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RMT (rail union)

Group, Social Welfare, Transport

Charles Rolls

Born 35 Hill Street, W1, son of Lord Llangattock, John Rolls. A keen racing cyclist, he became the fourth man in England to own a car, took to racing cars and repeatedly broke the land speed record...

Person, Aviation, Commerce, Industry, Seriously Famous, Transport

Roman road

There are 7 "Roman Road"s in the London A-Z, plus various "Roman Way"s, etc. And many more current roads are on routes originally created by the Romans. 2020: Diamond Geezer reported on the Bow Ro...

Place, Romans, Transport

Rotherhithe Tunnel

Road tunnel crossing under the River Thames, connecting Rotherhithe to the Ratcliff district of Limehouse. Designed by Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, it was constructed using both a tunnelling 'shield' a...

Building, Engineering, Transport

Royal Docks

The Royal Docks is the area, including the three docks – the Royal Victoria (1855), the Royal Albert (1880) and the King George V (1921), collectively forming the largest enclosed docks in the worl...

Place, Industry, Transport

Royal Mail

Before the 2012 Olympics started the Royal Mail committed to turn a red post box gold for each British Gold medal, Olympic and Paralympic.  In the event this meant that over 100 boxes turned colour...

Group, Transport

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Founded by Sir William Hillary and George Hibbert and Thomas Wilson (1777–1849) at a meeting at the London Tavern as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. On 20 Marc...

Group, Emergency Services, Philanthropy, Transport

Royal Victoria Dock

The Royal Victoria Dock was opened in 1855 and is the first and largest of the three Royal Docks, the other two being Royal Albert Dock (opened 1880) and King George V Dock (1921). The whole area i...

Place, Commerce, Transport

Santa Maria, ship

The flag ship, the largest of 3 ships, in which Columbus discovered America.  It was a 'caravel' a particular type of sailing ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries....

Vehicle, Transport, USA

Alfred Robert Henry Saunders, BA

Acting co-churchwarden at St Saviour's Church, Ealing, 1909. Alfred Robert Henry Saunders was born on 12 March 1853, in Charterhouse, Middlesex (now Greater London, the seventh of the ten children...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Transport