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• From Bric-a-Brac to Aquarium in Dinard

  

  In 1934, one of France's first aquariums opened in the seaside town of Dinard, Brittany. An upscale resort established in 1858, it was known for its stylish... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Crouch End Modernism: Hornsey Town Hall

  

  Hornsey Borough Council, eager to move from its original, outgrown home in Highgate, wanted to use land in Crouch End for its new town hall. (Bought in the... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (38): Died Saving Children from Fire

  

  Mr and Mrs Kennedy had a laundry at Edward's Lane, Stoke Newington Church Street. They and their children lived on the premises, made up of two small houses.... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Top Ten of 2015

  

  Happy new year! It's time to look back on the most popular posts of 2015 with a top ten of those published during the year, and a top five of all-time... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Blitz Remembered

  

  Tonight is the 75th anniversary of the 'Second Great Fire of London', an intense bombing raid on 29 December 1940 which seriously threatened St Paul's Cathedral. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (37): Samuel Lowdell

  

  Much about Samuel Lowdell's death follows a familiar pattern for the Watts Memorial cases, but there is also a rather odd feature.Lowdell was a 24-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Season's Greetings!

  

  Enjoy these images of festive Paris! Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Housing Westminster's Working Class

  

  Walk down Page Street, Pimlico, and it's hard to miss the striking buildings of the Grosvenor Estate. More surprising than their checkerboard facades is the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (36): Quicksand

  

  Arthur Strange was employed as a carman (delivery driver) by Whiteley’s in London, one of 6,000 employees of the department store which offered a delivery... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Down in Down Street

  

  The signage may say 'mini mart', but the ox-blood red tiling and distinctive half-moon windows shout 'Leslie Green-designed Underground station. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (35): Herbert Maconaghu

  

  One of the side-effects of Britain's activities in India was that the children of those who worked there often spent much of their childhood several continents... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Basilica's Bestiary

  

  The Basilica of Saint Denis in northern Paris, considered the first Gothic church, is most famous as the resting-place of France's kings and queens. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Centuries of Colour

  

  Around the corner from the Pompidou Centre, on the rue Rambuteau in the Marais district of Paris, is a small courtyard. At its far corner, an unassuming shop... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (34): Travel Deaths

  

  Even in the apparently more sedate days of travel by horse and steam, transport posed many dangers. We have already seen the deaths of Elizabeth Boxall and... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Inside Millennium Mills

  

  They loom over the Royal Victoria Dock, windows broken and paint faded: Millennium Mills, out of use since the 1980s, have been gently decaying for decades. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (33): River Lea

  

  Several drownings in the River Lea are recorded on the Watts Memorial: those of William Donald in 1876 and George Blencowe in 1880. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Chiswick Park Station

  

  A distinctive Charles Holden-designed Underground station, Chiswick Park has actually been around since 1879 when it was known as Acton Green. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (32): Thomas Griffin

  

  Garton Hill Co were sugar refiners who had moved production from Southampton to Battersea in 1882. Their products included a specialist brewing sugar, Garton'... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Ghost Signs (119): J&J Goddard

  

  J J Goddard's name stands out boldly, rising above the cluttered street-level signage around Goodge Street Station. It isn't strictly a ghost sign, since it's... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (31): Edward Morris

  

  One of the peculiarities of the Watts Memorial is that it only records the deeds of those who died as a result of heroic acts. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY