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heritagecalling.com
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| | | | | On this day one hundred years ago - 13 June 1917 - Upper North Street School, Poplar, London, was bombed in the first daylight air raid of the First World War. | |
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foblc.org.uk
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| | | | | Continuing our series on notable people buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, we here profile Edward Henry Windred (1875-1953) who was a renowned painter of racing pigeons in the 1920s and 1930s. In those days owners of prize winning pigeons often commissioned a painting of them to commemorate their victory. Windred was one of [...] | |
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runner500.wordpress.com
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| | | | | At the time of the anniversary of evacuation Running Past, started to look at some of the preparations for war on the 'Home Front' with Lewisham children being evacuated to Kent then Surrey. We return now to some of the preparations that were made to try to keep the civilian population that remained in Lewisham... | |
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architectsforsocialhousing.co.uk
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| | | Between 1946 and 1948, in response to the loss of housing during the Blitz and the return of demobilised servicemen and women, 156,623 pre-fabricated homes were built across the UK. Excalibur estate in Catford, comprised of 178 bungalow homes, is one of these. Located in what is now Lewisham, the borough had suffered some of... | ||
