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7 unusual facts about Trafalgar Square


Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour

In 1975, an invitation was accepted to exhibit at the newly renovated Canada House on Trafalgar Square in London.

Curb mining

In 2006, Tom Dixon, a London designer, handed out 500 of his polystyrene chairs to a crowd in Trafalgar Square.

Dan O'Toole

Following the London 2012 Olympics (where O'Toole did daily SportsCentre highlights from Trafalgar Square with Onrait), O'Toole and Onrait took their television personas and unique brand of humour to the sound booth and began a weekly podcast.

Harris's Hawk

Trained Harris's hawks have been used to remove an unwanted pigeon population from London's Trafalgar Square.

Leon Greenman

After hearing Colin Jordan, the leader of the National Socialist Movement, addressing a rally in Trafalgar Square in 1962, Greenman determined to tell his story to anyone who would listen.

The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name

In 2002, a deliberate and well-publicised public repeat reading of the poem took place on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square, but failed to lead to any prosecution.

The Trafalgar Hotel

Located on the south side of Trafalgar Square, the hotel is a contemporary boutique hotel, containing Rockwell Restaurant and notable roof gardens called the Vista Bar.


1871 in sports

26 January — the Rugby Football Union (RFU) is founded at the Pall Mall Restaurant, which is situated near Trafalgar Square at 1 Cockspur Street, London.

Constitutional Club

Between 1886 and 1959 it had a distinctive red and yellow Victorian Neo-Gothic terracotta building at 28 Northumberland Avenue, off Trafalgar Square.

Equestrian Portrait of Charles I

In addition to the paintings, a near life-size equestrian statue of Charles I by Hubert Le Sueur was erected at Charing Cross in 1633 (although originally commissioned in 1630 for Lord Weston's garden in Roehampton; it now stands to the south of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square).

Europride

Following the parade, events were held in three of the capital's squares: a rally in Trafalgar Square attended by guest speaker Ian McKellen, and entertainment in Leicester and Soho Squares.

Franta Belsky

His royal busts are in the British National Portrait Gallery, his Admiral Cunningham in Trafalgar Square and Mountbatten in Horse Guards, in London.

Hendon Band of The Salvation Army

In June 2000, Hendon Band took part in an inter-denominational service, marching at the head of the Christian clergy and congregations parading from Westminster Cathedral along Whitehall to Trafalgar Square, and culminating in a further march up The Mall to Buckingham Palace for the performance of a short concert.

John Ternouth

His most notable work is one of the four panels at the base of Nelson's Column in London's Trafalgar Square, depicting the Battle of Copenhagen.

Linton, Kent

According to the reference quoted below "The 13th century church of St Nicholas contains an interesting and varied collection of monuments, including some by EH Baily, who sculpted the figure of Nelson in Trafalgar Square".

London's Trafalgar Square

London's Trafalgar Square is a 1890 British silent black-and-white short film, shot by inventors and film pioneers Wordsworth Donisthorpe and William Carr Crofts at approximately 10 frames per second with an oval or circular frame on celuloid film using their 'kinesigraph' camera, showing traffic at Trafalgar Square in London.

Marshalls plc

As well as supplying the domestic market through merchants, Marshalls has worked on a large number of high profile commercial projects including; London’s Exhibition Road, Trafalgar Square and the 2012 Olympic Village.

Norris McWhirter

His memorial service – attended by, among others, Baroness Thatcher, Jeffrey Archer, John Gouriet, Jeremy Beadle and Roger Bannister – who read the lesson — was held in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, on 7 October 2004.

Radio 4 Appeal

Each year since 1927, the BBC has broadcast a special Christmas Appeal in association with St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square, London.

Victory Square

Victory Square - the name given to Trafalgar Square in London by the totalitarian regime depicted in George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty Four"

Winston Churchill in politics: 1900–1939

Churchill, who had already forbidden the use of forces in another industrial dispute at Newport, did not favour deployment of troops, fearing a repeat of the 1887 Bloody Sunday in Trafalgar Square.


see also

Equestrian statue of George IV, Trafalgar Square

Journalist Janice Turner questioned the need for a George IV statue in Trafalgar Square in 2005, which was rebutted by Lord Baker of Dorking who argued that the monarch still deserved the statue due to his town planning legacy which remained in London.

Osadia

Tollwood Festival, Munich / Sydney Mardi Gras, Australia / Trafalgar Square Festival, London, UK / Juste pour rire/Just for laughs, Montreal, Canada / The Esplanade Festival, Singapore / NZ International Festival, Wellington, New Zealand / Kleines Fest im Grossen Garten, Hanover / Daidogei World Cup, Shizuoka, Japan / Hogmanay, Edinburgh, Scotland / Festes de la Mercè, Barcelona

Reclaim the Streets

A march with the sacked Liverpool dockers started at Kennington Park and ended up at Trafalgar Square in the centre of London.