Katharine Goodson, born in Watford in 1875 , and known to her family as ‘Kaigee’, was an English pianist who ...
These are photos mainly taken by Jim Dunbar, Assistant Secretary of MCC, and published in his son David Dunbar’s book ...
BEGINNINGS IN LODGE ROAD IN THE 1980s Michael Tanna opened his shop at 10 Lodge Road in 1980. He took the ...
Marie-Louise Motesiczky 1906-1996 Artist Marie-Louise Motesiczky was born in Vienna in 1906 and studied and practised painting. She came to England ...
His career Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862 – 1931) was a British painter , exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1884. He was ...
The London Ambulance Service appeal and May Greenup In March 1939 the Government appealed to all women to volunteer for full ...
Springfield Road Like my brothers and sister before me, I was born at the Avenue Clinic in Avenue Road near Regents ...
According to Stella Margetson in her short history of St John’s Wood which she titled “Abode of Love and the ...
Solomon Cutner CBE (1902 -1988) Known professionally as Solomon, he was a child prodigy who gave his first concert in 1912 ...
Solomon Cutner CBE (1902 -1988 ) He was known professionally as Solomon and was a child prodigy. He gave his first ...
The suffragists of 1866 Women’s suffrage societies – groups who campaigned for the right to vote – began to emerge in ...
My parents lived in London, on Albert Street, I believe, before the War. My Dad joined the RAF and my ...
Marc de Leval was born in Charneux, Belgium in 1941. He trained as a surgeon, specialising in cardiac surgery at ...
Acacia Road, Duff House Bernard Miles (1907-1991) 48 Avenue Road (basement flat) Ronnie Corbett (1930-2016) 13 Clifton Hill in ...
Abbey Road 1 John MacWhirter (1839-1911) landscape artist Abercorn Place 36a Charlotte Halliday (1935 – ) Architectural painter Acacia Road Thomas Shotter ...
Scavenger's cart in Victorian London with little ladder planted against the wheel
The schools revisit the Cartoon Museum to see the historical caricatures and the temporary exhibition on comic strips.
Girlhood The daughter of racehorse trainer Harry Chisholm, who was a descendant of a family who had helped settle and explore ...
Sir Charles Gray (1942 -2022) was the leading libel lawyer of his generation, who as a barrister won the largest ...
(Nicholas )Harold Lloyd Ridley was a surgeon at both St Thomas’ and Moorfields Eye Hospital specialising in ophthalmology. During WW2, Ridley ...
The Right Honorable Sir John Major, was a British Conservative politician who, following Margaret Thatcher, served as Prime Minister from ...
Oswald Birley was born in New Zealand while his parents were travelling on a world tour and his father became ...
Leave Swiss Cottage station at Barclays Bank exit and you will see the Odeon cinema which was built by Oscar Deutsch, ...
St John’s Wood Art School The school had modest beginnings in Elm Tree Road where in 1878 the Eyre estate granted ...