Unusual attractions in London

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    Museum of Brands

    Posted on July 30, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s all here…the brands and packs, posters and adverts, fads and fashions, toys and games. Evocative and inspiring, it’s a kaleidoscope of images and iconic brands. Featuring over 12,000 original items from the Robert Opie Collection, the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is a...

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    Fan Museum

    Posted on July 20, 2010 | No Comments
    The Fan Museum is the only museum in the world devoted entirely to every aspect of fans and fan making. The Fan Museum is home to a collection of more than 3,500 predominantly antique fans from around the world dating from the 11th century to the...

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    Pollock’s Toy Museum

    Posted on July 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Pollocks Toy Museum takes its name from Benjamin Pollock, the last of the Victorian Toy Theatre printers. Set up by Marguerite Fawdry who bought up the stock of Benjamin Pollock Ltd., after trying to buy one small item for her son’s toy theatre. Originally at...

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    UK’s first McDonalds

    Posted on July 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
    The 3,000th McDonald’s restaurant was opened in Woolwich (south east London) in October, the first in the UK. 56-60 Powis Street Woolwich London SE18 6LQ Telephone: 020 8317 0102

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Unusual, offbeat attractions and days out in London (within M25), England, UK

Find unusual days out in City of London, City of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Islington, Camden, Brent, Ealing, Hounslow, Richmond, Kingston, Merton, Sutton, Croydon, Bromley, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley, Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham Forest, Haringey, Enfield, Barnet, Harrow, Hillingdon