LifestyleThis week in London: Docklands bombed by the IRAAmy Ashenden|Toby Earle13 February 2016It was the week that saw firefighters purposely torch houses in Kilburn in 1938, and an IRA bomb end a 17-month-long ceasefire in 1996.A year before the outbreak of the Second World War, the London Fire Brigade deliberately set fire to homes that would later by subjected to the blitz.It was an effort to solve a rat problem - and it was successful.Some 60 years later, a 17-month ceasefire was ended when the IRA bombed the Docklands. The force was felt at Canary Wharf and caused £150 million in property damage.Read MoreWhat jeans should we be wearing now? Should you try peptide stacking, and can it help you lose weight?The philosopher who says big tech has got superintelligence wrong SponsoredThe best destinations and activities to book this winterThis week in London trawls the archives to bring you the key events that have taken place in the capital during the past century.London Live's Toby Earle takes a look back at some of the highlights from the second week of February.He finishes with a chaotic Ikea store opening that attracted unexpectedly large crowd in Edmonton.MORE ABOUTDocklandsedmonton
