Thola Lezi 10 ze-London Oddities

01 kwangu-11

I-London ye-Oddities

I-London ingenye yalezi zindawo ukuthi ngisho nalapho ucabanga ukuthi uyazi kahle indawo kuyohlale isikhathi lapho othile ekhomba into ongakaze uyibone ngaphambilini futhi uzibuza ukuthi ulahlekelwe kanjani isikhathi eside. Yilokho okushiwo lolu hlu. Jabulela!

02 kwangu-11

AmaSharki emithonjeni yeTrafalgar Square

Nakuba abantu abaningi beqaphele amahlengethwa emithonjeni yaseTrafalgar Square , ubonile oshaka?

Imithombo yamanje yaklanywa nguSir Edwin Lutyens ngo-1937-39 ukubuyisela emithonjeni yangaphambili kaSir Charles Barry (eyathunyelwa eCanada). Lezi zikhunjwana zikhumbuza amaHigh World War One, ama-heroes, ama-Earl Jellicoe no-Earl Beatty. Impi Yezwe Yombili yayisendleleni futhi imithombo yamiswa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1948.

Bheka emthonjeni osempumalanga, oqoshiwe nguSir Charles Thomas Wheeler, futhi uzothola i-mermaid (omunye umthombo, owakhanyiswa nguWilliam McMillan, unamaTrinons - izibalo zesilisa ezinemihlana enjengezinhlanzi) amahlengethwa nowasha.

03 ka-11

Ukukhala kweLampula e-Trafalgar Square

Enye into engabhekwayo eTrafalgar Square yilokuthunyelwa kwesibani esiqhingini sesitimela esiqongweni se-Northumberland Avenue. (Kukhona okunye okunjengaleyo eTrafalgar Square esiqhingini sesitimela esiqongweni se-The Mall, nge- Admiralty Arch ). Uma ibuyiselwe umdwebo wokupenda manje ubonakala njengezinyembezi zekherubi.

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04 kwangu-11

Dancing On A Grave

Lokhu kungase kubonakale kungahloniphi abafileyo kodwa leli ngcwaba lendoda enomqondo ohlaba umxhwele wokuhlekisa. UJoseph Grimaldi ubhekwa njengengubaba osungulwayo wezinhlanzi zanamuhla zamanje kanye namakhomikhali amaningi enza uhambo oluzobona ithuna lakhe, eduze neKing Cross. Ngenkathi ithuna lakhe langempela lendabuko elinamatshe akhanda, izimbali, nokuhlobisa, epaki efanayo - ngoba lena ipaki yomphakathi egijimelwa umkhandlu wendawo - ukufakwa kobuciko kwanezelwa ngo-2010. amathayili wethusi abenza imisindo uma uhamba / u-hop / weqa / udansa kuwo. Thola okungaphezulu ...

NgoFebhuwari kukhona inkontileka yesikhungo se-clown yonyaka ngonyaka kaHackney lapho kugcinwa khona iGrimaldi futhi kukhona ama-clowns amanengi ahlala kuyo.

05 ka-11

I-Metropolitan Coat Hook

Ukuhamba okufishane okuvela eTrafalgar Square , eduze nesiteshi sebheyili leLeicester Square, yilokhu okubizwa nge-coat hook ebizwa ngokuthi iMetropolitan Police. Kungaphandle kwesakhiwo ngakho kungani kukhona khona?

Ku-Great Newport Street, i-WC2, ekugcineni kwendawo ye-Covent Garden, eduze ne-Verve Bar. Lokhu kuseduze nokuhlangana okumatasa lapho kuhlangana khona imigwaqo eyisithupha futhi, ngokusobala, iphoyisa lalivame ukuthunyelwa lapha ukuze kusize ukugeleza kwezimoto.

Kwakukhona izipikili ezilula emdongeni ukuze iphoyisa liphonse ikhefu layo - lisetshenziselwa isimo sezulu esimanzi - kodwa kubika ukuthi le ngwebe yanezelwa ema-1930 ngumakhi owayesebenza kule ndawo futhi wayefuna ukwengeza into enhle kakhulu i-constabulary yendawo.

Lokho abantu abaningi baseLondon abakuthola okuthakazelisayo ngalokhu kugoqa kwejazi bazi ukuthi leli phoyisa lingalenga i-cape lapha yonke imini futhi kwakuhlonipha amaphoyisa ukuthi akukho muntu ongayithinta.

Le hook yokugqoka ifaka ku- What You Do not Always View gallery.

06 kwangu-11

I-Tower Bridge Chimney

Ekuboneni kokuqala, iBridge Bridge ibheka ukuthi ihambisana nokho kodwa indlela engasenyakatho enye yezinto ezikhanyisiwe ayikho ukuthunyelwa kwesibani nhlobo.

Lena yinkimbinkimbi exhunywe ekamelweni elingezansi elakade lisetshenziswe yiRoyal Fusiliers evikela uMbhoshongo waseLondon . Ngakho-ke babekwazi ukufudumala lapho kwakukhona umlilo egumbini lomlindi nokuthi yini esingayibona e-Tower Bridge Approach yi-chimney / flue yomlilo.

Abasebenzi bangitshele ukuthi i-London Clean Air Act yaqala ukusebenza ngo-1956, futhi kwakungadingeka ukuthi kusetshenziswe amafutha angasetshenzisiwe esikhundleni sokushisa amalahle ezindaweni zasemadolobheni, umlilo osegumbini wawungasasetshenziswa.

Umbhoshongo weBridge Bridge ufaka ku- What You Do not Always View gallery.

07 kwangu-11

I-Pilgrim Rock e-Union Chapel

I-Union Chapel e-Islington iyisonto elingelona iqiniso futhi indawo yomculo ethandwayo. Isakhiwo sawo se-Victorian Gothic sinesithakazelo futhi isakhiwo sibe yiBanga I ohlwini (kumele ligcinwe). Ungathatha uhambo oluqondisiwe lweSonto LaseNkulumweni ngeSonto lokuqala lwenyanga ngayinye ukuthi yikuphi ukuthi ngifanele ngikubone kanjani lokhu okungaqondakali.

Ngakwesokudla kwesiteji, ngaphezu kwesango, kuyisiqeshana sePlymouth Rock yase-New England lapho kuthiwa abaPilgrim Fathers baye bafika emanzini ngo-1620.

Umbhalo onesiqephu samatshe uwukuthi:

"Isiqeshana sedwala lapho amaPilgrim a" The Mayflower "ahamba khona lapho efika ePlymouth New England ngoDisemba 21st 1620."

"Ay, uyibize umhlaba ongcwele,
Inhlabathi lapho baqala khona ukuhamba khona.
Bashiye unstained lokho abathola -
Inkululeko yokukhonza NKULUNKULU. "

08 kwangu-11

Ingxenye ye-Tyburn Gallows

I-Tyburn gallows, eyaziwa nangokuthi iTyburn Tree, yasetshenziselwa ukubulawa kwabantu kusukela ngo-1196 kuya ku-1783. Le ndawo yayiseduze neMarble Arch futhi ungabona i-platex eyisiyingi emhlabathini esiqhingini somgwaqo ukubeka indawo lapho izigebengu ezingu-50 000 'babethelwe.

Kwabanye, ubugebengu babo kuphela bekungamaKatolika kanti iTyburn Convent eseduze nayo inendawo yabafel 'ukholo abangamaKatolika abangama-105 ababulawa eTyburn emgodini ngesikhathi seNguquko.

Lapho uvakashela iTyburn Convent , kuneziboniso eziningi ezithakazelisayo ezindongeni kuhlanganise nalezi zingxube ezincane ezikholakala ukuthi zivela eTibburn.

Ungabona futhi uMfula iTyburn eduze, ngaphakathi kwesikhungo sesitolo sokudala.

09 kwangu-11

Amakhodi e-Kingston awela ngaphezulu kwefoni

Emaphethelweni eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeLondon, iNkosiston ayiheha ngempela izivakashi eziningi. Kodwa ine-fantastic ukufakwa kobuciko bomphakathi kuDavid Mach's Out of Order . Abangu-12 bawela amafoni wefoni abomvu e-K6 abonakala njengama-dominoes amakhulu. Lo mdwebo wanikezwa yiRoyal Borough yaseKingston upon Thames ngo-1988 futhi ingenye yalezi zincwadi zokuqala zikaRoyal Academician.

I-Out of Order yavulwa ngo-1989 futhi yavuselelwa ngo-2001. Ingabonakala endleleni eya Old Old Road.

Ngesikhathi usendaweni, phuma waya e-Kingston Antiques Centre okuhlale kudingekile ukubuka nxazonke futhi une-cafe nayo.

10 kwangu-11

Phula isinyathelo ku-Albert Bridge

I-Albert Bridge ixhuma i-Chelsea neBattersea entshonalanga eLondon. Yakhiwe nguRowland Mason Ordish futhi yavulwa kuqala ngo-1873. Yashintshwa ngo-1887, kuyilapho i-Chelsea Embankment yokwakhiwa, futhi futhi ngo-1973 ukuyiqinisa ukuze imelane nemoto yamanje.

Kukhona ama-toll ama-toll ekugcineni kodwa ama-tolls aqoqwe kuphela eminyakeni embalwa yokuqala ngemva kokuvula ukuze ukwazi ukuwela mahhala manje. Lezi zingu-octagonal tollbooths yizindawo zokugcina eziseLondon ezisebhuloho futhi ngamunye unesibonakaliso esithi:

Wonke amabutho kufanele aphule isinyathelo lapho ehamba phezu kwalesi bhuloho

Lokhu kusho ukuthi amasosha kufanele ayeke ukuhamba ngokuhlangana komzimba ngaphambi kokuba ahambe ukuze agweme ibhuloho elisha futhi lilimazekile.

11 kwangu-11

"UGiro Inja YamaNazi"

Ngenxa yokungaboni kahle okubonisa ukuthi wonke amaJalimane ayengamaNazi, leli ithuna lesifuba liyaziwa nje ngokuthi ithuna lakwaNazi eLondon kuphela. Itholakala enkabeni yeLondon, eduze neTrafalgar Square .

UGiro wayeyizinja ezincane zikaDkt. Leopold von Hoesch owayengummeli waseJalimane eLondon kusukela ngo-1932 kuya ku-1936. Wayengumdiplomate futhi ethandwa kakhulu njengoba enza okuningi ukuthuthukisa ubuhlobo phakathi kweBrithani neJalimane.

U-Giro ushone ngokushona kwe-electrocution futhi ingcwaba liyabonakala ngomuthi omkhulu phezulu kweDuke yaseYork Steps e-Waterloo Place, eduze neDuke of York Column.