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revealed:
Sir Hiram Maxim: mouse traps and machine guns
- 09/01/02 |
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When you think of Camden's Hatton Garden, you think
of diamonds and jewellery. But the street has another distinction.
In the 1880's prolific American inventor Sir Hiram Maxim designed
and built the first machine guns there, fearsome new weapons that
could fire three hundred rounds and more per minute. Less earth-shatteringly,
Sir Hiram is also credited with inventing an automatic re-setting
mouse trap.
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Camden
revealed: Camden Market |
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Possibly Europe's premier complex of street markets,
Camden is the absolute place to be for weekend shopaholics. Encompassing
Camden Lock, Buck Street, Chalk Farm Road Camden High Street, NWI
and the Electric Ballroom you can buy everything there from designer
clothes to joss sticks.
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Feature: Sunny Day in Camden - 13/05/01 |
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Saturday May 13th was a beautiful early summer's
day with the thermometer nudging 27°C
(80°F). We sent our photographer out with his trouser legs rolled
up and a hanky on his head to get a few snaps. This is what he got...
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