West London History
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Love to share the wonderful history of West London (and often other parts of the city!)
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A group of women artists in West London were responsible for producing some of the most iconic posters campaigning for the right of women to vote. The Suffrage Atelier was based in Shepherds Bush.
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Please read and share widely - an article on the lack of plans to make Olympia Station fully accessible. Add your name to the petition www.disabilitynewsservice.com/failure-to-e...
Failure to ensure step-free access at station beside iconic venue, despite £1.3 billion redevelopment, ‘is humiliating and cruel’
The £1.3 billion redevelopment of an iconic cultural venue has failed to ensure step-free access at its neighbouring rail station, in a “slap in the face” to disabled visitors, staff and local resi…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Please read and share widely - an article on the lack of plans to make Olympia Station fully accessible. Add your name to the petition www.disabilitynewsservice.com/failure-to-e...
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That Trump has invited Europe's neo-fascist leaders plus Xi Jinping to his inauguration but not Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union president, tells you everything you need to know about what's coming. www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Who’s been invited? World’s far-right populists pack guest list for Trump’s inauguration
The U.S. president-elect lays down a clear ideological marker with his unusual invitees from across the globe.
www.politico.eu
January 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
That Trump has invited Europe's neo-fascist leaders plus Xi Jinping to his inauguration but not Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union president, tells you everything you need to know about what's coming. www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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January 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Please read and share widely - an article on the lack of plans to make Olympia Station fully accessible. Add your name to the petition www.disabilitynewsservice.com/failure-to-e...
Failure to ensure step-free access at station beside iconic venue, despite £1.3 billion redevelopment, ‘is humiliating and cruel’
The £1.3 billion redevelopment of an iconic cultural venue has failed to ensure step-free access at its neighbouring rail station, in a “slap in the face” to disabled visitors, staff and local resi…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Please read and share widely - an article on the lack of plans to make Olympia Station fully accessible. Add your name to the petition www.disabilitynewsservice.com/failure-to-e...
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This one is really more @westlondonhistory.bsky.social but I wanted to share it on her, because it is incredible footage. Shot on b/w video tape in the early 1970s. What is really fascinating are the older cars in the road.
youtu.be/Bs4O_7wFPMI?...
youtu.be/Bs4O_7wFPMI?...
Northolt to Southall (Early 1970's)
YouTube video by noreshric
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January 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This one is really more @westlondonhistory.bsky.social but I wanted to share it on her, because it is incredible footage. Shot on b/w video tape in the early 1970s. What is really fascinating are the older cars in the road.
youtu.be/Bs4O_7wFPMI?...
youtu.be/Bs4O_7wFPMI?...
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Disability activist Betty Vernall-Jones, Clapham, London, 1938: 'Solidarity is essential. ... [We aim] to make this movement a national campaign - not for charity, but for the common rights of citizens; the right to consideration, and the right to work.’ #disabilityhistory #disabilityhistorymonth
November 22, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Disability activist Betty Vernall-Jones, Clapham, London, 1938: 'Solidarity is essential. ... [We aim] to make this movement a national campaign - not for charity, but for the common rights of citizens; the right to consideration, and the right to work.’ #disabilityhistory #disabilityhistorymonth
Please sign and share our petition 🙏 www.change.org/p/give-olymp...
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Give Olympia Station a lift - make it accessible to all
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January 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Please sign and share our petition 🙏 www.change.org/p/give-olymp...
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It is New Years Eve in 1947 in London and hundreds of men and women are dancing in the Joint Forces Club on Wardour Street.
A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
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A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
Do RT
December 31, 2024 at 7:46 PM
It is New Years Eve in 1947 in London and hundreds of men and women are dancing in the Joint Forces Club on Wardour Street.
A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
Do RT
A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
Do RT
It is New Years Eve in 1947 in London and hundreds of men and women are dancing in the Joint Forces Club on Wardour Street.
A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
Do RT
A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
Do RT
December 31, 2024 at 7:46 PM
It is New Years Eve in 1947 in London and hundreds of men and women are dancing in the Joint Forces Club on Wardour Street.
A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
Do RT
A beautiful photograph capturing an extraordinary time - the first few years of peace as the world grappled with the immediate aftermath of WW2.
Do RT
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In the #ThamesBarrier Control Room for the #NewYearEve 2024 Night Shift.
Small improvement in the forecast for the end of the week so the surge isn’t quite as big as I was looking at this time last night.
Small improvement in the forecast for the end of the week so the surge isn’t quite as big as I was looking at this time last night.
December 31, 2024 at 7:45 PM
In the #ThamesBarrier Control Room for the #NewYearEve 2024 Night Shift.
Small improvement in the forecast for the end of the week so the surge isn’t quite as big as I was looking at this time last night.
Small improvement in the forecast for the end of the week so the surge isn’t quite as big as I was looking at this time last night.
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The Bedford Park nursery selling flowers and plants on the corner of Bath Road, Turnham Green Terrace in around 1910.
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December 31, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The Bedford Park nursery selling flowers and plants on the corner of Bath Road, Turnham Green Terrace in around 1910.
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Rusthall Avenue, Bedford Park in Chiswick at the time of the First World War.
December 31, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Rusthall Avenue, Bedford Park in Chiswick at the time of the First World War.
Here is the Smith Bros department store in Tooting. Happy Christmas Sr Silvana.
December 29, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Here is the Smith Bros department store in Tooting. Happy Christmas Sr Silvana.
The Brompton Road, South Kensington in 1901 and the same view in 1926. See the expansion of Harrods.
December 28, 2024 at 8:51 PM
The Brompton Road, South Kensington in 1901 and the same view in 1926. See the expansion of Harrods.
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1/3 Emma Cons was a social reformer, acutely aware of the link between alcohol and poverty. In 1880 she took over the “Old Vic”, renamed the Royal Victoria Coffee and Music Hall where she provided a mixed entertainment of drama, concerts and lectures in a temperance setting.
#womeninhistory
#womeninhistory
December 28, 2024 at 8:33 AM
1/3 Emma Cons was a social reformer, acutely aware of the link between alcohol and poverty. In 1880 she took over the “Old Vic”, renamed the Royal Victoria Coffee and Music Hall where she provided a mixed entertainment of drama, concerts and lectures in a temperance setting.
#womeninhistory
#womeninhistory
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London hit by record downturn in affordable housing
https://www.ft.com/content/68ba72e3-08fa-465e-ab61-cfa94a58382c
https://www.ft.com/content/68ba72e3-08fa-465e-ab61-cfa94a58382c
London hit by record downturn in affordable housing
High inflation, interest rates and building safety costs are driving collapse in construction
www.ft.com
December 27, 2024 at 5:08 AM
London hit by record downturn in affordable housing
https://www.ft.com/content/68ba72e3-08fa-465e-ab61-cfa94a58382c
https://www.ft.com/content/68ba72e3-08fa-465e-ab61-cfa94a58382c
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St Luke’s Church in Chelsea was consecrated on the 18th October 1824. The nave, 60ft high, is the tallest of any parish church in London and the tower reaches a height of 142 feet.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
December 26, 2024 at 6:57 AM
St Luke’s Church in Chelsea was consecrated on the 18th October 1824. The nave, 60ft high, is the tallest of any parish church in London and the tower reaches a height of 142 feet.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
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It’s 1776 and this is the view across to Hampton Court from East Moseley, across the River Thames. George III was on the throne.
December 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM
It’s 1776 and this is the view across to Hampton Court from East Moseley, across the River Thames. George III was on the throne.
It’s 1776 and this is the view across to Hampton Court from East Moseley, across the River Thames. George III was on the throne.
December 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM
It’s 1776 and this is the view across to Hampton Court from East Moseley, across the River Thames. George III was on the throne.
This is Queen Caroline’s funeral procession from Hammersmith. She lived by the river, estranged from her husband, King George lV. The procession included an incongruous medley of charity-girls and Latymer-boys, strewing flowers in the mud “(Image from Wellcome Institute)
December 26, 2024 at 8:14 AM
This is Queen Caroline’s funeral procession from Hammersmith. She lived by the river, estranged from her husband, King George lV. The procession included an incongruous medley of charity-girls and Latymer-boys, strewing flowers in the mud “(Image from Wellcome Institute)
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Princess Victoria , 25 Earls Court Road, London W8 This pub was first licensed in 1838 and rebuilt in its present form in around 1860
December 24, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Princess Victoria , 25 Earls Court Road, London W8 This pub was first licensed in 1838 and rebuilt in its present form in around 1860
St Luke’s Church in Chelsea was consecrated on the 18th October 1824. The nave, 60ft high, is the tallest of any parish church in London and the tower reaches a height of 142 feet.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
December 26, 2024 at 6:57 AM
St Luke’s Church in Chelsea was consecrated on the 18th October 1824. The nave, 60ft high, is the tallest of any parish church in London and the tower reaches a height of 142 feet.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
Here it is in a photograph taken in the 1890s for a magic lantern slide.
Christmas special - is there a place, a church, a street, a park in London that holds special Christmas memories for you? Let me know and I will try to find an image to rekindle those memories.
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December 26, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Christmas special - is there a place, a church, a street, a park in London that holds special Christmas memories for you? Let me know and I will try to find an image to rekindle those memories.
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Rescued from the bombed ruins of Holland House in Kensington are 8 extraordinary handwritten ‘dinner books’, a record of the 77,000 names who dined there from 18 May 1799 – 11 April 1806. This was an influential salon for some of Europe’s most influential people to meet.
December 26, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Rescued from the bombed ruins of Holland House in Kensington are 8 extraordinary handwritten ‘dinner books’, a record of the 77,000 names who dined there from 18 May 1799 – 11 April 1806. This was an influential salon for some of Europe’s most influential people to meet.