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2 unusual facts about Greenwich Park


Martial Bourdin

Martial Bourdin (1868 - 1894) was a French anarchist, who died on 15 February 1894 when chemical explosives that he was carrying prematurely detonated outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park.

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Later, police investigators discovered that Bourdin had left his room on Fitzroy Street in London and traveled by tram from Westminster to Greenwich Park.


Anthony Quiney

A tall man with thick white hair, Quiney is frequently seen with his Border Collie Rex, on Blackheath or in Greenwich Park.


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