A.M.D.G. stands for Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God). It is the motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
"Tell Me It's Not True" is a song sung at the end of "Blood Brothers", a musical theatre production which had a 24-year run in the West E...
The plaque is masquerading as the the last window on the right. From the church's website: "The first Catholic church in Pimlico was in ...
We have found that the plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Greenwich, but there is no indication that Greenwich Council actually erected it.
D'Oyly Carte lived at 71 Russell Square, a residence behind the houses fronting onto Russell Square, accessed from Guilford Street. It ha...
The plaques are in the porch behind the pillars that you can see in our photo, Cubitt on the left, Prince of Wales on the right. The (20...
Not the style but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one on Lorne House, unveiled by the Princess of Wales the following y...
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidence that others wold be equally skilled at reading the results.
{Below a crown:} This plaque has been dedicated by the Pepys community in memory of David Ivan O'Hara, 1931 - 1992, who, in his last year...
The 1927 description of WW1 as 'the greater games overseas' seems strange to us today. 2021: We thank Clive Harris of the historical tea...
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