Subject Types

Concept

Family allowances

Pioneered by Eleanor Rathbone, specified in the 1942 Beveridge Report, Family Allowances were introduced in a 1945 Act of Parliament and came into operation in 1946. It was the first time that a f...

Concept, Social Welfare

1 memorial

Lawn tennis

Invented, developed and patented by Wingfield. The Wimbledon championships began in 1877 and are the world's oldest tennis tournament.

Concept, Sport / Games

1 memorial

Equitable Life, the world's oldest mutual insurer, started business in 1762 in the parsonage of St Nicholas Acons in Nicholas Lane. It pioneered scientific life assurance by basing premiums on age ...

Concept, Commerce, Science

1 memorial

Space Invaders

Computer game.

Concept, Sport / Games

1 memorial

Binney Memorial Awards

To honour Captain Binney's courageous act fellow officers and other friends founded the Binney Memorial Awards for civilians of the City and Metropolitan areas of London who, in the face of great d...

Concept, Other