Opening of the Audley Square Garage / car park
This garage was erected by the Westminster City Council, architect Frank Risdon. In Summer 2009 an application for development was turned down.
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transportation to Australia
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
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Thomas Auton
Thomas Auton was born on 14 February 1864 in Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon, probably the fifth of the six children of John and Mary Ann Auton. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1864 in t...
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Bakerloo Line
London Underground line running from Elephant and Castle to Harrow and Wealdstone. It was originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway. Londonist have a good succinct history of this ...
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Baker Street and Waterloo Railway
Constructed by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, between Baker Street and Lambeth North, (then called Kennington Road). It was later extended to Elephant & Castle, and then t...
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Bank underground station
London Underground station. It has a very complicated layout with many exits/entrances. It is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines, as well as the Docklands Light Railway. ...
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Private John William Banner
John William Banner was born on 11 September 1880 at 49 Tyneside Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, the eldest of the four children of Charles Banner (1845-1918) and Margaret Ann ...
War dead, WW1
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Dr. Francis Alexander Barton
Co-pilot of the first British public airmail flight. He was a G.P. in Beckenham and had been obsessed with anything aeronautical from an early age. He was awarded a grant of £500 by the Alexandra P...
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Battersea Bridge
In 1771 a ferry was replaced with a wooden toll bridge designed (badly, apparently) by Henry Holland - shown in our image. The replacement bridge was begun in 1887 and opened in 1890.
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Nina Bawden
Writer of novels for adults and children, and late in life, campaigner for railway safety. Born Nina Mary Mabey in Ilford, Essex. As a child she was evacuated during the blitz, giving her memories...
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