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05 Jul

Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of London

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The demon barber of Fleet Street

According to legend which first appeared in 1846 in a story titled The String of Pearls, Sweeney Todd was a barber believed to have murdered more than 150 of his customers at his barber shop situated at number 186 Fleet Street. Once they were sat in his barber’s chair, he cut his victims throats from ear to ear and dispatched them by pulling a lever which made them fall backward down a revolving trapdoor into the basement of his shop where he stealed all their valuables.

Helped by his lover Mrs Lovett, who ran a pie shop in nearby Bell Yard which was connected to Todd’s barber shop by a secret underground passage, she assisted him in disposing of the bodies by baking their flesh into meat pies and selling them to the unsuspecting customers of her pie shop.

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24 Jun

Royal Albert Hall, London

The success of the Great Exhibition of 1851 held in Hyde Park led Prince Albert to propose the creation of a permanent series of facilities dedicated to the promotion of Art and Science for the enlightenment of the public in the area. Following this purpose, the foundation stone of the Royal Albert Hall was laid in May 1867 by Queen Victoria.

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Constructed mainly of red brick with terra cotta block decoration, the building is an ellipse in plan with a 41 metres high glass and wrought-iron dome originally designed with a capacity for 8,000 people.

The Queen opened the Royal Albert Hall on 29 March 1871. During the opening concert the Hall’s acoustic problems became immediately apparent and, despite several attemps to solve the strong echo, the acoustics were not properly tackled until 1969 when a series of large fibreglass acoustic diffusing discs (commonly known as “mushrooms”) were installed below the ceiling. It used to be jokingly said that the Hall was

“the only place where a British composer could be sure of hearing his work twice”.

Today, it is considered one of the most distinctive buildings in the UK and each year it hosts more than 350 events including classical concerts, rock and pop, ballet and opera, sports, award ceremonies, school and community events, charity performances and banquets.

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05 Jun

Welcome to Timeline Trip Blog

We are going to use the blog to let you know some of the stories already in the app and the new stories that you send us. But let me explain what are you going to discover in this awesome app.

Timeline Trip is a mobile phone app available in Android and iOS for tablet and smartphone which to visit and discover the cities in a different way. With Timeline Trip you can travel through time and walk on old maps discovering the secrets, legends, characters and stories from different eras up to date. Find out how the city has evolved over centuries, fade-in and fade-out overlaid maps from different eras, to see where missing buildings were and how others have changed.

Easy and intuitive, browse over the map or over a list of points and choose the categories you are interested in, with dozens of interesting points written by experienced tour guides and more than 600 unconventional illustration.

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Why is the perfect app to visit the city ?

Because the Internet is not needed thanks to the offline maps and with the GPS you will find locate yourself on the map.

What languages is translated into?

At the moment is translated into English and Spanish.

Is the only app with historical maps?

Actually not, but we have enhance them, some were a mess, others had NOT interesting information and others did not even work, consequently we really believe our app is better.