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	London bridge is falling down Nursery Rhyme, History and Origins
		The 'London Bridge is falling down' Nursery Rhyme is based on the one of the most famous landmarks in London.
		The first London Bridge was made of wood and clay and was fortified or re-built with the various materials mentioned in the children's nursery rhyme.
		The first stone bridge was designed by Peter de Colechurch and built in 1176 and took 33 years to build and featured twenty arches the dimensions of which were sixty feet high and thirty feet wide and was complete with tower and gates.
	www.rhymes.org.uk /london-bridge-is-falling-down.htm (427 words)

	Citysongs
		London is a city of layers, laid one atop the last, rarely according to any particular plan.
		A bridge of some sort has existed on the site for almost two millennia, and the very first London Bridge, built by the Romans in the middle of the first century AD, is probably the one referenced by the song.
		London is famous for its weather, so much so that George Gershwin's "A Foggy Day in London Town" has been recorded by artists ranging from Fred Astaire to David Bowie.
	www.newcolonist.com /cs-london.html (495 words)

	London Bridge, England
		The London Bridge of the rhyme was a 12th century stone bridge lined on both sides with houses, which were later removed to make room for recesses in which pedestrians could take refuge from the heavy traffic on the narrow carriageway.
		In 1831 this bridge was replaced by a new one, which by the 1960s had become inadequate to cope with the flow of traffic and was due in turn to be superseded by a more modern bridge.
		The 1831 bridge was then bought by an American (under the belief, it was said, that he was acquiring Tower Bridge), transported across the Atlantic and re-erected at Lake Havasu City in Arizona.
	www.planetware.com /london/london-bridge-gb-l-lb.htm (193 words)

	London Bridge is falling down nursery rhyme tower bridge london england software.
		London Bridge illustrious history dates back to 2000 years when first wooden bridge was built by Romans on the present location in 46 AD.It is generally held that they chose a spot which had deepwater access to the sea.
		London Bridge is falling down’ may be inspired by this historical fact.The bridge was again reconstructed but a storm destroyed it in 1091.Yet again the bridge was damaged by fire in the year 1136.
		London Bridge's plain edifice comprises of three spans of pre-stressed concrete cantilevers built in the original location of Rennie’s bridge as it was demolished very carefully in small pieces as not to interrrupt the movement of the traffic.
	www.yourdictionary.com /business_profile/debt/cities/london-bridge.html (832 words)

	London Bridge is Located in or near Lake Havasu, Arizona and was visted by the Traveling Webmaster on 28 March 2004. ...
		London Bridge is Located in or near Lake Havasu, Arizona and was visted by the Traveling Webmaster on 28 March 2004.
		The bridge was a replacement for a series of bridges that date back to medieval times, inspiring the children's rhyme, "London Bridge Is Falling Down." This iteration of the London Bridge was constructed back in the 1830s.
		When it was realized that the London Bridge was, sinking into the Thames because it was not adequate for the increase in traffic the old bridge was replaced, once again, by a modern concrete span and its stones were put up for sale in 1967.
	havewebsiteswilltravel.com /community/view_where/London_Bridge18.html (784 words)

	London Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Various arches of the bridge collapsed at various points, and houses on the bridge were burnt during Wat Tyler's Peasants' Revolt in 1381 and Jack Cade's rebellion in 1450, during which a pitched battle was fought on the bridge.
		Rennie's bridge was constructed from Dartmoor granite, with a length of 928 feet (283 m) and a width of 49 feet (15 m).
		The current London Bridge was constructed by contractors John Mowlem from 1967 to 1972, and opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 17 March 1973.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_Bridge (2212 words)

	Dragonwing - The London Bridge
		That bridge is the "London Bridge" that was dismantled, exported, and reassembled at Lake Havasu in Arizona.
		The medieval bridge was dismantled utterly after the "New Bridge" was opened, and aside from a few carved objects made as souvenirs from some of the original pilings (and various pieces of stonework that were actually eighteenth-century additions to the original bridge), nothing remains but pictures.
		By and by, the bridge became completely lined on both sides: it was said to have been possible for a pedestrian to go halfway across the bridge unaware that he was on a bridge at all.
	midtown.net /dragonwing/col9802.htm (2972 words)

	Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In 1971, London Bridge was reconstructed under the direction of Robert Beresford in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
		The first bridge was built by the Romans in 43 AD They built a temporary pontoon bridge which was planks laid across a row of anchored boats, or they may have used fiery boats.
		The next record of a bridge was 984 when a report was recorded of a widow and her son who had driven pins into the image of a man. The woman was taken to the London Bridge and drowned while her son escaped.
	www.havasuchamber.com /lbridge.htm (1529 words)

	Lake Havasu City Convention & Visitors Bureau • Arizona
		The first "London Bridge" was built by the Romans in 43 A.D. They built a temporary pontoon bridge which was planks laid across a row of anchored boats, or they may have used ferry boats.
		The next record of a bridge was 984 when a report was recorded of a widow and her son who had driven pins into the image of a man. The woman, who was thought to be a witch, was taken to the London Bridge and drowned while her son escaped.
		This bridge would have to be quite different from the previous London Bridge as the old prints were for horse drawn carriages.
	www.golakehavasu.com /londonbridge.html (1183 words)

	London Bridge is tourist bait in Lake Havasu City, Arizona
		In the late '60s, the London Bridge was sinking into the clay of London, England's Thames River.
		He and a buddy purchased the falling down bridge for $2.4 million.
		For the next three years, workers disassembled the bridge in London, then flew its bricks to America where they were hauled to then-tiny Lake Havasu City where they were reassembled over a newly dug out lagoon alongside Lake Havasu.
	www.outwestnewspaper.com /london.html (350 words)

	London Bridge is falling down … falling down … - The Oregon Catalyst
		London Bridge is falling down … falling down … - The Oregon Catalyst
		The "Bridge to Nowhere," became such a symbol of federal spending excess that polls found that more Americans knew about the bridge than knew the name of their local congressman.
		Originally, the bridge to nowhere project was an earmark in the federal highway bill, but taxpayer outcry across the country forced an embarrassed Congress to pull the earmark.
	www.oregoncatalyst.com /index.php?/archives/203-London-Bridge-is-falling-down-falling-down.html (612 words)

	The London Bridge Museum & Educational Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		William Rufus levied a tax for building a permanent stone bridge and in the reign of Henry II work commenced under the direction of Peter de Colechurch.
		The present version of the song "London Bridge is Falling Down - My Fair Lady " though based on the old Norse saga, was composed in the 13th century when the unpopular Queen Eleanor was given the tolls from the bridge as a present from her husband, Henry III, in 1269.
		The bridge finally returned to the control of the City of London in 1281, but that winter with heavy ice pushing against the bridge, the ill-maintained structure suffered severe damage with five arches collapsing into the water, and a temporary timber bridge had to be built for that part.
	www.oldlondonbridge.com /earlymediaeval.shtml (435 words)

	Travel - London Bridge is Falling Down In Lake Havasu? \| Best Syndication
		In 1962, after standing for over 130 years, the bridge which was originally located in London, was really falling down, just like in the nursery rhyme.
		But the bridge was rebuilt stone by stone and upon its completion, was officially dedicated in the town on October 10, 1971, where it still stands.
		Nuzzled underneath the City of Lake Havasu’s London Bridge is the ‘English Village’.
	www.bestsyndication.com /?q=092106-london-bridge-lake-havasu-arizona-travel-plan.htm (521 words)

	A brief history of London Bridge.
		In the centre of the bridge was placed a church, by the side of the roadway, built upwards from the base of the supporting pier.
		Apart from widening of the roadway in the eighteenth century, the bridge remained unaltered until work was started on a new one in 1825, over 600 years since the building of this one.
		Once again, the old bridge was left standing while work was in progress, after a few alterations to some of the arches to allow water flow not to hinder the operation.
	barryoneoff.co.uk /html/london_bridge.html (1695 words)

	London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
		London Bridge crosses a narrow boating channel that connects with Thompson Bay on the Arizona side of Lake Havasu.
		Prior to the arrival of London Bridge, the land upon which the bridge was placed was a peninsula.
		Once you walk west under the bridge, you'll see a concrete walkway ramp which leads up to the London Bridge visitors' center where there are some historical photos and other information about the bridge and other attractions and points of interest within about a 100-mile radius of Lake Havasu City.
	www.roadtripamerica.com /places/havasu.htm (424 words)

	London Bridge
		This nursery rhyme dates back to at least the 17th century and may be as old as the burning of London Bridge in 1013.
		The London Bridge built in 1831 was dismantled and reassembled in Lake Havasu City, Az, in 1971.
		The child who was part of the bridge joins the line and the game continues.
	www.pawls.lib.ms.us /london_bridge.htm (272 words)

	Vanguard - Bus Stop Parliament : London bridge is falling down
		The fact is that London is part of the United Kingdom which we know as Britain and Britain is right now hosting a meeting of the Group of Eight most industrialised nations in the world.
		These countries control the World Bank and IMF and they are the owners of the Paris and London clubs of creditors which use heavy debts to impoverish Third World countries.
		The other day my children were singing London bridge is falling down, falling down...’ London bridge is supposed to be strong and solid, so if it’s falling, something must be wrong somewhere.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/features/parliament/bsp13072005.html (993 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / London Bridge Is Falling Down
		The bridge was designed as a companion to London’s other engineering marvels of the recent turn of the century: the London Eye (the huge Ferris wheel whose opening kept being postponed), the River of Fire (which failed to ignite at midnight on New Year’s Eve), and the Millennium Dome (which is merely highly unpopular).
		Within 72 hours, the bridge was closed and its builders were on the defensive.
		The bridge designer must build on centuries of accumulated experience about what can go wrong with such structures in a thousand big and little ways, and when he decides to innovate, he can only extrapolate from that experience and calculate and hope.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/2000/6/2000_6_19_print.shtml (1341 words)

	Warphead.com - London Bridge is Falling Down - ugly truth - Creepy News & Urban Legends
		The nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down, most popular with playgroup originated after the Great Fire of London in 1665 (or 1666 can't remember exactly which one) because London Bridge fell down during the fire.
		London Bridge wasn't touched in the great fire of london, the fire in 1633 cleared most of the buildings and the fire only got half way accross and didn't really damage it
		The song is actually far older than that, I believe I read somewhere it's adapted from a song about the Vikings tearing down London Bridge.
	www.warphead.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=810 (291 words)

	Plum Crazy: London Bridge Is Falling Down
		Well the tower bridge is "a" London bridge, just not the London bridge.
		But your rihgt about the London bridge not very sceneic, bet that's why it's in AZ now.
		The way I heard the story, the Arizonans who bought London Bridge did so thinking that it was actually Tower Bridge (guess they'd seen some pictures of Tower Bridge).
	www.houseofplum.com /plumcrazy/archives/001208.html (127 words)

	London Bridge is Falling Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Big pieces of ice hit the arches and knocked some of them down, along with the shops and the houses.
		And today, even though there's a new London Bridge, children from all over the world probably still play and sing the song "London Bridge Is Falling Down"
		London Bridge: An Enrichment Unit for Grade 1
	perrynet.sparcc.org /webunits/Gifted/LondonBridge/4.html (85 words)

	London Bridge is Falling Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Most noticeably, it relates to the a lot of difficulties experienced in bridging the River Thames: London's previous bridges did certainly "wash away" before a bridge built of "stone so strong" was constructed.
		It has been suggested that the "fair lady" who is "locked up" is a allusion to an old practice of burying a deceased virgin in the foundations of the bridge to make sure its strength through supernatural means, though this more believably refers to Queen Eleanor.
		In 1013, London Bridge was burned down by King Ethelred and his Norwegian ally Olaf Haraldsson in a bid to split the invading armed forces of the Danish king Svein Haraldsson.
	www.nursery-rhymes.org /nursery-rhymes/london-bridge-is-falling-down.html (254 words)

	London Bridge is falling down ..but not the prices.
		London Bridge is falling down..but not the prices.
		The difference being that my son was indeed a terrorist...at the age of 2 or 3.
		My aunt is pretty sharp..however they had done it..convinced her that the Brazilian boy, Charles de Menezes, was shot..because he had done something suspicious.
	www.opednews.com /articles/opedne_hamish_060725_london_bridge_is_fal.htm (837 words)

	London Bridge is Falling Down - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is not a direct reference to the children's rhyme, rather to a sex position of same name.
		In the 1960s, the tune of London Bridge was used as a series of jingles for BBC Radio 1, produced by PAMS.
		Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun - A Korean nursery rhyme, similar to London Bridge is Falling Down
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_Bridge_is_Falling_Down (724 words)

	YouTube - London Bridge is Falling Down
		Soca Warriors - London Bridge is Falling Down
		New Year's Eve 2006 "London Bridge Is Falling Down"
		Timothy Lam -- London bridge is falling down
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	London Bridge Is Falling Down Again - FIFA World Cup 2006 - England World Cup Team Blog
		London Bridge Is Falling Down Again - FIFA World Cup 2006 - England World Cup Team Blog
		Wayne Bridge has found a new way to be injured: getting into a fight at 2am at a party of Chelsea and Arsenal players.
		The injuries aren’t serious and Bridge should heal in time to get injured again some other way before the start of the World Cup.
	england.worldcupblog.org /1/london-bridge-is-falling-down-again.html (249 words)

	Holistic view on IT : Weblog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		I repeated the falling down so it would be clear that I'm talking about the nursery song.
		I hope I didn't scare anyone but, this song was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw this news.
		Even with a technnical guy in front, Windows was the Software equivalent of the Tower of Pizza, very famous but falling anyway.
	jroller.com /page/jaimec?entry=london_bridge_is_falling_down (232 words)

	Power Line: London Bridge is falling down?
		The city bought it and it was moved there and rebuilt and is in use to this day." According to this account, the bridge reopened for business in Lake Havusu City in 1971.
		He writes: "The London Bridge which was reerected at Lake Havasu is the 19th-century successor to the mediaeval bridge about which the nursery rhyme was originally made, and which was demolished in the 1830s because continual reinforcements to its piers, made over the previous 600 years, were blocking river traffic." Mr.
		Arthurs is the author of a "very brief article that appeared in the Journal of the London Society in autumn 2004, about 'London Bridges on the World Wide Web.'" He attaches a PDF copy of the article to his message, but I don't know how to link to it.
	powerlineblog.com /archives/013394.php (336 words)

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