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The Round School

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Kew fountain for Queen Victoria

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This building was designed by Decimus Burton and opened in 1857, exactly 20 years into Queen Victoria's long reign. It is (2023) known as the 'Gene...

Parish Clerks' Hall - first

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The plaque is just visible in our photo, on the dark wall, to the left of the corner, just below the leaves.

Len Murray

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Lived in Loughton  from 1954, and lived here with his family 1967-2004, his death.

Royal Masonic Hospital Nurses' Home

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In 1916 the Freemasons' War Hospital took over the former premises of the Chelsea Hospital for Women on the Fulham Road. At the end of the war it b...

St Pancras Way bridge - foundation stone

NW1

We are grateful to Andy Bye for bringing this difficult-to-see plaque to our attention. Transcribing the text was not too hard but understanding w...

Dockers statue

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The sculpture depicts dockers at work as goods are moved from a hoist to a sack barrow. The three figures are modelled on real people - John Ringwo...

Peggy Temple tree

E9

Israel Renson

E9

National Gallery - Anrep mosaics - Virtues

WC2

See National Gallery - Anrep mosaics - Muses for general information about these mosaic floors. The 1954 'Modern Virtues' is in a style very diffe...