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[edit] Hotels

Sorry for being so late in coming up with these; I've been insanely busy in the real world in the past month. [talk to the] HAM 08:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Did you know…

…that the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly was the first British hotel with a private bathroom to each room?

…that the forecourt of the Savoy Hotel, Savoy Court (pictured), is the only street in the United Kingdom where vehicles are required to drive on the right?

…that the Mayfair hotel Claridge's has been called an "extension to Buckingham Palace" due to its royal connections?

…that the Langham Hotel appears in two Sherlock Holmes stories and that The Goon Show broadcasts were recorded in its ballroom?

…that Winston Churchill had a wall built for privacy between his balcony at the Dorchester Hotel and that of the room next door, which survives to this day?

Talk about busy mate - I hadn't even seen your post!!! In order to keep the one-in, one-out system going I've put the cemeteries one up now (halloween and all that), and we'll keep this one for November. DJR (T) 11:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Done - here. DJR (T) 00:52, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another suggestion

...that St Paul's, Covent Garden is known as the British "Actors' Church" and bears monuments to such names as Charlie Chaplin and Vivian Leigh?