Comprehensive school A secodary school for for all children regardless of
ability.Department for Education and Science (DES) which was responsible
for education in England and Wales.
City of London or Square Mile is
an original central city of London, now
primarily a financial and banking center.
Cockney is a Londoner born in a particular small area of east London, within
hearing the bells of Bow Church.
Comprehensive school A secodary school for for all children regardless of
ability.Department for Education and Science (DES) which was responsible
for education in England and Wales.
Danelaw is the area controlled by the Viking (Danes and Norsemen) from the
9
th
to the late 11
th
century, comprising about half of England.
Domesday Book is an extremely comprehensive survey and inventory made
by the Normans after they took control of England.
Easter Bunny is an Americanized version of the ancient fertility symbol of a
hare.
The
East End is traditionally the home of the true Londoner, the Cockney,
this is an area of close communities that now reflects the melting-pot of
nationalities and cultures that makes up our capital city. The East End sits
outside of the traditional
Roman boundaries of the City of London .
The
Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing
processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
Iron Lady is the nickname of Margaret Hilda Thatcher
(
13 October 1925 – 8
April 2013) was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from
1979 to 1990.
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Normans are descendants of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish people,
inhabiting Normandy in France from the 10
th
century, who invaded England
in 1066.