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Category: History

local history, family history, research, streets, surveys, archaeology

Front of Georgian building.
Posted inCulture, History, Politics

In the footsteps of the Paris Commune in exile

by Editors 10:01 am, Saturday, 20 June 20153:34 pm, Saturday, 20 June 2015
Gap between Victorian buildings.
Posted inEnvironment, History

Gresse Street and Stephen Street before redevelopment in the 1970s

by Angela Lovely 10:06 am, Friday, 22 May 20157:29 am, Friday, 22 May 2015
Blue Posts pub and single storey buildings along Tottenham Court Road.
Posted inEnvironment, History

Tottenham Court Road before redevelopment in the 1970s

by Angela Lovely 12:05 pm, Thursday, 21 May 20159:47 am, Saturday, 23 May 2015
Three wreaths at memorial.
Posted inHistory, Society

Wreaths laid at Chenies Street war memorial

by Editors 1:23 pm, Sunday, 9 November 20146:33 pm, Sunday, 9 November 2014
Cartoon of man saying "Darling, you were wonderful!" to ghost at stage door.
Posted inHistory

Fitzrovia’s spooky haunts

by Mike Pentelow 8:49 am, Friday, 31 October 20148:55 am, Friday, 31 October 2014
Red brick chapel building.
Posted inEnvironment, History

Fitzroy Place developer in trouble over Middlesex Hospital Chapel plans

by Editors 8:55 am, Sunday, 13 April 20148:18 am, Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Poster advertising Fitzrovia Festival 1973.
Posted inCulture, History

The poster that helped name a London neighbourhood

by Contributor 7:56 am, Wednesday, 2 April 20148:07 pm, Saturday, 13 December 2014
Date on stone memorial 1914-1919
Posted inComment, History

What the First World War means to me

by Contributor 10:38 am, Tuesday, 25 February 201412:27 am, Saturday, 7 June 2014
Cover of book with black musicians.
Posted inCulture, History

From jazz pioneers to township jive exiles

by Mike Pentelow 7:54 am, Monday, 28 October 201312:39 am, Saturday, 7 June 2014
Posted inCulture, History

Searching for memories of the Middlesex Hospital

by Editors 7:06 am, Saturday, 14 September 20139:58 pm, Saturday, 11 January 2014
So long as women are not free the people are not free.
Posted inCulture, History, Politics

See Red Women’s Workshop

by Contributor 7:12 am, Wednesday, 12 June 201312:42 am, Saturday, 7 June 2014
Posted inCulture, History

Plaque unveiled to identify Charles Dickens first London home

by Editors 7:00 am, Monday, 10 June 20131:34 pm, Monday, 10 June 2013
Alleyway.
Posted inEnvironment, History

Tudor Place and the warren of streets of the Gort Estate off Tottenham Court Road

by Angela Lovely 8:04 am, Monday, 11 March 201312:22 pm, Friday, 22 May 2015
Posted inCulture, History

40 years of community newspapers in Fitzrovia

by Editors 8:16 am, Sunday, 10 March 20132:09 pm, Sunday, 10 March 2013
Painting of Simon Bolivar.
Posted inHistory

Simon Bolivar’s time in London

by Contributor 9:34 am, Monday, 14 January 201312:45 am, Saturday, 7 June 2014
Posted inHistory

Remembering VE Day street party in Hanson Street

by Editors 11:40 am, Saturday, 10 November 201211:43 am, Saturday, 10 November 2012
Posted inHistory

The first Earl of Camden: a man whose life was rather more fortunate than his name

by Editors 9:34 am, Monday, 1 October 201210:00 am, Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Posted inHistory

The Slave-owners of Bloomsbury

by Editors 8:06 am, Tuesday, 25 September 20124:38 pm, Monday, 24 September 2012
Posted inHistory

The wild woman who bore the king four children

by Editors 8:14 am, Tuesday, 7 August 201212:20 pm, Monday, 9 July 2012
Posted inEnvironment, History

Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank criticises plans to demolish Goodge Street building

by Editors 12:06 pm, Monday, 9 July 201211:33 am, Sunday, 10 March 2013

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