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RECENT POSTS: Glasgow Street Art Brighton Street Art Woburn Safari Park Animal Statues in London 4   Animal Statues in London 5 Penge Murals Ipoh Street Art BEST TRIBUTE ACT NAMES      The Fab Faux, Amy Housewine, Earth, Wind for Hire and many, many more.         I love a list, and here's one I've been shamelessly compiling for some time. I've even seen some of the acts, especially the Beatles and Pink Floyd tributes.     Worth a visit - Guildhall , London ......     It looks great from the outside and has a nice art gallery but the best bit is the library round the back. Here you can find an enormous number of books on London plus two brilliant models ..... City of London      Scale 1:500 with three colours representing different periods of history - dark grey pre-1945, light grey 1945-1980, illuminated cream post 1980 including all those with planning permission.      ..... an interesting as...

ANIMAL STATUES IN LONDON 5

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    Animal Statues in London 5 Woolwich       This lion in St Mary's and St Andrew's churchyard is the final resting place of Tom Cribb, the 19th century world champion bare-knuckle boxer. Cribb's ashes are contained in the urn under the lion's paw.        In Panton Street, near Leicester Square, there is a also a pub named after the celebrated pugilist. It is near to where another pub, the Union Arms, once stood where Cribb was landlord after retiring from boxing.         Two dogs guard the Guard House pub. Built in 1718, it was formerly the Main Guard House of Woolwich Royal Arsenal barracks.   Ealing Broadway     Small Work Horse by Judith Bluck was unveiled Queen Elizabeth II in March, 1985. Forty Hall, Enfield       On occasion, the statues I track down, like this pair of well-worn lions, turn out to be a bit  underwhelming. But invariably the location still makes the effort worthwh...