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  2. Robertson Quay - Wikipedia

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    The Quay is named after the municipal counsellor Dr J Murray Robertson. [1] [2] In 1977, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew called for a large $170 million initiative, lasting a decade, to clean up the Singapore River. [2] This involved clearing away the rubbish as well as dredging the river. The lighterage industry eventually relocated to Pasir ...

  3. Sandwich, Kent - Wikipedia

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    Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England.It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. [1] Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings, including several listed public houses and gates in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill.

  4. Swinging Sixties - Wikipedia

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    The Kinks in 1967. Already heralded by Colin MacInnes' 1959 novel Absolute Beginners which captured London's emerging youth culture, [10] Swinging London was underway by the mid-1960s and included music by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, Small Faces, the Animals, Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw and other artists from what was known in the US as the ...

  5. 1960s in fashion - Wikipedia

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    [96] From the late 1960s until the mid-1970s Carnaby Street and Chelsea's Kings Road were virtual fashion parades, as mainstream menswear took on psychedelic influences. Business suits were replaced by Bohemian Carnaby Street creations that included corduroy , velvet or brocade double breasted suits, frilly shirts , cravats, wide ties and ...

  6. 50 Carnaby Street - Wikipedia

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    50 Carnaby Street, 2015 Carnaby Street is now a tourist destination. 50 Carnaby Street in London's Soho district was the site of several important music clubs in the 20th century. [1] These clubs were often run for and by the black community, with jazz and calypso music predominating in the earlier years.

  7. List of blue plaques - Wikipedia

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    Edvard Benes blue plaque, 26 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaques. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly visible locations on buildings to commemorate either a famous person who lived or worked in the building (or site) or an event that occurred ...

  8. Carnaby Street - Wikipedia

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    Carnaby Street in the early 1950s was a shabby Soho backstreet consisting of "rag trade sweat shops, locksmiths and tailors, and a Central Electricity Board depot practically took up one side of the street." [4] The genesis of Carnaby Street as a global fashion destination began with Bill 'Vince' Green, a male physique photographer. [5]

  9. Gallery Hotel - Wikipedia

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    Gallery Hotel (Chinese: 佳乐丽酒店; pinyin: Jiālèlì jiǔdiàn) was a four-star boutique hotel at Robertson Quay on Singapore River, in the Central Area of Singapore. . Originally known as Gallery Evason Hotel, it was the first "HIP" (Highly Individual Places) hotel in Singapore, and the second in Asia, the first being in Ja