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Poppy, the name flower for August
Surprisingly, the name flower for August is the poppy.
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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Lancaster from the Moor in 1868
The castle that now dominates the city was erected on the site of the Roman fort in the 13th century and later enlarged by Queen Elizabeth I.
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Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach both magnetic poles
In 1928 Amundsen lost his life in an attempt to rescue the crew of a dirigible that had crashed near Spitsbergen, Norway.
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The 'Circle Line' - vignettes of its construction published in 1867
Not until 1949 did the Circle line appeared as a separate line, with its distinctive yellow colour, on Harry Beck's iconic 'Diagram of Lines and Station Index.'
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The Duke of Wellington lays the first stone of the Waterloo Barracks
The first stone of the Waterloo Barracks was laid by Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington.
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Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo today in 1815
The phrase "meeting his Waterloo" is in reference to the crushing defeat of Bonaparte.
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London's first flyover under construction in 1867
No longer was horse-drawn traffic travelling from the West End to the City of London forced to descend to a lower level crossing and then ascend again at the other side.
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Poplar born twin brothers at the D-Day landings, 1944!
Both brothers did in fact survive the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.
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Harry Beck, the 'tube map man,' was born on this day in 1902
Today, original examples of Beck's 1933 plan fetch in excess of £2000.
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Wellington's Column is unveiled in Liverpool in 1863
"Unveiling the Wellington Monument at Liverpool."
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Queen Victoria opening the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894
The Queen at Manchester: Her Majesty, in the Admiralty Yacht "Enchantress," Opening the Ship Canal.
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Queen Victoria opens the People's Palace, Mile End, in 1887
"From East End to West End - From Worst End to Best End," a phrase first penned by Renton Nicholson would be revived to raise awareness of the poverty endured by many east enders.