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John Harris

John Harris

Clerk to Vestry and District Board of Works, Westminster, 1882.

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John Harris

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Caxton Hall - foundation stone

The Town Hall Westminster This foundation stone was laid March 29th 1882 by t...

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George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan

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General John Burgoyne

General John Burgoyne

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Richard Clarence Halse, Deputy

Richard Clarence Halse, Deputy

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Bromley old town hall - 1906

Bromley old town hall - 1906

The 1863 town hall was in the Market Square. In 1906 a new town hall was built in Tweedy Road, immediately south of South Street. Designed by R. Frank Atkinson (see Whiteley Village) and built by F...

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Sir Follett Holt, KBE

Sir Follett Holt, KBE

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Rotherhithe Tunnel

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Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ratcliff district of Limehouse. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, it was constructed using both a tunnelling 'shield' a...

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Mel Morris Jones

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Barbara Pym

Barbara Pym

Novelist. Born as Barbara Mary Crampton Pym in Oswestry, Shropshire. Lived in London: 1938-9, 1945-74. WW2 served in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Worked at the International African Institute i...

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett

Born 92 (then 90) Hope Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The "Five Towns" in his novels are based on this area, "the Potteries" as it was in his youth. Some would have called him a "champagne social...

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