Health
Seacole memorial a step closer - The Times THE target of raising £475,000 for a memorial to Mary Seacole, the Jamaican Crimean War nurse, is to be substantially reduced after St Thomas’ Hospital in London recently promised to provide a site on its grounds and the
History
When archaeology gets in the way - International Herald Tribune
History
BBC On This Day records the 20th anniversary of the funfair in Jubilee Gardens and fireworks on the Thames which marked the end of the Greater London Council.
History
Bill Clarke: Carrying his toolbag and wearing his flat cap, Bill Clarke, who has died aged 87, was a familiar figure in the fashionable salons of his hairdresser sons, Nicky and Michael. Plumbing, carpentry, electrical crises and painting and decorating were his brief. Dad was the person everybody called first.
History
Today the Bakerloo Line celebrates its centenary; services between Baker Street and Kennington Road (later renamed Westminster Bridge Road and now Lambeth North) commenced on 10 March 1906. A fascinating article on the history of Lambeth North station appeared in the Vauxhall Society newsletter a quarter of a century ago;
Architecture
Plans to bring the Skylon back to the South Bank may have come to nothing, but now you can see the Skylon in its original Festival of Britain location with Google Earth - details from Digitally Distributed Environments.
History
Thursday October 13, 1949 The Guardian Mr Attlee today laid the foundation-stone of the South Bank concert hall, the final concrete columns of which can already be seen rising from the foundations in the shelter of Waterloo Bridge. Beneath the stone, which the Prime Minister tapped with a ceremonial
History
...King George VI opens the Festival of Britain.
Arts & culture
A major exhibition devoted to Bankside-born Thomas Girtin and featuring SE1 in 1802 opens this week at Tate Britain.
History
The Museum of London's Archaeological Service has been digging on the south bank of the Thames near Tower Bridge as part of preparatory work for the new London Bridge City development.
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