The stage

London Day 4 - British Library, St Pancras Station and Harry Potter

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August 22nd 2019
Janet and Robert were catching the train down from Bakewell this morning so we needed to meet them at St Pancras Station at midday. We caught the bus (getting very good at that - also getting good at beating people to the front seat on the top!) into the British Library, it is the largest national library in the world by number of items catalogued. It is estimated to contain 170–200 million+ it ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more