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The Marigold - birthday flower for the month of October
It is because I love you so, I turn to watch you as you go.
Reginald Frontispiece Ltd
On leaving school in 1960, I worked in Fleet Street, in press photography. My interest in the printed image expanded to include vintage and antique prints. What was a collection became a business!
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Montagu House makes way for the new British Museum
The old and new museum appear in the illustration.
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'Fritz' Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia in uniform
He was destined to wait 27 years until achieving his inheritance as German Emperor and King of Prussia
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Open House Weekend 2019 has ended
The 'Friends' sold book and postcards, Frontispiece Ltd exhibited images of shipbuilding at Millwall in the the mid nineteenth century.
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It is 'Open House' this weekend and the Friends of Island History Trust will be exhibiting at 'The Forge'
You will be able to take a look inside the magnificent 19th century Forge, formerly a part of Millwall Ironworks
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Chocolate and champagne to celebrate new English Channel swimming record
All attempts have been inspired by an Englishman, Captain Matthew Webb, who was the first person to swim the English Channel in 1875.
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The miners' strike of 1893: Lock-out, strike, and government intervention
Following the reading of the Riot Act by a local magistrate, and the failure of the crowd to disperse, the troops were ordered to open fire.
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The City of London Livery Halls walk 2019
Many of the halls visited have their history in medieval England.
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Nansen's 'Fram Expedition' to reach the North Pole
"I am awfully glad to see you": The meeting of Mr Jackson and Dr. Nansen in Franz Joseph Land."
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Tomorrow's Livery Halls walk in the City of London
We hope to raise thousands of pounds for the Lord Mayor's Appeal.
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HMS Queen is broken up at Rotherhithe, on the River Thames
One of those who had 'served' on the vessel did not die until 2004.
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Jamrach's Wild Beast Emporium, Wapping
The expansion of the British Empire led to an increasing interest in far flung lands and the animals that inhabited them.