Forgive us, we've used this page as somewhere to hold the picture of the memorial in its original 1920 location.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
men of Great Northern Railway who gave their lives in WW1
Commemorated ati
King's Cross war memorial - 1. pre-renovations
There are 937 names, listed alphabetically (with a few out of sequence) in 11...
King's Cross War memorial - 2. temporary
{On the broken piece of stone to the upper right:} King's Cross Station conco...
King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations
{On the left side of the rusty information panel:} The war memorial at King’s...
Other Subjects
Kindertransport
10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939. This was organised mainly by World Jewish Relief, but many Quakers helped the children at stations on the jo...
Event, Children, Transport, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland
London steam carriage
Londonist have a piece on this early manifestation of the car and steam locomotive, rolled into one.
Underground Electric Railways of London
The fore-runner of the London Underground system. The London Electric Railways Company (1910-33) was a subsidiary of UERL and managed the deep-level companies: the Baker Street and Waterloo Railwa...
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...
Bawley fishing boat
Whitebait were caught by this type of craft in the River Thames, until 1950. The picture source website tells us that the Bawley is a variation of the 'smack' type of ship. The name "is probably de...
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Sarah Reid Anderson
The Wellcome Collection holds the Hospital's 1929 Annual Report which lists James Anderson and Mrs Anderson as 2 of the 7 Vice-Presidents. They are also listed as Life Governors, and subscribers al...
Southwark Cathedral - Shakespeare memorial
SE1, Cathedral Street, Southwark Cathedral
Carved into the panel behind the figure are images of the original Globe Theatre in Southwark, Winchester Palace and the tower of Southwa...
Charles Dickens - Cranleigh Street
NW1, Cranleigh Street, 22, Cranleigh Houses / Brook House
In Dickens' time it was called Johnson Street. His house was number 29 though it had apparently changed to number 13 when the library was...
Beehive foundation stone - Balls Pond Road
N1, Balls Pond Road
Our close-up picture is pretty good considering we were on the top deck of a bus at the time. The Victorian scrolls on the shop front ca...
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