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S. G. Purkis

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S. G. Purkis

St Marylebone Borough Engineer and Surveyor in 1965.

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S. G. Purkis

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Marylebone's first car park

Borough of St Marylebone This stone commemorates the building of the first mu...

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Sir Joseph Whitworth

Sir Joseph Whitworth

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Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia

Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia

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Jan F. Groll

Jan F. Groll

From Colonial Spectacles “John (or Jan) F. Groll was an architect and engineer.  After completing his studies in Delft, he worked for the department of public works in British India….”  We can't fi...

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World's first cash machine

World's first cash machine

In spite of the plaque's claim, there is evidence of a cash dispensing machine being used in Tokyo in 1966. The invention of the British version has been credited to John Shepherd-Barron of the pri...

Event, Commerce, Engineering

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Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson

Railway and civil engineer.  Born near Newcastle upon Tyne.  Son of George Stephenson who built "the Rocket" locomotive in 1827. Robert was Chief Engineer of the London to Birmingham Railway which ...

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Charles Heathcote

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Dame Sybil Thorndike

Dame Sybil Thorndike

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Chelsea Temperance Society

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Duchess of Westminster

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As Katherine Caroline Cavendish she married the soon to be Duke of Westminster, when she was 24 and younger than her new husband's eldest son and two of his daughters, all by his first marriage.

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League of Nations

League of Nations

Founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. At its height, it had 58 member states. Although achieving much in its early years, it was unable to prevent the aggress...

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1 memorial