A local newspaper in South London and Kent, once owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Lewisham train disaster
In memory of those who lost their lives. Lewisham train disaster, 4th Decembe...
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Frost Fairs
There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...
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Edgar Wallace
Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich to an unmarried mother. Adopted by a Billingsgate fish porter and wife. Aged 18 joined the army medical...
Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Theatre
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Lydia Becker
President of NUWSS prior to Millicent Fawcett and campaigned for voting rights of unmarried women and widows. Also an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. Best remembered for ...
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Julius Salter Elias, Viscount Southwood
'Fairlight' in Wood Lane, Highgate, was built in 1908 for Julius Elias. who was the head of the publishing firm, Odhams Press, and later became Viscount Southwood. There is a book by R.J Minney, 'V...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
4 memorials
Nature
Scientific Journal published by Macmillan's. Created by Norman Lockyer to 'provide cultivated readers with an accessible forum for reading about advances in scientific knowledge' The journal's name...
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