21. No. 10 Downing Street
Jack P Taylor's Political and Historical Curiosities
English - April 16, 2017 09:13 - 21 minutes - 25.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHistory Government international president history nuclear politics primeminister relations unitednations Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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No. 10 Downing Street, and the rest of the street actually, are today's topic. I'll cover:
Why Downing Street is famous,
How Downing Street was built,
Who built Downing Street and why,
Cocks and the Germans,
Sir Robert Walpole's contribution,
How No. 10 was a merger of various houses
How PMs have used 10 Downing Street,
How numbers 11 and 12 also came to be used,
How Balfour began PMs using the house as their primary residence,
That black door,
Renovations and refurbishments,
Mortar attacks by the IRA,
How PMs adapt the building to their needs,
Other little tidbits.