An international organisation with the purpose of bringing together business and professional people, to provide humanitarian service, goodwill and peace around the world. It was formed in Chicago by Paul P. Harris, Gustave Loehr, Sylvester Schiele and Hiram E. Shorey. It was called 'rotary', as meetings took place in rotation at members' places of business.
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Rotary International
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions...
This 1870 map shows that the land between Stoke Newington Common and Hackney Downs, to the east of where the railway was to be built, was entirely undeveloped and occupied by three large areas, eac...
Established to promote close and friendly relations between Brazil and Britain, and to increase British people's knowledge of Brazil and its culture.
Founder of Friern Barnet & District Local History Society. Lived in Friern Barnet between 1966 and 1995.
An art company, set up by Goldsmiths College graduates Patricio Forrester and Julian Sharples, with the aim of improving public spaces.
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