South Bank Buskers

London landmarks and summer rain

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July 12th 2007
Welcome! Last time we were in London it was Winter. Wet and miserable. I was looking forward to the 'other' London. For the first 5 days of our visit we had wet and miserable weather!! In fact it was so bad that parts of the country flooded. A father was clearing a drain when his foot became trapped in it and he died of hyperthermia. Tragic. The newspapers were full of stories about the rain, an ... 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