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ANIMAL STATUES IN LONDON 9

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      Animal Statues in London 9 Golders Hill Park       The Water Baby Fountain  can be found in the walled garden of this delightful park just west of Hampstead Heath. Created by Edward Bainbridge Copnall in 1950, the sculpture was originally unveiled in Finchley's Victoria Park before being moved here in the mid-1970s.       There are several other nice sculptures in Golders Hill Park including Diogenis  (above, left) and Golders Hill Girl  which was donated to the park in 1990 by it's sculptor Patricia Finch.      The park also has a small zoo and nice caf é. And there's  a famous pub - The Old Bull and Bush  - on the edge of the  park. Pond Street, Hampstead                                        Upper Street, I slington         Here are two animal sculptures above pubs ...
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FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS 12

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 FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS 12       Two new Wetherspoons pubs opened in London on September 30, 2025:       The Sir Alexander Fleming - Paddington       The Sir Alexander Fleming , stands serenely by the Grand Union Canal in Merchant Square . It is named after the man who discovered penicillin in his laboratory at nearby St Mary's Hospital . Apart from paying homage to Fleming this Spoons also recognises Isambard Kingdom Brunel who built Paddington Station .       In St Mary's you can visit the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum where his small laboratory has been restored to what it looked like in 1928, the year he made his historic discovery that revolutionised medicine.         Fleming couldn't produce enough of the antibiotic for clinical trials. This didn't happen until 1941.         The Sun Wharf - London Bridge       Just outside London Bridge Statio...
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STREET ART IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

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  STREET ART IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA Smug   Brezaux                                                                    Jeru Nomi James Archer Art                                           SNUB23 and Paul Monsters Odisy/Dreps Uncle Loosely translated, the Chinese reads "The only way to succeed is with hard work". Sypher                                                            FARK Neil Fendell                                                 ...
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