BBC News - The map that saved the London Underground
Europe
was about to tear itself apart, but Londoners in 1914 were more
preoccupied with the overcrowding on the Tube and a profanity uttered in
a new West End play ... Down at the Kennington Oval, a proud cricketer swings his bat and asks, "How's this for a six?" - a patriotic in-joke as England was celebrating winning an away series against South Africa, with the great Jack Hobbs being the talk of the town ... Monday. ...
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