We really have no idea who or what Mac was.
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Ivan Tarassenko
Ivan Tarassenko was born on 14 October 1962. He died, aged 25 years, on 18 November 1987 in the King's Cross Underground Station fire. The subsequent fire investigation report described his occupa...
Frederick Parslow, VC
Born Islington. Mercantile marine, Captain of the SS Anglo-Californian. Died in a German submarine attack off the Irish coast. His son, also Frederick, who was on the ship as the second mate, took...
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Thomas Faryner and his shop
Born 1615-6, Thomas Faryner (or Farriner) joined the Baker's Company in 1637, and by 1649 had his own bakery/shop/home on Pudding Lane. It seems that someone failed properly to extinguish a fire in...
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarist and songwriter. Born Washington, USA. View from the Mirror has done a wonderful job plotting Hendrix's London, with lots of pictures including ones we had not seen before taken on the da...
Burtons Menswear
Clothing manufacturer and retailer. Montague Burton (1885 - 1952) was raised as Meshe David Osinsky,and emigrated from what is now Lithuania to England in 1900. He set up a business making and sell...
Christ Church WW1 memorial - Hampstead
NW3, Hampstead Square, Christ Church
The lower section of the cross is inscribed with a list of 18 names. There is no heading but we think "WW1" is a fair guess, confirmed by...
18 subjects commemorated
Stainer Street Arch Bombing
300 people were sheltering during an air raid under this arch. 68 died and 175 were injured. Many were killed by the 10 tonne steel doors that were at each end of the shelter. It is said that so...
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