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Orchard Place Bow Creek (City Island) the lost village of Tower Hamlets
"Training of Little Cockneys to be Cooks."
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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Revolutionary France created Departments on this day in 1790.
Following the French Revolution the old division of provinces seemed too closely associated with the ancien régime and, at the suggestion of the Count de Mirabeau, the 'provinces' were divided into départements.
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Launch of the steam-yacht Ross Winans, Millwall in 1866
The yacht was named after American multi-millionaire inventor, Ross Winans
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The 'Battle of Fishguard,' the last invasion of the British mainland in 1797
The brief campaign, from 22nd to 24th February 1797, resulted in the defeat and unconditional surrender of the invading French forces.
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The collapse of Chichester Cathedral
"It appeared not to fall over, but rather collapse like a concertina."
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On this day in 1893, Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard died
Born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, on May 28, 1818, G.T. Beauregard was destined to become one of the celebrated generals of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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The Suez Canal was 'un-officially opened' on this day in 1867!
The S.S. Dido, owned by Scottish merchant shipping company Anchor Line, passed through the Canal from South to North.
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"The New Railway Bridge Across the Thames to Cannon Street"
Cannon Street's name is derived from ‘candelwrichstrete’ or ‘street of candle makers’ it being in the City of London Ward of Candlewick.
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Westminster Bridge construction 1855
Thomas Page's modern Westminster Bridge was opened on Queen Victoria's 43rd birthday, 24 May 1862 at four in the morning, marking the day and hour of the Queen's birth.
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Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge was officially opened on this day in 1826
On its opening the 'Bangor Suspension Bridge' had the longest span of any bridge in the world.
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Peterborough Cathedral Central Tower replacement in the 1880's
Following the appearance of large cracks in the supporting pillars and arches of the main tower, the greater part of the tower was said to be in a "state of movement."
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London's Royal Exchange opened by Queen Elizabeth I in 1571
Originally an exchange for goods only, with no stock broking allowed, the first Royal Exchange was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666.