After losing too many Zeppelins, the Germans started using Gotha aircraft for bombing raids. Sydenham was one of the last raids of the war. The newly formed RAF put up considerable resistance, dest...
Fusilier Stanley James Anstead was born on 15 May 1930, the fifth of the seven children of John Anstead (1892-1968) and Florence Annie Anstead née Hale (1893-1971). His birth was registered in the ...
Irish political, community and gay rights activist. Born Oldham but grew up in Northern Ireland. With his friend Mike Jackson he formed and raised funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners...
Person, Community / Clubs, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Ireland
Civil engineer. Born Somerset. Worked on the early London underground lines and the Forth Bridge. Was an expert witness at the Tay Bridge disaster enquiry. Died at home in Pangbourne. Imperial Coll...
Railway engineer. In London he built the Battersea Railway Bridge, and was consulting engineer on the West London Extension Railway and the North London Railway.
Born Birmingham. Film producer. Worked at Gainsborough Film Studios. Went on to run Ealing Studios from 1938-56. His daughter married Cecil Day Lewis. Died East Sussex. The National Portrait Gal...
Born Oldham. At various times Chair of the Post Office, BICC, etc. President of The Royal Academy of Engineering 1991-96. Our picture source outlines his career. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, infor...
Poet Laureate 1972 - 1984. Conservation campaigner. Credited with saving the Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Chambers) and the station at St Pancras from demolition and helping to achieve their...
Second wife of Henry VIII and so Queen of England, 1533 to 1536. Though married to Catherine of Aragon, Henry developed a passion for one of her maids of honour, Anne, and so began the whole horri...
Born Edinburgh, died London. Known for his two-volume biography 'The Life Of Samuel Johnson' (1791).
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