best uses of 'The Sun' we have seen for a while: #letsallpeeonMurdoch RT @clareyyp: Just spent 30p to have a piss! #London
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A load of old pants? RT @winstonview: Marks & Spencer History - Collection holds 70k historical items+opens it's doors today
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More best #London #history gobbets this week from @se1 @The_Sugar_Girls @Exploring20CLdn @EastVillageLDN @Daveograve @ianjelf @AboutLondon
