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• 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

• The Sinews of War

  

  It may be best-known for its eighteenth-century collections and The Laughing Cavalier, but the Wallace Collection also has a fantastic armoury collection. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Forgotten Stories

  

  London's Royal Docks have changed drastically since the size of container ships meant that cargo traffic moved to Tilbury. They finally closed to commercial... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (30): Elizabeth Boxall

  

  When Elizabeth Boxall died, ultimately as the result of an injury sustained trying to stop a runaway horse, attention focused not upon her bravery but upon the... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Dinosaur Revival

  

  A few days ago, we heard the news that Crystal Palace's Victorian dinosaurs are to be repaired. Their Friends have produced an entertaining video to explain... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (29): PC Robert Wright

  

  ROBERT WRIGHT, POLICE CONSTABLE OF CROYDON, ENTERED A BURNING HOUSE TO SAVE A WOMAN KNOWING THAT THERE WAS PETROLEUM STORED IN THE CELLAR - AN EXPLOSION TOOK... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Poplar's Festival Estate

  

  The Lansbury Estate in Poplar was designed both as a place to live and as an exhibit in the 1951 Festival of Britain. After the bombing damage of the Second... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY

• Postman's Park (28): William Drake

  

  Hyde Park was long a fashionable place for horse and carriage rides. At the same time, it is surrounded by busy roads, including Park Lane. This was the scene... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2015 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY