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Y is for an organization which was founded at a meeting in St Paul's Churchyard in 1844 and which provides accommodation and recreational and educational facilities for young people. Today there are parallel associations in 120 countries around the world. The organization is known by a 4-letter acronym - what is that acronym?

London Alphabeticals No 2 (TabbyTom)


YMCA . The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in 1844 by George Williams, a Somerset farmer's son who had come to London to learn the drapery trade. From small beginnings as a prayer and Bible-study group it rapidly expanded into educational and recreational work. By 1855 there were about 40 branches throughout the UK, and a parallel organization had been set up in the USA in 1851. The World Alliance of YMCAs can trace its origins to a meeting in Paris in 1855. Today's Central YMCA in Great Russell Street is well known for its fitness courses.



Wynkyn de Worde, an assistant of William Caxton, started his printing press at the sign of 'the Swan' in a street that was to become the 'street of ink' with most of the national newspapers having their headquarters in it - till 'Wapping' came to be..What was the name of that street?

London For London - Lovers (flem-ish)


Fleet Street. Harley Street specialised in doctors and {shrinks;} Savile Row was the location of top class tailors and Carnaby Street became the main tourist trap at the end of the sixties in what was then called 'Swinging London'. Fleet Street was named after a river the Fleet which went underground long ago.



Women appeared for the first time on London theatre stages in 1660?

London: 2000 Years of History (Flapjack44)


t. The first performance by a woman on the stage was during Charles II's reign and the actress was Margaret Hughes playing Desdemona.



William Wordsworth wrote a famous poem about which London bridge?

A Look at London's Bridges (kittyconner)


Westminster Bridge. The poem was written in 1802, and it is said the poet wrote it from the top of a coach while on his way to France. The poem is entitled 'Upon Westminster Bridge'.



Why was the London shopping thoroughfare 'Regent Street' so named?

London and Surrounds (swbhoy)


Its design was commissioned by the then Prince Regent, George..



Why is the Queen's London residence called Buckingham Palace rather than e.g. Windsor Palace?

London For Visitors (flem-ish)


the present palace once was the Duke of Buckingham's mansion. Rather than building a new palace, buying and extending an existing building was preferred. As a Princess, Queen Victoria was Duchess of Lancaster,not of Buckingham.



Whose statue is in Trafalgar Square?

London Trivia (minch)


Lord Nelson.



Whose seventeen foot likeness sits atop a one hundred and eighty five foot high column in Trafalgar Square?

Sights Of London (mnina)


Lord Nelson. The square was named and laid out within the years 1829 to 1841. It was so named to commemorate Lord Nelson's victory at the Battle Of Trafalgar. Four giant bronze lions sit at the base of the large column and statue.



Who, apart from William Shakespeare, also has his statue on Leicester Square in the heart of London's Theatre and Movie Theatreland?

London For Visitors (flem-ish)


Charlie Chaplin. Peter Pan is to be found in Kensington Gardens, the park west of Hyde Park. Charles I has his equestrian statue on Trafalgar Square. He seems to be looking at the place where he was beheaded, opposite Whitehall Palace. That's only an impression however, as the statue predates his beheading. It was hidden by Royalists during the Civil War and surfaced again during the Restoration. It was re-erected on its present spot between 1675 and and 1677. As any visitor to the House of Lords will have noticed, Richard I has his equestrian statue in Old Palace Yard. Cromwell's statue can be seen nearer to the House of Commons and Sir Winston Churchill is watching from other side of street. Other popular statues are Queen Anne's just in front of St {Paul's;the} Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, and Achilles in Hyde Park, 'London's first nude statue'. An 'unpopular' statue is the Duke of York's, in Carlton House Terrace. It cost 30,000 pounds and was paid for by deducting a day's pay from every officer and man in the British army.



Who, after a highly controversial court case, was hanged in Wandsworth Prison in January 1953, only to be pardoned over 30 years later in July 1998?

London and Surrounds (swbhoy)


Derek Bentley. Derek's story and the ensuing fight to clear his name is recounted in the movie 'Let Him Have It'



Who wrote a famous diary describing his day to day life in London in the seventeenth century?

London Trivia 4 (minch)


Samuel Pepys. Among other things he wrote an eyewitness account of the Great Fire of London in 1666.



Who would you find at Rotten Row?

London Trivia (minch)


horse riders. Horse riders like to show off their skills on Rotten Row in Hyde Park.



Who was the self proclaimed leader of the 'Tooting Popular Front'?

London and Surrounds (swbhoy)


Wolfie Smith. Starring as Wolfie Smith, Robert Lindsay was shot to fame in the popular British comedy, 'Citizen Smith'.



Who was the first English Prime Minister to live in number 10 Downing Street ?

London For Expert Visitors (flem-ish)


Sir Robert Walpole. Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford ,was in power from 1721 till 1742. Hugh Walpole, novelist, was born at Auckland, New Zealand, in 1889. Died near Keswick,1941. Disraeli (London 1804-London 1881.)Twice Prime Minister :1868 and 1874-80.Also authored some novels. William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1891).Liverpudlian. Was four times Prime Minister of Great Britain: {1868-74;} 1880-85 {;} {1886;} 1874-1880.



Who was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral?

More London Trivia (minch)


Sir Christopher Wren. The old Saint Paul's was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in September 1666.



Who purchased Westminster Abbey from the monks of Westminster Abbey in 1536?

Sights Of London (mnina)


King Henry VIII. Westminster Abbey was built in stages between the 11th to the 19th centuries. Famous people buried there are Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton.



Who or what is John Lewis?

Life in London (bridget3)


Department store. John Lewis is the name of a leading department store on Oxford Street, and a store group across the UK.



Who is the saint to whom Westminster Abbey is dedicated?

London For Visitors (flem-ish)


St Peter. It was Edward the Confessor who wanted to have a church and a palace near to his capital.He saw to it that a 'minster' or 'abbey' was built to the west of the City of London. Plenty of St.George Chapels and St.Dunstan Churches, but Edward's Abbey was dedicated to St.Peter



Who is the American President who has his statue, on Grosvenor Square, just in front of the American Embassy in London?

London For Visitors (flem-ish)


Franklin Delano Roosevelt. George Washington has his statue on Trafalgar Square, outside the National Gallery. Probably an instance of British fair-play to put him so close to their own national hero, Lord Nelson. Another U.S.A. president who has his statue on an equally symbolic spot: Abraham Lincoln on Parliament Square.



Who is in charge of the maintenance of Westminster Abbey?

London For London-o-maniacs (flem-ish)


The Dean and Chapter. It was Queen Elizabeth who took the decision to place 'the Abbey' under an independent Dean and Chapter.



Who in London wears a bobbing hat?

London For Expert Visitors (flem-ish)


the fish porters at Billingsgatester. Billingsgate porters wear a kind of wooden hats which allow them to transport unwieldy crates of fish. The police are called Bobbies after Sir Robert Peel, the man who 'invented' them. The Yeomen warders have blue, white and red roses as a decoration of their hats. The Ladies at Ascot...well their hats are phenomenal.



Who founded London and when?

London for Beginners (rialto88)


the Romans in the 1st century AD. The Romans named London as "Londinium". As it was an appropriate place for docks and commercial activity London developed and two thousand years of history can still easily be seen.



Who designed St. Paul's Cathedral?

Sights Of London (mnina)


Sir Christopher Wren. Designed and started nine years after the Great Fire Of London, St. Paul's Cathedral sits on the grounds of an original Medieval church which was destroyed by the flames. St. Paul's Cathedral holds the crypts of both Lord Nelson and the Duke Of Wellington. Interesting tidbit - Sir Christopher Wren designed the building to have clear windows, but stained glass windows were inserted instead. It was only after the windows were destroyed during the bombings of WWII that the stained glass windows were replaced with the intended clear glass.



Which Underground station is London's busiest?

Round And About London (vikan)


Victoria. Victoria wins with 76.5 million passengers a year.



Which Underground line is the only line to connect with every other line on the system?

Round And About London (vikan)


Jubilee.



Which Underground line had a branch that was closed during World War II, to store treasures from the British Museum?

Round And About London (vikan)


Piccadilly. The Holborn-Aldwych branch of the Piccadilly Line to be exact.



Which tube station is closest to Lords Cricket Ground?

When In London (Ikabud)


St Johns Wood. Lords Cricket Ground is the premier cricket stadium in England and the headquarters of the sport's governing body, the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club).



Which Surrey town lies in the shadow of Box Hill?

London and Surrounds (swbhoy)


Dorking. Box Hill is not actually, much of a hill, but maintains its pre-eminence by being a sizeable bump in an otherwise flat landscape.



Which street links Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square?

Round And About London (vikan)


Whitehall. Whitehall is known for its concentration of Government offices and historic buildings, (Ministry of Defence, the old Admiralty Building and the Home Office).



Which Royal Palace houses the Gallery of Court Dress?

Round And About London (vikan)


Kensington Palace. Princess Di's wedding dress used to be there, I beleive it is now at Althorp, her family's estate.



Which Queen is standing outside the front of St Paul's Cathedral?

London Statues (Flapjack44)


Queen Anne. The statue now standing is actually a replica of an earlier one which was originally erected in 1712.

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