The British Museum

Posted by vcode on 18 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Historical Places, London


elgin marbles

The initial collection was bequeathed by Sir Hans Sloane, a  Chelsea doctor in 1753. It became a magnet for all the loot being amassed by the British Empire through the nineteenth century. In the 1880s the natural history collections were transferred to South Kensington .

Key Exhibits include the Rosetta Stone,  the Lindisfarne Gospels, Egyptian Hall, the Tomb of Payava, the Elgin Marbles & the Sutton Hoo treasure (British Museum). The Magna Carta (British Library). The British Museum is one of the worlds finest museums.

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Manchester United Football Club

Posted by vcode on 17 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: London


Manchester United Football Club is one of the most popular football clubs in the world. It is at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, UK.

Manchester United Football Club is having around 330 million supporters worldwide Which is almost 5% of the world’s population and amply shows its importance and popularity. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938 with a single exception.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986.

He had been at the helm for all three of United’s back-to-back titles, and was the first manager in English football to achieve the hat-trick.

The current club captain is Gary Neville, who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005.

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