You learn something everyday thread

[DulwichFox]

You learn something everyday :---

The Statue in Piccadilli Circus is NOT Eros..

Although the statue is generally known as Eros, it was created as an image of his twin brother, Anteros.

who, as "The God of Selfless Love" was deemed to represent the philanthropic 7th Earl of Shaftesbury suitably.

DulwichFox

[Alan Medic]

How do you know?

[Dopamine1979]

The "Happy Birthday" song is copyrighted

[sjw]

It was on the news ---so must be true !!!!!

[johnie]

Dopamine1979 Wrote:

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> The "Happy Birthday" song is copyrighted

Well it was, not anymore.

http://dailysignal.com/2015/10/01/why-the-happy-birthday-songs-copyright-has-finally-been-ruled-invalid/

[DulwichFox]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> How do you know?

Because it was on BBC Breakfast TV.

and I then looked it up..

The anniversary of the death of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury KG (28 April 1801 ? 1 October 1885)

He was an English politician, philanthropist and social reformer.

He helped the poor.. The 'Eros' statue was erected in his name.. Shaftsbury Ave.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_7th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury

Anteros:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaftesbury_Memorial_Fountain

Foxy

[steveo]

The statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square...

Oh, I can't be bothered

[FJDGoose]

I haven't learned anything today

[Louisa]

The mounds in Horniman Triangle Gardens (Sydenham Hill) are in fact mass graves for hundreds of victims of the great plague. The dead were taken far away from the urban sprawl of London out to the then countryside, presumably to prevent spread of the disease.

Louisa.

[nxjen]

Is there a Deceros as well?

[Seabag]

An Ice Cream man isn't actually made of 'Ice Cream'

Yeah I know, I was kinda blown away when I found that out!

[BrandNewGuy]

Louisa Wrote:

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> The mounds in Horniman Triangle Gardens (Sydenham

> Hill) are in fact mass graves for hundreds of

> victims of the great plague. The dead were taken

> far away from the urban sprawl of London out to

> the then countryside, presumably to prevent spread

> of the disease.

>

> Louisa.

Not according to this:

http://www.dulwichsociety.com/newsletters/38-summer-2007/303-villagers-notebook

[Louisa]

See you learn something new every day BNG! Just as foxy wanted us to when he set up this thread! I had been under the impression, as had my parents before me and many others locally, that this site was in fact a plague graveyard. Thank you for teaching me something new today.

Louisa.

[Loz]

The Piccadilly line passes straight through a plague pit just near Knightsbridge station.

[Jah Lush]

You can teach an old dog new tricks.

[TheArtfulDogger]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> You can teach an old dog new tricks.

Really... I am most assured that is incorrect

My fact is that some metal fences outside council properties were made from recycled ww1 stretchers...

[bejam]

Indeed, The DKH estate

[DulwichFox]

The song Do wah diddy was not written my Manfred Mann..

It was written and first performed in 1963 by The Exciters..

The Manfred Mann version lyric.. Do wah diddy diddy, dum diddy do

Was in the original song sheet .. Do wah diddy diddy, down diddy do

Foxy.

[Alan Medic]

Some things just aren't worth knowing.