The flag ship, the largest of 3 ships, in which Columbus discovered America. It was a 'caravel' a particular type of sailing ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries. Our picture shows a replica.
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Santa Maria, ship
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Sante Maria weather vane
Made of beaten copper. War-damaged in 1944 it was restored and re-erected in...
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Great Eastern Street
Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.
1 memorial
3 memorials
2 memorials
Royal Mail
Before the 2012 Olympics started the Royal Mail committed to turn a red post box gold for each British Gold medal, Olympic and Paralympic. In the event this meant that over 100 boxes turned colour...
14 memorials
Gunner Frederick George Gatward
Frederick George Gatward was born on 20 March 1890 in Bromley-by-Bow, London, the eldest of the eight children of George Frederick Gatward (1868-1922) and Sarah Gatward née Impey (1872-1943). His b...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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