DaC driver Chas Kissin (P99J) may well have been sitting where Mayor
Livingstone is now but withdrew from the Mayoral race to give others a chance!
Chas now looks at the world from his lofty perch in the front seat of a TX1 but
is available should the Mayor need him..!
Firstly let me wish my Jewish readers a Happy New Year and well over the
Fast, and to my non-Jewish readers, I wish you everything that you wish
yourselves. |
POLITICALLY INCORRECT |
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The Original Ten Commandments 1. I am the Lord thy G-d and thou shalt have none but me. 2.Thou shalt not make any graven image. 3.Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain. 4.Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 5.Honour thy father and thy mother. 6.Thou shalt not kill. 7.Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8.Thou shalt not steal. 9.Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 10.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods. The NEW Ten Commandments |
6. Thou shalt not kill because the police are snowed under with paperwork and
according to the CPS, it is not in the public interest. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery, although this is unenforceable as nobody gets married today. 8. Thou shalt not steal (See new commandment number 6). 9. Thou shalt not lie, especially to the DSS about your savings and workings within the black economy or whether you really are a political asylum seeker but not just here for the benefits. 10. Thou shalt not be jealous of thy neighbour or my mates namely Lord Derry Irving, Peter Mandleson, or Lord Faulkener, because it is your money they are squandering. If you keep these Commandments he will lead you out of the Land of England and into the Land of Europe where you will be swallowed up quicker than Jonah was by the Whale... Chas Kissin |
Join Bernie
Pressman while he charts some of London's history via its 'Blue' Plaques..
.BERNIE PRESSMAN'S LONDON PLAQUES |
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As we drive around day-to-day
concentrating on the job in hand, many of interesting 'blue' wall plaques either go unnoticed or are hidden just out of sight. I'd like to tell you of some that might be useful when you next take visitors on a tour or somewhere of special interest to them. Next time you are passing The Bedford Hotel, look out for the square plaque that records a 112 pound bomb falling on the steps of the old hotel in one of the first air raids of WW1 killing a total of thirteen people. The date was Sept 24th 1917... Not too far away at 52 Gower Street, two doctors - Joseph Clover and John Snow - administered to a patient the first anaesthetic. That was certainly a welcome relief 'cos before that, you had to grit your teeth and grin and bear any pain from surgical operations. Some patients even had to be tied down or filled with booze... Moving west to number 20 Upper Berkeley Street, living |
![]() and working there between the years of 1836 and 1917 was a quite
remarkable woman. Against all odds and no little prejudice, in 1865 she
became the first woman to be registered as a doctor and surgeon in Great
Britain. From a humble beginning, born in Commercial Road in London's East
End, she established a hospital in 1866 that was actually named after her
and later was elected to become the first lady mayor in England at
Aldeburgh in 1908. She was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson... |
from 1796 until his death in 1801.
A former U.S. revolutionary soldier, he moved to this house in 1796
and died there in poverty. He was a merchant in New Haven, Connecticut,
having distinguished himself in battle and being promoted to major
general. He later became a commander at Westpoint. He famously plotted to
betray his country by fleeing to the British lines in 1781. There he was
given a command and later came to England. He is regarded in the USA as
one of their biggest traitors. And to end, a plaque that appears on a house in Spitalyard, Bishopsgate E.l. It tells of Susanna Wesley, mother of the famous preacher John Wesley. She married Samuel Wesley in 1690 and over the years gave birth there to 17 children. She outlived her husband and died in 1742. They liked big families in those days! You can find out more about the subject by reading 'Discovering London Plaques', written by Derek Sumeray and published by Shire Books |
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