Media    From 1843 

Christmas cards

Categories: Community / Clubs

The first card was designed by John Horsley. The Mail has some pictures of early Christmas cards.

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Christmas cards

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Sir Henry Cole - NW3

Sir Henry Cole lived here 1879 - 1880. He originated the custom of sending Ch...

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Bow Library

Bow Library

One of many public libraries founded by John Passmore Edwards.  Designed by S. B. Russell, it is a Grade II listed building and features the ornate 'Macullum' clock, which is named after a local ph...

Building, Community / Clubs

2 memorials
Charles A Muller

Charles A Muller

Chairman of the Anglo-Argentine Society in 1991.

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Doctor Innes Pearse

Doctor Innes Pearse

Medical practitioner and biologist. Born Innes Hope Pearse in Purley, Surrey. She worked on thyroid research at the Royal Free Hospital, with George Scott Williamson who she later married. Together...

Person, Community / Clubs, Medicine

1 memorial
Station Hotel, Richmond

Station Hotel, Richmond

This 1893 map (extract here) shows the Station Hotel (P.H.) opposite the station but with no building behind. By 1933 this map show the PH building extending all the way back to Parkshot. The Crawd...

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Music / songs

1 memorial
Mothers Arms

Mothers Arms

A day nursery set up by Sylvia Pankhurst's suffragettes, giving mothers of working age the opportunity to go out and earn money. It occupied the former Gunmakers Arms public house.  This photo, tak...

Place, Community / Clubs, Philanthropy

1 memorial

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English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...

Group, Architecture, History, Property

417 memorials
Arsenal Football Club

Arsenal Football Club

Founded by munitions workers in Woolwich, under the name 'Dial Square'. This was the name of the Royal Arsenal complex where they worked, and also explains the team's nickname of 'The Gunners'. The...

Group, Sport / Games

9 memorials