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During the First World War a number of hos-pitals and convalescent homes were set up in the town. Between the wars, a major adver-tising campaign by the Great Western Railway ensured that Torquay became a major hol-iday resort. In World War II, the town, with its preponderance of

hotels, provided exten-sive training facilities for the RAF. From 1944, many American troops were also stationed here. The town was bombed several times.

In 1948 Torquay hosted the watersports events of the Olympic Games.

In 1950 the European Broadcasting Union was formed here. More re-cently the town has be-come popular with for-eign language students, and since the expansion of the EU in 2004, many Polish and Czech work-ers have settled here.

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THE BEACH

Ten Torbay beaches have also retained their Quality Coast Awards for being clean and safe. They are Maid-encombe, Oddicombe, Meadfoot, Preston, Broadsands, Ansteys Cove, Torre Abbey Sands, Paignton, Goodring-ton and Breakwater.

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It is thought that London in prehistoric times was merely a collection of scattered rural settlements. Spear heads and weapons from the Bronze and Iron Ages have been found around the Thames, and a recent archaeological dig near Vauxhall discovered evidence of a pos-sible wooden bridge across the Thames around 3,000 years ago!

It was the Romans who were

responsible for the city we know today as London. They invaded Britain in AD43, and soon afterwards founded the city of Lond-inium. It is thought that the original city was small - about the size of Hyde Park!

In AD60 Queen Boudica (also known as Boadicia) of the Iceni tribe rose up

against the Romans, who fled. The city was burned to the ground. However, the Romans eventually regained control and rebuilt London, this time adding a Forum (market) and Ba-silica (a business centre), and slowly building a wall around the city to protect it from further invasion.

The Romans founded Lon-don about 50 AD. Its name is derived from the Celtic word Londinios, which means the place of the bold one. After they invaded Britain in 43 AD the Romans built a bridge across the Thames. They later decided it was an excellent place to build a port. The wa-ter was deep enough for ocean going ships but it was far enough inland to be safe from Germanic raiders. Around 50

AD Roman merchants built a town by the bridge. So London was born.

The early settlement at London did not have stone walls but there may have been a ditch and an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top.

Then in 61 AD Queen Boudicca led a rebellion against the Romans. Her army marched on London. No attempt was made to defend London. Boudicca burned London but after her rebellion was crushed it was rebuilt. Rich peo-

ple built houses of stone or brick with tiled roofs but most people lived in wooden houses.

By the end of the 2nd centu-ry a stone wall was erected around London. The wall was 20 feet high. Outside the wall was a ditch. In the middle of the 3rd century 20 bastions were added to the walls (a bastion was a

Buildings

We are a premium visitor attraction at the top of Western Europe’s tallest building, and London’s newest landmark, The Shard. Designed by Master Architect Renzo Piano, the Shard redefines London’s skyline and has become a dynamic symbol of London.