ELECTRIC COMPANY x 2
There's only one Electric Company on the Monopoly board, so it's a bit of an understatement to say this all got a bit out of hand, with two former power stations plus Millbank and St Pauls thrown in for good measure. Tate Modern (above) is the former Bankside Power Station and most visited art museum in Britain with (in normal years) almost six million visitors per annum. And it’s free. I didn’t spot them this time (there’s RSPB binoculars in the summer) but Sheldon and Amy are a pair of peregrine falcons that regularly perch on the top of Tate Modern’s chimney. Peregrine falcons are the fastest member of the animal kingdom, reaching over 320 km/h (200 mph) during high-speed hunting dives. By the late 20 th century they were considered extinct in London, one of the reasons being they are partial to a pigeon snack, so many were shot by the Ministry of Defence during the World Wars to prevent them intercepting carrier pigeons ...