What sad event for Londoners occurred on Friday 28-Jan-05?

Shrivats

Death of Jim Capaldi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Capaldi Feb 03 05, 5:56 AM

Stew54

A more specifically London-oriented sadness perhaps. On that date the Mayor ruled out creating a "legally tolerated" red light district. Not confident of this link as it's to an archived story, but here goes: http://www.thisislondon.com/news/londonnews/articles/16212284?source=Evening%20Standard 28 January 2005 Ken Livingstone has ruled out creating designated "red light" zones for London's prostitutes. The Mayor said such areas would be a magnet for criminals and would fail to address the problems associated with prostitution. Instead he argued prostitution should be decriminalised to allow women to work from home. Speaking on BBC's Question Time, he said he was "absolutely opposed" to designated red light zones. "However you do it, the people who live in that area would be placed under an intolerable imposition. It would attract some of the worst elements of society. "The way to do it is to decriminalise and allow women to work from their own homes," he said. Feb 03 05, 7:26 AM

mibmob

Both of these might be true but it was much sadder than these. I will give you a clue - it was the last day of something. Feb 03 05, 7:35 AM

Stew54

Got it, I think Mibby. That was the last day the famous old Routemaster buses ran, and now the only buses you can ride in London are either those drab square modern ones or the awful bendy buses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routemaster Feb 04 05, 6:39 AM

mibmob

A yay for yoo Stoo. I apologise if this seems trivial compared with all the other suggestions but it marks the end of an era which lasted 50 years or more. Feb 04 05, 7:09 AM