Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Westminster 1943 - his death. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1946. His twin, Basil, was a monk.
The photo shows him in 1953.
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Bernard William Griffin
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Cardinal Griffin foundation stone
This stone was laid by His Eminence Cardinal Griffin Archbishop of Westminste...
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St Marys, Haggerston
Built by John Nash in the Gothic style with a tall tower. Destroyed by WW2 bombs and the site made into a playground.
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St Matthews Friday Street
Friday Street used to extend much further north, meeting Cheapside just to the east of Gutter Lane. At this northern end its route has been approximately followed by the north-south shopping mall t...
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Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road
The church moved here at the end of the 19th century from a Knightsbridge site, where the French Embassy now is. The British Library have a wonderful zoomable street-scape showing Knightsbridge w...
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Rt. Rev. Graham Douglas Leonard, KCVO, Bishop of London
Graham Douglas Leonard was born on 8 May 1921, the son of Douglas Leonard (1883-1973) and Emily Mabel Leonard née Cheshire (1885-1962). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1921 in the Gr...
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Southbank Centre
Arts centre. Oversees the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Saison Poetry Library, and the Arts Council Collection.
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J. Lyons & Co.
2019: We read the splendid Legacy by Thomas Harding published by Heinemann, a history of the family that built the J. Lyons empire. Below are our notes from that reading (augmented by the Oxford Ho...
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World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
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Alhambra Theatre
The image shows the old theatre, the Charing Cross Road facade and bottom, the Leicester Square facade, now the Odeon cinema.
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Cardinal Griffin School / Blessed John Roche Catholic School
British History Online provides: The school was designed by David Stokes and was constructed 1950-2. The buildings were placed on the northern half of the site and the southern half was landscaped....
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