Admiralty Citadel Flashcards

1
Q

When was citadel built?

What was t used for?

A

1940

Royal Navy as communication centre.

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2
Q

Why are their vines on the citadel.

A

Disguise from the sky

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3
Q

What famous books may have been inspired by the citadel?

Why?

A

James Bond

Ian Fleming worked there

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4
Q

What’s the deal with the lampposts?

A

Duke of Westminster infatuated with Coco Chanel after meeting at party in Monte Carlo. CC on all lampposts. She still friend down proposal of marriage. ‘There have been several duchesses of Westminster, there is only one Chanel’.
(Westminster council says ‘city council’)

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