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No.50 - January 2002 | Contex HOME

THE KNOWLEDGE London Brain Teaser No 41

A new year, so a look at things "new".

• The Caledonian Market which replaced Smithfield as the live meat market in 1855 was located in Islington. But where is the New Caledonian Market?
• In 1875 the foundation stone of The Grand National Opera House was laid but the completed building on the site was not an opera house - what was it?
• Chadwell and Amwell, in Hertfordshire were originally linked to Clerkenwell by a feat of civil engineering undertaken by a London goldsmith. Name the work.
• This theatre, built on the site of the Winter Garden Theatre, opened in 1973. Since 1981 just one show has been performed there. Name the theatre.

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