Showing posts with label the strand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the strand. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Monopoly - The Strand

Monopoly red square. £220.

The Strand a street of Saxon origins, runs from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street and marks the border of the City of London. Hundreds of years ago the high street of Westminster. Many grand houses with river side existed along the Strand. Somerset house one that still stands.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Strand Station

The Strand station opened in 1907 and closed in 1994. It was renamed Aldwych in 1915 as there was already a Strand station (what is now Charing Cross). In 1974 the Strand was renamed Charing Cross. All of this was to avoid confusion.
Oh and Embankment was part of the Strand station.
I'm glad they cleared up the confusion for us.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Savoy Graveyard

Tucked away behind the Savoy Hotel on a little street off the Strand is a small chapel and graveyard. A little oasis not widely known about. Dating back to the reign of Henry VII.