Aldwych Station

#StrandStories Fanny & Stella, two Victorian cross-dressers, arrested while in drag outside the #RoyalStrandTheatre in 1870 were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy, which carried a sentence of life with hard labour. Reported in all major newspapers, Thomas Boulton & Frederick Park were acquitted & went on to have stage careers in the UK & USA. #London #StrandAldwych

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3.10 PM, 20 September 2022

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#AldwychStation opened #StrandStation in 1907, & closed due to low footfall in 1994. Built on the site of the #RoyalStrandTheatre which stood until 1831, it has been used as a #WW2 bomb shelter & for #Art storage. Now a disused part of the #London #Underground it is a #Film location #TheDarkestHour & subject of many unrealised expansion proposals. #StrandAldwych #StrandStories

2.38 PM, 20 September 2022

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