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  • The Cartoon Museum Quiz and Treasure Hunt

    The Cartoon Museum Quiz and Treasure Hunt

    A downloadable museum trail for use in the Cartoon Museum about historical caricatures
  • The Household Cavalry Museum Museum Trail

    The Household Cavalry Museum Museum Trail

    A downloadable museum trail for use in the Household Cavalry Museum paying particular attention to displays relating to the Battle of Waterloo
  • Early post - war memories of Barrow Hill School

    Early post - war memories of Barrow Hill School

    As we lived in Grove End Road, we were a little on the margins of St John’s Wood. However, I ...
  • Play in a Day: an unlikely mix of musical theatre and military strategy

    Play in a Day: an unlikely mix of musical theatre and military strategy

    MOD Theatre Productions visited each of our three participating schools to develop a musical play based on Samuel Godley’s life ...
  • Join us for the unveiling of the restored gravestone

    Join us for the unveiling of the restored gravestone

    After a long month wondering whether anyone from the local community would oppose our endeavour to repair Samuel Godley’s gravestone, ...
  • Schools visit the Westminster Archives and the Household Cavalry Museum

    Schools visit the Westminster Archives and the Household Cavalry Museum

    Year 5 classes from Barrow Hill Junior School, Westminster Cathedral Roman Catholic Primary School, and Saint Saviour’s Church of England Primary School ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Bridge

    Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Bridge

    The bridge was originally to be known as the Strand Bridge when John Rennie drew the plans in 1809. However, ...
  • Lord's Court - the building that never was

    Lord's Court - the building that never was

    St John’s Wood had become a prime area for luxury flat developments in the mid 1930s and many of the ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: Joanna Southcott's Papers

    Unearthing Treasures: Joanna Southcott's Papers

    In St John’s Wood Burial Ground, not far from Samuel Godley’s grave, lies Joanna Southcott. Joanna Southcott, a mad prophetess, spent the ...
  • The volunteers visit the National Army Museum

    The volunteers visit the National Army Museum

    The volunteers visited the National Army Museum for a training session on the Siborne Model and the source letters used to ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: Hyde Park Celebrations of 1814

    Unearthing Treasures: Hyde Park Celebrations of 1814

      Following the victories of the Peninsular Wars, Londoners celebrated, but their merriment would be short lived, because the excesses of ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Banquet, Apsley House

    Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Banquet, Apsley House

    The Waterloo Banquet took place every year starting in 1820 until the Duke of Wellington’s death in 1852. The celebration ...
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