David Styles

On 25 November 1952 Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opened in the West End, still playing it has become the longest-running play of all time #LondonTrivia

The Temperance public house on Fulham High Street was originally a billiard hall for the Temperance Movement discouraging alcohol #LondonTrivia

On 23 November 2002 the Miss World Contest moved to London from Abuja, Nigeria after Muslims protesting against it-200 died. Miss Turkey won #LondonTrivia

Pugin designed St. Thomas of Canterbury Church on Rylston Road has Joseph Aloysius Hansom, who invented the Victorian cab, in its graveyard #LondonTrivia

At 58,000 sq ft Bermondsey Street’s White Cube Gallery is Europe’s largest commercial art space displaying Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley etc #LondonTrivia

Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Henry Cooper have all sparred at the Thomas à Beckett boxing gym on Old Kent Road #LondonTrivia

On 19 November 1947 Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey wearing a ivory silk gown designed by Norman Hartnell #LondonTrivia

On 18 November 1987 thirty-one died at King’s Cross Station when a wooden escalator caught fire after a dropped match ignited years of dust #LondonTrivia

Car showroom Classic Chrome’s MD Garry Shortt has as his office the 1860s personal waiting room of Queen Victoria at Mortlake Station #LondonTrivia

It was on 16 November 1724 that Jack Shepherd, known commonly as Gentleman Jack, an infamous thief was eventually hanged at Tyburn #LondonTrivia

The Queen Mother started the enduring royal wedding tradition of leaving the bride’s bouquet on the Abbey’s Tomb of the Unknown Warrior #LondonTrivia

On 14 November 1666, an experimental blood transfusion between 2 dogs took place observed by Samuel Pepys, one of first successful in 17thC #LondonTrivia

Underground stations named after taverns: Swiss Cottage; Angel; Elephant and Castle; Manor House; Royal Oak #LondonTrivia

The 12 November 1974 was a red letter day for anglers for in the River Thames a salmon was caught the first since the 1840s #LondonTrivia

Whittington Stone on Highgate Hill is a memorial to the famous mayor, a sculpture of his cat is patted by Knowledge students for good luck #LondonTrivia

The Grade II listed Serpentine Sackler Gallery, in Kensington Gardens, which opened in 2013, was in 1805 originally a gunpowder store #LondonTrivia

St. John’s Way N19 has adjacent Shakespearean named streets: Miranda and Prospero Roads; Lysander Grove; Cressida Road #LondonTrivia

Pains Fireworks, still making fireworks, founded in the 15th century in the East End, sold the light gunpowder used in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 #LondonTrivia

On 7 November 1974 nanny Sandra Rivett was murdered in Lower Belgrave Street and her boss, Lord Lucan vanished. He was declared dead in 2016 #LondonTrivia

At London art school on 6 November 1975 the Sex Pistols made their debut, but not surprisingly after 10 minutes were told to stop playing and go #LondonTrivia

On 5 November 1766 James Christie held his first auction sale, it included a pair of sheets, two pillowcases and two chamber pots #LondonTrivia

On 4 November 1882 Queen Victoria officially opened the splendidly gothic Royal Courts of Justice #LondonTrivia

On 3 November 1960 cleared in the High Court Penguin Books publication of Lady Chatterley’s Lover ended with an extra 250,000 copies printed #LondonTrivia

On 2 November 1848 Anna Smith opened the first ever railway station bookstall in Little Grosvenor Street named after her son WH Smith #LondonTrivia

On 1 November 1959 the M1 Britain’s first motorway opened from London to the North its 70 limit imposed after an AC Cobra was clocked at 196 #LondonTrivia

On 31 October 1971 at 4.30am a bomb exploded at viewing gallery of BT Tower 2 weeks previously a white kitten had felled it on The Goodies #LondonTrivia

On 30 October 1957 the Government announced plans to allow women to serve in The House of Lords #LondonTrivia

On 29 October 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh was executed at The Tower of London - his discovery of tobacco has been killing people since that time #LondonTrivia

Upstairs at the Gatehouse in Highgate High Street, at 446 feet above sea level, is officially London’s highest theatre #LondonTrivia

English Heritage have recorded over 600 garden squares in London, more than 400 are protected by the London Squares Preservation Act of 1931 #LondonTrivia