Bert Hardy, 1913 - 1995, photographer, born and grew up in The Priory. "The man behind the camera".
London Borough of Southwark
Voted by the People
SE1, Webber Street, The Priory
The building is dated 1893 and presumably was named after Blackfriars Priory even though that was on the other side of the river.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bert Hardy
Documentary and press photographer known for his work published in 'Picture P...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bert Hardy
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropo...
The Telegraph: "That November farewell, given in aid of a Polish charity, came at the end of a difficult six-month British sojourn, whi...
The “fireman” on a steam train was the man who stoked the engine. You’ve seen him in cowboy films, furiously shovelling coal into the fir...
We discovered early in our researches that these were the premises of Longman's ship binding works. We then tried and failed to learn the...
Unveiled as part of Westminster's 50th anniversary commemorations marking the end of World War II. The plant-screened section of the te...
This building, by Higgs and Hill, is basically a rather massive office block but it has some lovely carved reliefs of firemen doing what ...
The palace of Westminster has been the home of Parliament since a meeting there in 1295. It split into two "houses" in 1341 but, having been built as a royal residence, the palace had no suitable m...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
This photo shows Bob on James Bowen's shoulders at the Angel station.
Betty Westgate MBE, 1919 - 2000, a pioneer and campaigner for breast cancer support and education. Founded Breast Cancer Care from this h...
Former Cruiser in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
