Documentary and press photographer known for his work published in 'Picture Post' 1941-57. Born and grew up in Priory Buildings. Photo Histories says Bert was "the first of seven children to carpenter Albert ‘Seagull’ Hardy and Blanche, his charlady wife. The family home consisted of two small rooms at the top of Priory Buildings ... where they slept at night packed like sardines into one double bed."
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Bert Hardy
Bert Hardy, 1913 - 1995, photographer, born and grew up in The Priory. "The ...
Born in London, apprenticed to a bookseller aged fourteen. With experience of a number of firms he set up his own publishing business. 1858 launched The Bookseller. 1869 published the first issue o...
A local newspaper in South London and Kent, once owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Born Northumberland. Journalist and broadcaster for the BBC, known for her work as a war correspondent.
Probably born Tenterden, Kent. Printer, in 1474, producing the first book printed in English "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye". Died Westminster.
We can find no reference to this group at all but they existed in 1995.
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
The East London Advertiser, 22 December 2008, published an article on this tragedy where 7 lives were lost, which we summarise here. Alice Denman, 27, and her 6 children lived in the upper floors ...
Made of beaten copper. War-damaged in 1944 it was restored and re-erected in 1950.
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