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First WW2 bomb on City of London

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First WW2 bomb on City of London

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First City bomb in WW2

On this site at 12.15 am on the 25th August 1940 fell the first bomb on the C...

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First City bomb in WW2 - lost

The black and white photo showing the lost commemorative board comes from A L...

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Fleet River floods

The River Fleet is known to have flooded in the area from St Pancras and southwards in the 13th century, and then specifically in 1317 and 1768 and then floods are recorded in 1809, 1818 and 1846. ...

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1874 flood

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