Tower Bridge turns 127 today! 🎊🎂🎈🎉

Tower Bridge was officially opened #onthisday in 1894 with a sumptuous ceremony. The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, was present on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen Victoria.

📸: @LdnMetArchives, City of London. The Prince of Wales and his wife, Alexandra of Denmark, led a grand procession in horse-drawn carriages from the north to the south of the brand-new Tower Bridge.

👸 Queen Victoria was born #onthisday in 1819. She reigned for 64 years, until 22 January 1910.

Tower Bridge, completed in 1894, look the way it does because of a request made by Queen Victoria, who initially objected its construction in close vicinity of the @TowerOfLondon. Tower Bridge, completed in 1894, look the way it does because of a request made by Queen Victoria, who initially objected its construction in close vicinity of the Tower of London. Did you know that?

🏖️ Did you know that between 1934 and 1971 there was a ‘beach’ on the shore of the Thames, just in front of Tower Bridge?

Tower Beach was officially opened on 23 July 1934. King George V declared it was to be used by the city’s children, and promised ‘free access for ever’. According to the @BBC, the beach was a ‘roaring success’ between 1934-39, when over 500,000 people ‘dipped their toes in the water of London’s very own seaside’. 🌊☀️