Hatfield rail crash
A great North Eastern Railway Intercity 225 train bound for Leeds left London King's Cross station at 12.10. It was travelling along the East Coast main line when at 12.23 it derailed south of Hatf...
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Anglo-Austrian Society
From the website: The Anglo-Austrian Society was originally founded in September 1944 in London. It actively promotes social and cultural exchange and dialogue between the United Kingdom and Austri...
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Paul Eisler
Electronics engineer, inventor of the printed circuit. Born Vienna. Died London. The Science Museum hold a "Radio set containing original printed circuit boards, by Paul Eisler, Europe, 1942", ca...
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The Throgmorton Restaurant
In 1897 J. Lyons and Co. secured an 80 year lease on this site from the Worshipful Company of Drapers and built the restaurant in the basement with offices above. The restaurant opened in 1900 and ...
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Trant family: John, Vivian, Sophie and Amina
This is a shockingly sad story. Sophie, 31, was the daughter of John, 71, and Vivian, 57. Amina, 16 months, was Sophie's daughter. Sophie's husband, 42, who already had a record of violence towar...
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Elisabeth Hagedorn
An "ordinary mother" who lived at the house with the plaque for 53 years, 1892 - 1945. Elisabeth Dipp was born on 19 January 1867 in Walshausen, Hessen, Germany and married Karl Heinrich Wilhelm H...
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Morry Levy
Full name probably Maurice or Morris Levy. A former Hackney Borough councillor about whom we can discover nothing.Â
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Our Lady & St George Walthamstow
From Our Lady & St George Walthamstow  "... the mission chapel of St George .. small building, made of Kentish ragstone was opened in 1849 by Dr. (later Cardinal) Nicholas Wiseman, who was then...
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Bishop Thomas McMahon
Born Dorking, Surrey. Roman Catholic Bishop of Brentwood 1980-2014. Currently (2023) Bishop Emeritus.
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