Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/May 2009


 * ... that Wandsworth Bridge (pictured) has been described as "probably the least noteworthy bridge in London"?
 * ... that then Conservative party leader William Hague and former Eastenders actor Michael Cashman campaigned for the 1999 Lichfield Council election?
 * ... that Kevin Walton and Richard Butson were the first to climb several Antarctic peaks, with both of them going on to receive the Albert Medal for heroism and the Polar Medal?
 * ... that the Welbike was the smallest motorcycle ever used by the British Armed Forces?
 * ... that the cross in the coat of arms of Colchester represents the True Cross, as discovered by Saint Helena, the patron saint?
 * ... that The Magnet was the first film to give James Fox a starring role, at the age of 11?
 * ... that British journalist and Liberal politician Colin Coote was an editor of the The Daily Telegraph for 14 years?