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Dick Whitwell
A lifelong professional railwayman who within the Thameslink project team helped transform rail travel through the heart of central London.
Spitfire aircraft
From our Picture source: "Produced in greater numbers than any other British combat aircraft before or since the War, 20,341 Spitfires were built in 22 different variants (excluding the navalised S...
The Trafalgar Way
The route used to carry news of the Battle of Trafalgar overland from Falmouth to the Admiralty in Whitehall. At the 21 stops to change horses, plaques similar to the one in Whitehall have been ere...
Harrow & Stanmore Railway
Our image shows the station building at Stanmore, renamed Stanmore Village. Dewi Williams has more photos of the building, in 1949. In 1882, nearby Bentley Priory, a stately home and deer park, wa...
Lance Corporal Charles Albert Still
Charles Albert Still was born on 26 April 1899 in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, a son of Harry Still (1865-1932) and Elizabeth Still née Charles (1859-1933). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter ...
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Parish Clerks Hall - third
EC2, Wood Street
The Hall was in Silver Street, which exists no more. it ran just south of London Wall, between Wood Street and Noble Street.
Muses - Erato
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Mary Hutchinson as Erato the muse of lyric poetry. Note the owl behind her.
V1 and V2 rockets
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
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