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Caldedonian Sleeper

Categories: Transport

Countries: Scotland

From the website: "Travel in comfort Between Scotland and London, allowing you to arrive refreshed  The Caledonian Sleeper is the most civilised way to travel between Scotland and London, allowing you to arrive refreshed at your destination of choice following your overnight journey."

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Caldedonian Sleeper

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Jellicoe Express

From Railscot: 19 of these plaques have been installed at: Euston, Crewe, Pre...

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Waterloo and City Railway

Waterloo and City Railway

A shuttle service between Waterloo and Bank (previously 'City') stations designed for commuters.  View from the Mirror has a very good post on this line. Londonist have a good succinct history of ...

Building, Transport

1 memorial
Thames watermen

Thames watermen

From the earliest days until the mid-18th century the Thames was the preferred route for travelling east-west across London, and a barrier which had to be crossed by boat to travel north-south.  By...

Group, Transport

1 memorial
Spa Road Station

Spa Road Station

A terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway, London's first railway. The original station was badly located and had a very narrow platform. Passengers were supposed to queue on the steps outside...

Building, Transport

2 memorials
Lighthouse Automation Programme

Lighthouse Automation Programme

The conversion to automatic operation of all the lighthouses and light vessels. The last one to be done (perfectly timed to occur on Trafalgar Day) was North Foreland Light in Kent. For the 400 yea...

Event, Engineering, Transport

1 memorial

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Sir Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness

Actor. Born at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, as Alec Guinness de Cuffe. He first came to prominence in the Ealing comedy films, particularly 'The Ladykillers' and 'Kin...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre

3 memorials
St Mary Bothaw

St Mary Bothaw

'Bothaw' derived from 'boathouse', which makes sense when you remember that before the Embankment was built the Thames used be be a lot closer.  In existence by 1279, it was destroyed in the Great ...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
George Claydon

George Claydon

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 14. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Children, Tragedy

1 memorial
Thomas Blanky

Thomas Blanky

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial