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This plaque commemorates 335 years of the tea industry in the City of London, which in its heyday controlled over 85% of the world's tea trade.
The City's trade opened with the British East Indian Company which had a monopoly over the importation of tea from China & India. As a result of the growing tea trade in the City, St Katharine Docks opened on 25th October 1828, with Butler's Wharf following 65 years later in 1893 on the opposite side of the River Thames. At this time, St Katharine Docks was at the centre of Britain's roaring commercial trade and, alongside Butler's Wharf, was recognised as the main tea storage and processing centre in London.
During its 140 years as working docks, St Katharine Docks regularly welcomed tea clippers such the famous 'Cutty Sark' in addition to more modern steam ships. The Docks gained prominence due to its prime location on the River Thames, ensuring ease of access to the main tea companies in the City.
Tea trading was central to Britain's commercial trade in the 1800s as tea was the second largest commodity after wool, with tea warehouses receiving 120,000 tea chests annually. These chests were transported by ships into the docks and then lifted by manual chain pulleys to the platforms and storage floors. At its peak, Butler's Wharf handled 400,000 tea chests a year.
This plaque was generously donated by.....
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THIS HOUSE WAS DONATED BY THE EX SNRE BARONEZA DE TEIXEIRA FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN SCHOOL AND ATTACHED WORKSHOPS IN ORDER TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF HER LATE HUSBAND, EX JOÃO THOMAS TEIXEIRA
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FLORÊNCIO TERRA
JOURNALIST WRITER TO PROFESSOR RETOR AND PRESIDENT OF HORTA CITY COUNCIL
CELEBRATION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
1858-2008
MUNICIPALITY OF HORTA MAY 18, 2008
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Nikola Tesla ....inventor of the ... advance of high-frequency current....born in Smilian ... 1856...was in New York.... his son... fight for freedom....
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In the years 1943-1945, this building housed the secret headquarters of the Kraków Council for Help to the Jews, 'Żegota' of the Polish Underground State, to which many thousands of Jews owe their survival in the Holocaust at the price of the lives of many thousands of Poles.
The plaque was placed by the Museum of the Polish Home Army and the J. Piłsudski Society in 2005.
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In this house was the main headquarters of Tadeusz Kosciuszko and his staff after the memorable oath of the national uprising on March 24, 1794
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The High Synagogue This building housed The High Synagogue, built in the 16th Century, destroyed in 1939 by the occupying German authorities.
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AMPLIFIED PASSAGE Sound work by Miriam Backstrom and Carsten Holler Public commission from the City of Paris In homage to the Jewish children of France deported during the Second World War
From 1942 to 1944, 11,400 Jewish children, including 6,100 Parisians, were deported from France to the Nazi extermination camps, with the complicity of the Vichy government. Of these children, almost all murdered, all that remains is the memory that we want to keep of them. To keep this memory alive, the artists Miriam Backstrom and Carsten Holler offer here a sound work: Amplified Passage. The voices and sounds of the city are picked up by microphones and amplified, without being recorded, by being subtly modified, in such a way that, in a limited space, they seem to come from nowhere. Transformed, distanced, returned to a form of intimacy, the voices of a moment become those of a memory always to be renewed and which carries among the living the memory of the deceased.
PARIS TOWN HALL
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This wellhead or cistern, was built in 1835. It probably replaced a cistern of around 1675, removed when George IV bridge was built.
The cisterns provided water from Comiston Springs via the Castlehill Reservoir for the inhabitants of the Old Town, they became important meeting places where long queues formed. They fell into disuse in the 19th century when supplies to individual houses became possible.
This wellhead was repaired and restored by the Edinburgh Old Town Renewal Trust and Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited in 1997.
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Church of St Thomas Apostle, (formerly St Thomas Martyr) Southwark, S.E.1. Parish church of St Thomas 1136-1862, which also served as the chapel of St Thomas's hospital 1215- 1862, rebuilt in 1703 by Thomas Cartwright & Son (sometime master masons to Christopher Wren).The roof space was used as the hospital's herb garret and from 1822 as its operating theatre. Rediscovered by Raymond Russell in 1956, the herb garret and operating theatre is now a museum supported by the Lord Brock Memorial Trust.
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IN MEMORY OF MARTYRS AND HEROES! OF THE RESISTANCE AND THE WAR OF LIBERATION BECAUSE IT IS A WARNING OVER THE CENTURIES THAT THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE RISORCE IN FREEDOM AND LAW IV NOV. MCMLXVI
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Sigismund Bell. The bell was commissioned by King Sigismund I the Old and bears his name. It was cast in 1520 in Kraków by the master bell-founder Hans Behem from Nuremberg. It was hoisted onto the tower on July 9, 1521, in an operation that lasted nine hours, observed by the king, his family, the court, and the people of Kraków. The bell weighs approximately 11 tons, and its clapper weighs 365 kg. Its height, including the crown, is 258 cm. The circumference of the rim is about 8.4 meters, and its diameter is 250 cm. The wall thickness ranges from 7 to 21 cm. It is the largest of the old bells in Poland.
"To God, the Best and Greatest, and to the Virgin Mother of God, His holy patrons, the illustrious Sigismund, King of Poland, had this bell made, worthy of the greatness of his mind and deeds, in the year of salvation 1520."
The bell is adorned with two plaques: one depicting St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, the patron of the cathedral and all of Poland, and the other depicting King Sigismund in his majesty. On both sides of the plaques, the national emblems are visible: the Crown's coat of arms - The Eagle - and Lithuania's coat of arms - the Pahonia. The bell also features the name of the bell-founder Behem, his master mark, and the year of its creation.
The bell is rung by 12 strong men and sounds on great liturgical feasts and other solemn ceremonies.
Pope John Paul II wrote about Sigismund Bell: "How many emotions and memories are evoked by the sound of this royal bell! In its solemn ringing, we hear a prayer across the centuries for freedom and prosperity for the homeland, as well as a call to free the heart from all evil. Perhaps especially a call to elevate the spirit toward the values that our generation has inherited from the splendid tradition of our forefathers."
In 2001, a new clapper was installed in the bell.
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THE CITY OF SYRACUSE DEDICATES THE QUAY NO. 5 IN HONOR AND PERMANENT REMEMBRANCE OF THE SAILORS ON BOARD THE ROYAL BRONZE SUBMARINE THAT FALLEN FOLLOWING BRITISH MACHINING ON 12 JULY 1943. OFF SYRACUSE SYRACUSE. JULY 18, 2014
ASS. LAMBA DORIA
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TO THE UNKNOWN HERO WHO GAVE BLOOD AND GLORY TO THE HOMELAND ASE HE SHADOW AND OBLIGENCE IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE SHED TEARS OR MOTHERS MAKE HYMNS OR POETS BEFORE THE SEA AND THE INFINITIVE SKY 4 Nov 1966
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IN THIS PIAZZA FOR FIFTEEN YEARS FROM 19 SEPTEMBER 1953 TO 29 AUGUST 1968 THE MADONNA OF TEARS ACCEPTING THE supplications of praying multitudes, SHE DISPENSED VERY SIGNIFICANT THANKS A MATERNAL CALL TO CONVERSION AND SANCTITY OF LIFE A VERY SOFT PLEDGE OF LOVE OF HER IMMACULATE AND SORRY HEART FOR SYRACUSE FOR ITALY FOR THE WORLD. THE PRO SANCTUARY COMMITTEE POWERED THIS. THE MAYOR OF SYRACUSE ON 29 AUGUST 1971
THE ARCHBISHOP OF SYRACUSE
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Lines on James Thomson The Poet of Nature. . Ye who from London's smoke and turmoil fly, To seek a purer air and brighter sky, Think of the Bard who dwelt in yonder dell Who sang so sweetly what he loved so well, Think, as ye gaze on there luxuriant bowers Here Thomson loved the sunshine and the flowers. He who could paint in all their varied forms, April's young blooms. December's dreary storms, By you fair stream, which calmly glides along Pure as his life, and lovely as his song, There oft he roved, In yonder churchyard lies All of the deathless Bard that ever dies, For here his gentle spirit lingers still In yon sweet vale - on this enchanted hill; Flinging a holier int'rest o'er the grove, Stirring the heart to poetry and love, Bidding us prize the favourite scenes he trod, And view in Nature's beauties, Nature's God.
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{left plaque} In commemoration of the first anniversary of October 26 1944 when Tito's heroic army, exposing the occupiers, liberated our city
{right plaque}To all the Croatian defenders who died in The Homeland War 1991-1996, who incorporated their lives into the foundations of the State of Croatia, liberating the homeland throughout, and neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina
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City of London Tower Bridge
The main towers, high level walkways and the machine rooms under the southern approach of this bridge were opened to the public on 30th June 1982 by the Rt Hon, the Lord Mayor Sir Christopher Leaver, GBE, DMus, in the presence of Norman Harding, Esq, Chairman of the City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee and Sir John Reader Welch, Bt, MA, Chairman of the Planning and Communications Committee and the following members of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee:
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Corporation of London, Tower Bridge
This plaque records the visit on the centenary of Tower Bridge, Thursday, 30th June 1994 by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC, in the presence of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Alderman Sir Paul Henry Newall, TD, DL, MA, DLitt
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This Bridge was opened by HRH the Prince of Wales, KG on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, on Saturday the 30th June 1894 in the presence of HRH The Princess of Wales, HRH The Duke of York KG and other members of the Royal Family, the Right Honorable Sir George Robert Tyler, Bart., Lord Mayor.
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The Site of The Toy InnAn ancient Hostelry of Note Built for Oliver Cromwell's troops c.1650 rebuilt c.1700 demolished c.1840 wherein Pope wrote the Rape of the Lock; the Duke of Clarence, afterwards WIlliam IV, formed & presided over his Toy Club; and Thomas Dunckerley founded the Masonic Lodge of Harmony 255 in 1785. The Lodge held here for 37 years, now erects this Tablet. July 1933
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The Trafalgar Way Brentford & Chiswick On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Spain. This victory permanently removed the threat of invasion of England by the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte The first official dispatches with the momentous news of the victory, and the death in action of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, were carried to England on board H. M. Schooner PICKLE by her captain, Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotiere. Lapenotiere landed at Falmouth on Monday 4th November 1805 and set out "express by post-chaise" for London. He took some 37 hours on the 271 mile journey, changing horses 21 times. The last of these was at Hounslow late at night on Tuesday 5th. His orders were to lose no time in reaching the Admiralty so, as the horses were still fresh, he pressed on through fog in Brentford and Chiswick toward Whitehall. Over the following four weeks other important messages arrived from the fleet with further details of the victory and anxiously awaited information on casualties. All the dispatches were landed at Falmouth and their couriers followed the same route through Brentford and Chiswick where horses and hospitality were available from the inns to all travellers on what is now the Trafalgar Way.
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The Trafalgar Way Destination - The Admiralty On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Spain. This victory permanently removed the threat of invasion of England by the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte The first official dispatches with the momentous news of the victory, and the death in action of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, were carried to England on board H. M. Schooner PICKLE by her captain, Lieutenant John Richards Lapenotiere. Lapenotiere landed at Falmouth on Monday 4th November 1805 and set out "express by post-chaise" for London. He took some 37 hours on the 271 mile journey, changing horses 21 times at a total cost of £46 19s 1d. Lapenotiere delivered his dispatches here to the Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden, at 1 a.m. on Wednesday 6th. Shortly thereafter a summary of the news was posted here and a crowd soon gathered. The news was passed to the Prime Minister and the King at once and special editions of newspapers were published later the same day to inform the nation.
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The circular stone on the traffic island 300 paces east of this point marks the site of the ancient gallows known as Tyburn Tree. It was demolished in 1759.
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MIKOŁAJ TYRCHOWSKI From 1833 to 1850, Vice-Rector of St. Anne's Lyceum Member of the Krakow Scientific Society Chairman of the Department of the Krakow Charity Society 1787 - 1863
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In memory of the Ukrainian Canadians who served their country overseas during the Second World War.
This building housed the headquarters of the Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen's Association from January 1943 to the war's end, of the Central Ukrainian Relief Bureau from September 1945 to the winter of 1948, and of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain from January 1946 to the spring of 1947. Ukrainian-Canadian relief operations continued in Europe until 1952.
Placed by the Ukrainian communities of Canada and Great Britain, 19 September 1995.
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ERECTED 1866 By the Navy Club of Key West To the Memory of the Officers, Sailors & Soldiers of the Army, Navy & Marine Corps of the United States, who lost their lives in their Country's service upon this station from 1861 to 1866
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JAN HUYGEN VAN LINSCHOTEN Haarlem, 1563 Enkhuizen, 161
EXPLORER MERCHANT CHOROGRAPH
ARRIVED IN ANGRA ON JULY 24, 1589 LEFT IN DECEMBER 1991
MUNICIPALITY OF ANGRA DO HEROISM 2021
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You left from Varos, passed through Croatia and died for our freedom..... May this memorial be your return to Varos. God gave peace in the land of Croatia to the people of Varos
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ARRESTED BY THE POLICE OF THE VICHY GOVERNMENT, AN ACCOMPLICE OF THE NAZI OCCUPANT, MORE THAN 11,000 CHILDREN WERE DEPORTED FROM FRANCE FROM 1942 TO 1944 AND MURDERED IN AUSCHWITZ BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN JEWISH. MORE THAN 500 CHILDREN LIVED IN THE 4TH DISTRICT, AMONG THEM STUDENTS AT THIS SCHOOL December 15, 2001 LET US NEVER FORGET THEM
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In Tribute to the Exiles of Siberia Victims of the Gulag of the East
To those fighting for the freedom and independence of Poland throughout the centuries,
Imprisoned and murdered in Soviet labour camps, killed and buried in Katyn graves, massively deported and dying there, To men, women, and children.
Kraków Siberian Exiles Families of Victims of the Katyn Crime Community of the City of Kraków
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{left plaque} REMEMBER THE VISIT OF THE MAJOR RECTOR DUN PASQUAL CHAVEZ VILLANUEVA THE NINTH SUCCESSOR OF SAINT JOHN BOSCO
ON THE CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY DON IS-SEBAS ILLU SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2003.
{right plaque}CELEBRATING THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE DEATH OF SAINT JOHN BOSCO THIS ORATORY WAS STOPPED BY DUN PAWL MICALLEF WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SALESIANS RESTED IN GOZO AND FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS EDUCATE AND WORK REMEMBER THE VISIT OFG
DON EGIDIO VIGA?? THE SEVENTH SUCCESSION OF DON BOSCO TODAY JANUARY 7, 1989
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In this house in the years 1959 - 2005 lived Henryk Vogler writer, poet, co-founder of the literary publishing house, the Old Theatre and the J Slowacki theatre. A prisoner in concentration camps
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J.N. Von Dessin dwelt on this site from 1756 to 1761 whose book collection became by his bequest the first public library in South Africa
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A Slovenian Croat died in this house on V.24, 1851 Stanko Vraz Croatian Poet. On the 80th anniversary of his birth, this memorial plaque was erected by Brac Hry Zmaja in 1910
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N REMEMBRANCE OF WAR VOLUNTEERS OF LAND, SEA AND AIR FALLEN ON ALL BATTLE FRONTS WHERE THEY HAPPENED FOR THE HONOR OF ITALY THE CITY OF SYRACUSE FIERAVE MEMORE POSE AG-ACMLXXXI
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Water Meeting Bridge. Re-built by the St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council and opened by His Worship The Mayor of St Pancras, Councillor T R Morris, JP on 22nd November 1961.
Alderman Harold P. Bastie - Chairman Highways Committee
C. S. Bainbridge MPGB, FRICS, MIMunL.- Borough Engineer & Surveyor
L. G. Mouchel & Partners Ltd - Engineers
James Crosby & Sons Ltd - Contractors
R. C. E. Austin, LLM - Town Clerk
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Winston Churchill lay in state here from the Twenty-sevenh of January until his burial at Bladon on the Thirtieth of January Nineteen hundred and Sixty five
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King Charles I The king Charles Stuart was tried for high treason on this spot by the High Court of Justice established by the Commons of England for that purpose. Saturday 20th, Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd and Saturday 27th January 1649. The King was convicted of treason and sentenced to death on Saturday 27th January and executed in front of the Banqueting House, Whitehall Place at two o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday 30th January 1649.
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here rested from May 17 until Interment at Windsor May 20 1910 Edward VII King of Great Britain and Ireland & of the British Dominions beyond the seas: Emperor of India
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His Majesty King George the Fifth lay in state here from the twenty-third of January until his Burial at Windsor on the twenty-eighth of January nineteen hundred & thirty-six
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In this hall Sir Thomas More Lord Chancellor of England - Speaker of the House of Commons - Author of Utopia was condemned to death 1 July 1535
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Queen Elizabeth on May 4th 1977 here replied to addresses presented by both Houses of Parliament on the occasion of Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee
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Queen Elizabeth II here replied to addresses presented by both Houses of Parliament on 22nd June 1965 commemorating the meeting of the parliament of 1265 to which Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester caused to be summoned in the name of King Henry III not only Prelates Lay Magnates and Knights of the Shire but also representatives of cities and boroughs
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Her Majesty Queen Mary lay in state here from the twenty-ninth of March until her Burial at Windsor on the thirty-first of March nineteen hundred & fifty-three
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Near this spot, at the Kings Bench at the South end of the Hall, took place the trial of Sir William Wallace the Scottish Patriot on January 23rd August 1305
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Whales in the Thames
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Occasionally whales and seals are seen in the Thames. Since 1986 Common Seals have been spotted as far up as Richmond. A Lesser Rorqual Whale has been seen as well as a Bottle-Nosed Dolphin which was stranded at East India Dock. Such incidents have offered exciting distractions for the people of London over many centuries.
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Several incidents of whales in the Thames were recorded by John Evelyn, Deptford's famous 17th century diarist. In 1658 he noted that "a large whale was taken betwixt my land abutting on the Thames and Greenwich, which drew an in the concourse to sea it, by water, coach and on foote. It appeared first below Greenwich at low water, for at high water it would have destroyed all the boats.
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After a long conflict it was killed with a harping yron, struck in the head, out of which spouted blood and water by two tunnels and after a horrid groan it ran quite on shore and died."
Again in 1699 Evelyn wrote "After an extraordinary storm there came up the Thames a whale fifty-six feet long".
In 1842 the capture of a young fin whale about 20 feet long provided quite an attraction. It was killed off Deptford Pier one Sunday by a number of watermen and its two ton body was displayed at the Bull and Butcher public house on the corner of Old King Street nearby. A printer in Flagon Row, Deptford quickly printed up some bills to advertise this "Extraordinary and Surprising Novelty" for sight-seers.
In 1965 there was great excitement when a school of about 20 whales was sighted off Woolwich pier. Billy Smart's Circus tried to catch one and enlisted the support of skin-divers, a gigantic fishing net and a rubber dingy {stet} to inflate under the unfortunate captive. They planned to take the whale to a temporary pool on Clapham Common then to a permanent aquarium at Windsor.
All was frustrated when a policeman pointed out that anything caught in the Thames becomes property of the Queen and under the Whaling Industry Act you cannot catch a whale in British waters. The whale catchers were last seen edging the whales out of the river, hoping to catch one in the open sea.
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South London and Maudsley Trust Xavier Hilts White was treated here April/June 1985 head injury survivor artist and Bethlem Gallery volunteer SlaM 2018
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George Edward Wileman, known as "Newcastle George". Born 3rd December 1919. Died 18th July 2000. Rose Wileman. Born 23rd December 1921. Died 19th May 1980. "One life, one love."
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This building was provided through the generosity of Sir Howell J Williams D.L., J.P. a vice-president of the Royal Northern Hospital who represented Islington as one of its members on the London County Council for nearly thirty years. June 1931
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This tablet is in memory of Sir Hugh Willoughby, Stephen Borough, William Borough, Sir Martin Frobisher and other navigators who, in the latter half of the sixteenth century, set sail from this reach of the river Thames near Ratcliff Cross to explore the northern seas. Erected by the London County Council 1922
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IN HONOUR OF WOODROW WILSON BORN IN STAUNTON, STATE OF VIRGINIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 28 DECEM323 1886 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR FRIEND OF THE FRINGE DEFENDER OF FREEDOM APOSTLE OF PEACE
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In this house during the last days of 1944, Wincenty Witos, three-time Prime Minister of Poland and activist of the PSL 'Piast' party, was hiding. He was given shelter in his own apartment No. 4 by engineer Bolesław Skapski. Wincenty Witos's stay in Kraków was connected with the plan to transport him to London. The secretive actions related to Witos's stay in the house in Wierchosławice were organized by Bolesław Skapski, Zygmunt Władysław Skapski, and members of the Home Army (AK).
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Lieutenant Charles Campbell Wood R.A.F. of Bloemfontein, South Africa, dived from this spot into the Thames at midnight 27 Dec 1919 and saved a womans life. He died from the injuries received during the rescue.
I have no information about Cheslav Yakubovich. Please contact me if you do.
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Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport Department of Society and Youth.
In eternal memory of Cheslav Yakubovich of blessed memory 1920 - 1997 Head of the Kharkiv Community. Passed away on the 28th of Adar I, 5757 (7.3.97). On behalf of the youth delegations From the Ministry of Education and Culture in Israel.
May his memory be blessed.
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Greater London Council "We can all be refugees. Sometimes it only takes a day, Sometimes it only takes a handshake, Or a paper that is signed. We all came from refugees. Nobody simply just appeared, Nobody's here without a struggle, And why should we live in fear of the weather or the troubles? We all came here from somewhere" from We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah
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Captain Igor Ziganto 1943-2015 Initiator of the construction of Icican port, establishment of the fisheries society and many activities in the development of maritime. His heart has been and remained there all his life. A man from the sea, a man of his land
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Offer your soul to God, wisdom to people, talent to art, glory to Poland. Prof. Wiktor Zin 1925 - 2007 A researcher of the history of Krakow, architecture, conservator. A promoter of knowledge about our country and its beauty
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In this building from 1850-1852 at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University studied Ignacy Łukasiewicz. Pharmacist, chemist, inventor, pioneer of the global oil industry, contributed to oil geology.
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Valletta and the European Parliament celebrate together 50 years of Peace and Prosperity amongst the Peoples of Europe. United in diversity
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In this house lived John Adams, first American Minister to Great Britain, May 1785 to March 1788, afterwards Second President of the United States. From here his daughter Abigail was married to Colonel William Stephens Smith, First Secretary of the Legation and an officer in the Revolution Army on Washington's staff. John Adams and Abigail his wife, through character and personality, did much to create understanding between the two English-speaking countries. In their memory this tablet is placed by the Colonial Dames of America, 1933.
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IN THIS PLACE ON 18 AUGUST 1837 IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE OF SYRACUSE OF WHICH HE WAS THE TRIBUNE. AFTER HAVING WATCHED THE EXECUTION
OF THE DEATH SENTENCE OF HIS SON CARMELO HE WAS SHOT BY THE BOR BONICA TYRANNY OF THE NATIONAL RESORT. LAV MARIO ADORNO
PATRIOT AND MARTYR THE CITY REMEMBERS HIM AS A SYMBOL OF THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IN 150 OF THE UNITY OF ITALY
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HERE LIVED BERTIE ALBRECHT HEROINE OF THE RESISTANCE COMPANION OF LIBERATION ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE COMBAT MOVEMENT (M.L.N.) EXECUTED IN FRESNES ON MAY 29, 1943 TRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN OF NATIONAL LIBERATION
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In memory of Sinaia-Zygmunt Aleksandrowicz 1877 Kraków - 1946 Tel Aviv. A Polish Jew, member of Kraków's city council, and a known philanthropist, Aleksandrowicz founded a handicraft bursary for Jewish orphans. During the interwar period, this building housed the bursary and a Jewish and Zionist educational institution for orphans, where they acquired professional skills. The plaque was erected in October 1998 by his family.
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In loving memory of MNESam Alexander M.C. born Hammersmith 1982, died Afghanistan 2011 one of the bravest of the brave who died for you still whispers in your ear: Now, you be brave too!
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{A laurel wreath surrounding the entwined letter: H B.}
To commemorate the services of Henry Burt, J. P. who was the originator of the proposal to purchase the Palace and Park for the people. His courage, assiduity, and strenuous efforts were rewarded and on the 18th of May, 1901, the Park was opened to the public. His subsequent services and splendid financial help should here be recorded and his name held in remembrance by all who appreciate this great public possession.
By order of the Trustees, 1921.
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MANUEL DE ALMEIDA FADIST 1922-1995
He lived a large part of his life on the floor of this house.
fado singer Manuel de Almeida
& June 2017
Tribute from the Parish Council of Misericordia
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Caloura, O Paraizo, There is no milder place - The climate... dry and serene! -The landscape... a smile!
Manoel Augusto d'Amaral Notable Poet, born in this village of Água de Pau
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Well Hall Pleasaunce
An 18th century house standing on this site before its demolition in 1931 was for 23 years the home of Edith Nesbit (1858 - 1924), author of The Railway Children. During her somewhat unusual married life here with husband Hubert Bland, a founder member of the Fabian Society, she wrote many other books including The Phoenix and the Carpet, Five Children and It and the Wouldbegoods.
Before Edith Nesbit took up residence here in 1899, there were other notable occupiers of this imposing three storey house.
The famous clock maker, John Arnold, lived here from 1779 to 1799, seeking an answer to longitude, and the Rev. Charles Fryer, vicar of St John's church at Eltham in the 1840s. The house was used as the boarding section of Well Hall School in the 1880s and their bell can still be seen on the nearby Tudor Barn.
However, Edith Nesbit, with her magic touch of writing children's stories which still live on today in television and film adaptations, is the name now most associated with Well Hall House. She loved living here in this part of South East London and especially enjoyed punting on the moat whilst entertaining her many literary friends, George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells among them.
In 1915 and 1916 the grounds were used for garden parties, held to raise funds for The Pioneer Women Campaigners (connected with the Woolwich Labour Party).
Hubert died at Well Hall in 1914. Three years later Edith married marine engineer Tommy Tucker known as 'Skipper', and in 1922 left Eltham for Jesson St. Mary, near Dymchurch Kent, where they had enjoyed numerous holidays exploring the countryside. It was here in 1924 that Edith died; she lies at rest at St. Mary-in-the-Marsh Church, Romney Marsh, Kent.
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THE PAWLINI ASSOCIATION THANKS TO OUR FATHERS AT THIS PLACE THEY WORKED TO DECORATE THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF VALLETTA The 50th Anniversary today February 15 1858
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✝RIP Walenty Badylak died a tragic death by self-immolation on March 21, 1980 with his act protesting against the conspiracy of silence surrounding the Katyń massacre, the demoralization of youth, and the destruction of craftsmanship. On the 10th anniversary of his death, the people of Kraków.
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Here lie the remains of Walenty Badylak. A Polish patriot who tragically took his own life in an act of protest against historical falsehoods. On March 21, 1980, he set himself on fire in Kraków's Main Square to denounce the silence surrounding the Katyn Massacre, a crime committed by the Soviet NKVD against Polish officers in 1940. His act of self-immolation was a desperate plea for truth in an era of censorship.
This commemorative plaque honours his sacrifice and serves as a reminder of the pursuit of historical truth.
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From this site John Logie Baird broadcast the first television programme in Great Britain on the 30th September 1929. The Royal Television Society
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Bangabandhu Centenary Peace Grove 100 Years
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the father of the nation of Bangladesh, Bandabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 - 15 August 1975) in the year 2020, 100 tulip trees, magnolias and other varieties selected for their vivid autumn colour were planted by Bangabandhu Centenary Foundation Brent and The Bangladesh High Commission London in the presence of.....
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Barking Abbey
Was founded by St Erkenwald in the year 666. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conqueror stayed here after his coronation in 1066. It was dissolved in 1539 and demolished within three years. Saint Margarets Church
Founded about 1215 was altered and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries. Captain Cook was married here in 1762. Curfew Tower
A gateway to the abbey built in the 14th century and reconstructed in 1460. The 12th century stone head now in the chapel over the gateway was the object of pilgrimage in medieval times.
This stone was set up on 4th December 1960 to mark the fifth centenary of the Curfew Tower.
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Barking Abbey
Was founded by St Erkenwald in the year 666. Destroyed by the Danes it was rebuilt in the 10th century. William the Conqueror stayed here after his coronation in 1066. It was dissolved in 1539 and demolished within three years. Saint Margarets Church
Founded about 1215 was altered and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries. Captain Cook was married here in 1762. Curfew Tower
A gateway to the abbey built in the 14th century and reconstructed in 1460. The 12th century stone head now in the chapel over the gateway was the object of pilgrimage in medieval times.
This stone was set up on 4th December 1960 to mark the fifth centenary of the Curfew Tower.
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IN THIS PLACE OF CARRÉ MARIGNY THE CIRQUE DES CHAMPS ELYSÉES AROSE FRANÇOIS BAUCHER 1796 1873 ONE OF THE GREATEST HORSEMEN OF MODERN TIMES ENJOYED STRIKING GLORY THERE BETWEEN 1837 AND 1843
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British Broadcasting Corporation 1942-1957 From June 1942 for fifteen years this building was the headquarters of the B.B.C. Overseas Services. During the war direct broadcasts were made to America from the roof while air-raids were in progress. The B.B.C. vacated the premises in November 1957
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Dined at my Lord Treasurer's, the Earle of Southampton, in Bloomsbury where he was building a noble square or piazza, a little towne" John Evelyn's diary, 1665.
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Bell Moor Hampstead Heath - The surface of the soil is here 435ft 7" above sea level or
16ft 7" higher than the top of Saint Paul's Cross
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Bermondsey Abbey The Cluniac (Benedictine) Priory of St Saviour at Bermondsey occupied ground between Bermondsey Street, Abbey Street and Grange Walk. Founded in 1082 it flourished from the 12th to 15th century. This plaque marks the site of the Abbey Church.
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TRIBUTE FROM THE PARISH BOARD
TO THE BENEFICIAL
AGRONOMIST ENGINEER
CAETANO DE ANDRADE ALBUQUERQUE BETTENCOURT (22/12/1913 to 17/09/1982)
WITH RECOGNITION FROM THE PEOPLE OF SETE CIDADES
AUGUST 1998
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Bishops Wood Almshouses Erected and endowed by Dr Thomas Wood sometime bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. Born in the parish of Hackney 1607 and died 1692. The almshouses and chapel were restored by the trustees A.D. 1930.
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The Black Prince was a brilliant medieval war lord who lived 1330-1376. His two most famous victories were at the battles of Crecy (1346), when he was only 16, and Poitiers (1356), where King John of France was captured. As the son of Edward III the Black Prince was heir to the throne of England, but died before his father. The road has been named after him because the Black Prince owned and extended Kennington Manor, which has remained the property of the monarch's eldest son to this day.
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Blackfriars Bridge standing on the site of the original bridge named after William Pitt the Elder in 1760. Constructed and maintained
without burden upon public funds out of monies derived from
Bridge House Estates Trust First opened 6th November 1869 by
Her Majesty Queen Victoria
widened and reopened 14th September 1909 by
The Rt. Hon. Sir George Wyatt Truscott. Bart., Lord Mayor
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In memory of the workers of Kraków, participants of a demonstration organized by trade unions, who died in a clash with police on March 23, 1936.
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UNDER SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF J. BOUVARD
DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE 1900 WORLD'S EXHIBITION, CH. GIRAULT. CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE TWO PALACES OF CHAMPS ELYSEES THE GREAT PALACE OF FINE ARTS. IT WAS BUILT FROM 1897 TO 1900 BY THE ARCHITECTS HENRI DEGLANE ALBERT THOMAS ALBERT LOUVET
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Croatian Library Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic Born on IV.18, 1874 in Ogulin. She lived from 1882 in this diedo home until her marriage on IV.18, 1892. Dies on 1/21 1938 in Zagreb
On the 100th anniversary of birth a memorial plaque was erected in 1974 by the Association of Croatian Literary Associations and the Association of Societies
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to the illustrious Teotonio de Ornelas Bruges
1501-1870)
Philanthropist and responsible for building the monument in memory of D. Pedro IV.
Tribute paid by G.OL. - Portuguese Freemasonry
02-12-2016
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In 1747 these gates and railings were purchased for this church from Cannons, Edgware, the seat of James First Duke of Chandos friend and patron of the composer Handel. Originally wrought about 1715 they were restored in 1952 by Charles Hall Ltd of Hampstead.
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In memory of Don Frane Bulica, who with patriotic care repaired this Church of Saint Martin from the age of the Croatian people's rulers and in it presented to God his diamond saint mass on the first anniversary of his death 1935
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Canada Walk
Here in a building opposite at 20 Lincoln's Inn Fields was the Headquarters of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Great Britain during the second World War. This Headquarters provided central support to some 85,000 Canadian personnel who served in 48 RCAF Squadrons and with numerous RAF units. In all, 14,455 Canadian airmen made the supreme sacrifice while serving overseas.
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This tower being in imminent danger of ruin owing to the weakness of the foundations was underpinned and made secure, in memory of Emily Blanche Carr-Gomm Lady of the manor of Rotherhithe by her son Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm member of parliament for Rotherhithe. AD 1913
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Villa Colette In 1940 as the Germans were entering Paris, the Casals family thought to leave France. They left Prades for Bordeaux in order to catch a boat to take them to the USA, but the boat was bombed by the Germans. On returning to Prades they went to live with the Salètes family and from 1942 in the Villa Colette (until May 1948) with Madame Capdevila and the Alavedra family.
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In 1793 the author of "Memoires D'Outre-Tombe" Chateaubriand 1768-1848 lived as an emigre in a garret close to this site and began his literary career. He returned in 1822 as French Ambassador and resided in Portland Place
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This building was erected by voluntary contributions for a dispensary and soup kitchen. It was intended as a thank-offering to Almighty God for his special mercy in sparing this parish during the visitation of cholera in the year 1849. The site was purchased in 1850 and the building completed in 1853. He shall deliver thee from the noisome pestilence. Thomas Ainger M.A. Incumbent
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On Ash Wednesday February 17 1836 this tower was burnt by fire. A peal of twelve bells, a clock with chimes, most of the interior masonry and all the wood work from the ceiling of the parish vestry room upwards were entirely destroyed. By the spontaneous liberality of the parishioners and a few others and by an effective application of their contributions this damage was substantially repaired with a very inconsiderable outlay of the parish funds.
William Stone MA - Rector
William Sykes, Thomas Brushfield - Church Wardens
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This church was re-opened January the first 1867 after being closed seven months for entensive alterations and improvements under the direction of a committee of parishioners. The cost nearly £7,000 was defrayed by voluntary subscriptions of which Robert Hanbury Esquire and his partners contributed £3,500. The large clock erected in 1836 was also repaired and illuminated at the expense of Charles Buxton Esquire MP.
John Patteson MA - Rector
Robert Arnold, Benjamin Brookman - Church wardens
Ewan Christian - architect
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In case of fire apply for the men of the engine house and ladders at the Station House, No. 1 Church Passage, Spital Square.
William Stone MA - Vicar
Thomas Midwinter, William Hicks Hall - Church Wardens
1843
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Christ Church, Spitafields. All applications about Marriages, Burials &c. at this church must be made to Mr Root.
Church Street, London E1 W. H. Wright
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Church of St Nicholas the Traveller
Endowment of Splicanin Rake and his wife Elizabeth , built in 1219 renewed twice in 1919, 1990. In sight of Sailors. Servant of God returned 6.XII.1990
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Church of St Thomas Apostle, (formerly St Thomas Martyr) Southwark, S.E.1. Parish church of St Thomas 1136 - 1862, which also served as the chapel of St Thomas's hospital 1215 - 1862, rebuilt in 1703 by Thomas Cartwright & Son (sometime master masons to Christopher Wren).The roof space was used as the hospital's herb garret and from 1822 as its operating theatre. Rediscovered by Raymond Russell in 1956, the herb garret and operating theatre is now a museum supported by the Lord Brock memorial trust.
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This bank of earth was raised and formed to support the Channel of the New River. And the frame of timber and lead which served that purpose 173 years was removed and taken away.
MDCCLXXXVI {1786} Peter Holford Esquire, Governor
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During the turbulent years 1937-1940, class unions operated here under the leadership of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia fighting for the economic, social and political rights of the working class. On the celebration of the 40th year of the KPJ and the Union, Split workers placed this plaque
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Confederate Field Texans served in both the Confederate and the Federal armies during the Civil War. While there were few battles on Texas soil, Dick Dowling's troops turned back Federal invasion forces at Sabine Pass in 1863, and the last land engagement of the war was fought at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville {the rest is illegible}
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He surveyed the St Lawrence River in 1759. In three voyages 1768-1779 he charted the coasts of New Zealand, the East Coast of Australia and the Pacific Coast of North America On this site stood a house occupied for some years by Captain James Cook R.N.F.R.S 1728-1779 Circumnavigator and Explorer
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These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram, were offered for sale as housing land in 1926 when owing to changing social conditions the old Hospital was sold and demolished.
After eight years of anxiety to its fate the site was eventually preserved for the use and welfare of the children of Central London by the generosity and vision of Harold Viscount Rothermere, by the efforts of the Foundling Site Appeal Council, by the co-operation of the governors of the Foundling Hospital and of the Education Committee of the London County Council, and by the enthusiasm of many thousands of donors, large and small, who contributed their money or their toil to the saving of these nine acres, henceforth to be known as Coram's Fields.
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College François COUPERIN known as THE GREAT 1668-1733 AUTHOR OF THE ART OF TOUCHING THE HARPSICHORD, HE WAS THE ORGANIST of the St. GERVAIS CHURCH
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This tablet is erected by the Cromwell Association to the memory of the undermentioned whose remains were disinterred from Westminster Abbey at the time of the restoration of King Charles II and were in September 1661 buried in this churchyard of St Margaret's....
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The Croydon Canal opened in 1809, joining the Grand Surrey Canal & New Cross. 'Frog Island' was the name given to land enclosed by the sweeping bend in the canal at South Norwood. The canal transported goods between London and Croydon until its closure in 1836.
The London & Croydon Railway Company bought the land, opening Croydon's first steam railway in 1839. The route mainly followed that of the canal, apart from at South Norwood where it cut through 'Frog Island'.
South Norwood's first station was located between what is now Manor Road and the upper part of the High Street. It was called the 'Jolly Sailor', after the nearby pub. In 1859 the station moved to its present site to allow for more connections to London, Croydon and beyond.
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The grave beneath this yew tree is that of ten workmen who died in a fall from the roof of the Crystal Palace during its reconstruction at Sydenham on 15th August 1853.
The Kentish Mercury and Home Counties Advertiser carried a detailed account of the "frightful accident":
On Monday afternoon, shortly after 2 o'clock, one of the most frightful and fatal accidents by the falling of scaffolding occurred at the works of the new Crystal Palace, and which has resulted in the death of 12 men, and severe injuries to others.
A very large mass of framework, apparently of great strength, had fallen from its position, some 180 feet high, carrying with it part of the girders and several columns of the north side of the nave. The staging had fallen inwards in the direction of the central nave, carrying with it a vast quantity of iron and woodwork. Six of the poor men were picked up quite dead close to each other, the position in which they were found indicating they must have fallen at an angle of something like forty degrees. Three others were found dead at a short distance, and one poor fellow lived for a few moments, but was not sufficiently collected to give any explanation of how the accident occurred.
The precise cause of the disaster will probably never be discovered.
The funeral of the workmen was a big occasion. The Kentish Mercury describes it:
The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon (18 August 1853) in the churchyard of New Sydenham Church - an elegant modern structure, embosomed in luxuriant foliage, and situated in a most romantic spot. The day was observed as a solemn holiday in the district, and there was a total cessation of all work within the Palace.
The mournful procession formed in the central nave, and as the clock chimed three it slowly emerged from the building and wended its way along the beautiful road which conducts to the church. Each coffin was followed by its own particular mourners and at the rear of the last came the whole body of the workmen, numbering some thousand persons. In its course the procession was swelled by fresh additions, until when it reached the church there must have been between 2000 and 3000 persons following.
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As Cutty Sark approached the English Channel returning from Australia, Able Seaman John Clifton, aged 21, and John Doyle, aged 30, were washed off the jib-boom and lost. 2nd April 1893
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Near this spot, Able Seaman John Francis was struck with a capstan bar during a brawl by First Mate Sidney Smith and died. 11th August 1880
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Here to commemorate an era. The Cutty Sark has been preserved as a tribute to the ships and men of the Merchant Navy in the days of sail. They mark our passage as a race of men. Earth will not see such ships as these again. 1957
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During the 2006-12 Conservation Project, a fire broke out near this spot. Fortunately, the masts, deckhouses and many of the hull planks had been removed for conservation and the fire was quickly brought under control by the London Fire Brigade without serious loss of original fabric. 21st May 2007
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The Crocus Trust/CancerBacup Centre was opened by Chris de Burgh on 28th September 2000. It is dedicated to his much-loved aunt Rosemary whose life was claimed by colorectal cancer. May her memory help save many lives.
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{top plaque}On this site stood the home, 1778-1780, of Juan de Miralles (1715-1780) the first Spanish diplomatic representative to the United States of America. He died April 28, 1780, while visiting General George Washington at his Morristown headquarters. The same home became the residence of his successor, Francisco Rondón, who lent it to General Washington for the winter of 1781-1782.
Through these officials Spanish military and financial assistance was channeled to the American Patriot.
{bottom plaque} On this site was the home 1766-1771 of John Penn 1729-1795 last colonial governor of Pennsylvania son of Richard Penn and grandson of William Penn the founder. Also the home 1771-1810 of Benjamin Chew 1722-1810 last colonial Chief Justice of Pennsylvania
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IN THIS TEMPLE, THE PRINCE OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, DEDICATED TO DIVO LAURENTIO, JOHN DE VALLETTA, OF THE ORDER OF SAINT JOHN, THE GREAT MASTER OF THE GREAT HORSE AND MELITENISM, ACCOMPANIED BY A GROUP, AFTER THE VICTORY AGAINST THE TURKS, HAS GRANTED THANKS TO GOD IN THE YEAR OF SALVATION 165 THE MEMORY OF THAT DAY.
THE COLLEGE OF CANONS AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY HAPPILY ESTABLISHED THIS MONUMENT WITH INSIGNIA AND ARMS IN THE YEAR OF SALVATION 1965
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IN THIS SCHOOL JEAN ROGER DEBRAIS LEARNED LOVE OF HOMELAND
JEUNE F.T.R.E. HE DIED FOR HER DECEMBER 14, 1943 UNDER THE ENEMY'S BULLETS HE WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD
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Friends of Brace? of the Croatian dragon, as a sign of recognition and significance for an invited patriot. Working this kuil over the shouldered door, rebuild the city of Zagreb. Architect Jurj Denzler
I have no information about Santa Lucia Bridge. Please contact me if you do.
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SANTA LUCIA BRIDGE BUILT IN THE 17TH
CENTENARY OF MARTYRDOM OF THE SYRACUSAN Patron Saint MAYOR LAWYER GIAMBATTISTA BUFARDECI E
ARCHBISHOP MGR. GIUSEPPE COSTANZO A. D. 2004
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EDUARDO DI GIOVANNI LIVED IN THIS HOUSE
1875 1979 INDEMITABLE BANNER OF CIVIL FREEDOM
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE JURIST, DISTINGUISHED PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER. THE SYRACUSAN MUNICIPALITY PLACED THIS SIGN AS AN IMPERITUAL REMEMBRANCE 1994
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On this spot was situated Cobley's Farm, where Charles Dickens lived in 1843 while writing 'Martin Chuzzlewit'. It is recorded that during his walks with Forster in the Finchley lanes hard by he conceived the immortal character of Mrs. Gamp.
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{top} Dr. Adam Doboszyński Senior (1839-1929): A lawyer, Galician politician, one of the founders of the Society of Folk Schools, publisher of 'Nowa Reforma,' and a councillor of the city of Kraków. {bottom} Engineer Adam Doboszyński Junior: Born in this house in 1904, he was a publicist, political activist, and ideologist of the National Movement. He was executed in Mokotów Prison in Warsaw on August 29, 1949, and rests in an unknown grave.
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In remembrance of the Rev. E. K. Douglas, Vicar of S. Mary of Eton, The Eton Mission.
Due largely to his initiative 337 acres of Hackney Marshes were acquired in 1890 as a perpetual open space for the people of London.
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Le Cateau, France 26th August 1914
On this day, the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, had lost four of their six howitzer guns in action. Driver Job Drain was one of the soldiers who volunteered to recover the last of the guns. Under intense fire and showing disregard for his own safety, he drove his team of horses within yards of the German lines, retrieving the last remaining gun thus preventing it from falling into enemy hands. For this act of bravery he received the Victoria Cross.
In memory of the sons and daughters of Barking and Dagenham who fell in the Great War.
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Le Cateau, France 26th August 1914
On this day, the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, had lost four of their six howitzer guns in action. Driver Job Drain was one of the soldiers who volunteered to recover the last of the guns. Under intense fire and showing disregard for his own safety, he drove his team of horses within yards of the German lines, retrieving the last remaining gun thus preventing it from falling into enemy hands. For this act of bravery he received the Victoria Cross.
In memory of the sons and daughters of Barking and Dagenham who fell in the Great War.
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Sir Francis Drake In 1581 Queen Elizabeth I commanded that Francis Drake's ship, The Golden Hinde, be drawn into a creek near here at Deptford as a perpetual memorial for having "circuited about the whole earth." On 4 April 1581, she banqueted on board the Golden Hind and "consecrated it with great ceremonie, pompe, and magnificence eternally to be remembered." And forthwith knighted Drake on his ship in recognition of the honouyr that he had brought to England by his discoveries and circumnavigation in the years 1577 - 1580. His achievements included discovery of open sea from Atlantic to Pacific below South America: opening of English trade in the Far East: and claim to the Western region of North America for England. Naming it Nova Albion (New England) and thereby linking it with claims to the east coast and encouraging subsequent colonization of the Eastern seaboard. Drake's voyage fostered the principle expressed by the Queen "That the VSE of the sea as of the Ayre is common to all. And that the publique necessitie permits not it should be possessed." Presented by The Drake Navigators Guild, California. Quadricentennial, 4 April 1981
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Adam Dulęba Chronicler and photographer of the Polish Legions, soldier of the Home Army. He lived in this house from 1900 to 1921. Murdered in the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in 1944. This plaque was placed by the City Council of Kraków and the Ś.Z.ŻA.K. Circle in Staszów in August 2002.
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Under auspices of our most gracious sovereign George III the sanction of His Majesty's government and the patronage of the East India Company these wet docks appropriated to the commerce of India and ships in that employ were accomplished in those eventful years MDCCCIV, MDCCCV, MDCCCVI the first stone being laid March IV, MDCCCIV. They were opened by the introduction of five ships from 1,200 to 800 tons with valuable cargoes.
On IV August MDCCCVI the grand undertaking in the laudable endeavours of the managing owners of ships in the company's service and the important national objects of increased security to property and revenue combined with improved accommodation, economy and despatch were thus early realised....
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Site of 400 Old Ford Road East London Federation of the Suffragettes' Women's Hall and Cost Price Restaurant. Sylvia Pankhurst & Norah Smyth lived here from 1914 - 1924.
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(according to London Remembers the Welsh translates as:) To the glory of God and in memory of Howell Powell Edwards who died on the 11th of March 1897 in his 71st year of age. Oxford Council Member and Canon of Llandaff Cathedral. A gentleman and a Welshman from Brecon.
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OPERATION TORCH FOR THE LIBERATION OF NORTH AFRICA and later 16 January 1944 - 6 June 1944 as supreme allied commander allied expeditionary force in conjunction with the commanders of the fighting services of the allied nations and the authorities in Washington and London he planned and launched OPERATION OVERLORD FOR THE LIBERATION OF NORTH WEST EUROPE
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November 2, 1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Republican Presidential nominee
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Esperance Bridge July 2021 Named by the children of the Kings Crsoss Academy, Esperance means hope, expectation and belief. The name is inspired by the Esperance Club (1895-1914), a pioneering social project for local sewing girls founded by the radical Suffragettes Mary Neal and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence.
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1869 - 1976 The Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark Baroness Evelina de Rothschild
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild
Lady Superintendent Alice Cross
Dr Arthur Farre MD FRCP FRS This plaque celebrates the founding of the Evelina Children's Hospital, which was built on this site in 1869. It commemorates the work of the founder, planners, doctors, nurses and staff, and all the generous benefactors and supporters during the hospital's first 107 years.
The hospital was founded by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in memory of the early deaths of his wife, Evelina, and their baby son. The hospital was planned by Dr Arthur Farre, obstetrician to Evelina and the royal family.
The chosen site, Southsea Court in Southwark, was in one of the poorest districts of London, where children were stricken with disease, serious infections and undernourishment leading to many deaths. This new model hospital uplifted the spirit of the people, bringing to a deprived district the hope of fighting the ravages of childhood diseases.
In 1976 the Evelina moved to Guy's Tower, Southwark, to unite with Guy's Hospital Children's Department. The old Evelina building was demolished and the area was converted into Mint Street Park.
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"Dined at my Lord Treasurers the Earl of Southampton in Blomesbury, where he was building a noble square or piazza, a little towne" John Evelyn's diary 1665
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(upper plaque) Honouring the bravery and sacrifice of Stephen Maynard of Poplar Fire Station who gave his life in the line of duty in Limehouse Basin, London. 25th January 1980
(lower plaque) In memory of Leading Fireman Stephen Maynard, who tragically lost his life fighting a fire aboard the M. V. Rudi M, berthed in Limehouse Basin on 25 January 1980.
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority
London Fire Brigade
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Croydon Road Recreation Ground 9th August 1902 Britain's First Public Airmail Flight Beckenham - Leeds Castle - Godmersham - Dover Pilots - M Auguste Eugine Gaudron Dr Francis Alexander Barton Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society
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First underground pilgrimage route God Bless in the Wieliczka Salt Mine opened on January 6, 2010 dedicated by Archbishop Metropolitan of Kraków Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz on behalf of the President of the Wieliczka Salt Mine S.A. Kajetan Dóbryna
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Leaside - Gateway to Fish Island
Funded through Leaside Regeneration Ltd SRB4 Programme - London Development Agency -
Tower Hamlets - Transport for London Street Management -
This project is being part-financed by the European Community European Regional Development Fund - Groundwork Hackney
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(according to London Remembers) This tablet commemorates the opening of this block of flats by Professor Sir Alexander Fleming, DSc, FRCP, FRCS, FRS. 2nd October 1948
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William Forsyth 1737-1804 Superintendent of these Gardens gave his name to the beautiful genus Forsythia specimens of which adorn this site
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United States Marines Pearl Harbor - Dedicated 10 November 2005 to Lt Colonel D R Fox and the eighty seven men of the Marine Detachment onboard the USS Arizona 7 December 1941 at 0755 - Born 10 July 1895 - Died 7 December 1941 - KIA aboard the USS Arizona in defense of Pearl Harbor
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JOÁO CARLOS FRAGA
23 Jun 1946 - 11 Jan 2017
Citizen of the World First Portuguese Surfer
Promoter of the 1st International Regatta for Horta Mocra of the OCC 1975 (Given rise to the Sea Week) Honorary Member of the Ocean Cruising Club Consultant to the Regional Directorate of Tourism for nautical activities Writer
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Our brethren of '76
To the memory of those masons who provided much of the inspiration, determination and leadership for the American Revolution that brought independence to the colonists and established a free nation under God in America. The high noon club of Dallas dedicates this tablet.
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To honour the memory of Admiral {illegible} and the Portuguese sailors under his command who died fighting side by side with the Maltese ... popular insurrection against French rule on the 2nd September 1798
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CARLOS FUENTES 1928-2012 WRITER AND AMBASSADOR OF MEXICO TO FRANCE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE FROM 1975 TO 1977. "THE ULTIMATE HOME OF A LATIN AMERICAN IS FRANCE."
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BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST 1945, A LARGE NUMBER OF SURVIVORS FROM PRISON CAMPS, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FORCED LABOR CAMPS, ALL VICTIMS OF NAZISM, WERE WELCOME ON THEIR RETURN IN ORSAY STATION, THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH CENTER OF REPATRIATION
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{left} FROM GARRETT TO TERCEIRA
I DIDN'T HAVE THE FORTUNE OF BEING BORN IN THAT CLOTH, BUT MY PARENTS BUT MY PARENTS. BUT MY HERITAGE BUT EVERYTHING THAT CONSTITUTES A MAN'S HOMELAND IS - MY MISSING TERCEIRA ISLAND ONE OF THE MOST NOBLE STANDARDS OF GLORIA PORT GUESA.
{centre}ALMEIDA GARRETT
THE MUNICIPALITY
GARRETT PROPOSES AND WRITES THE DECREE THAT GIVES ANGRA THE NAME
OF HEROISM
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FROM GARRETT TO TERCEIRA
MY ADOPTED HOMELAND, OUR ADDICTIVE AND PAMPINOUS ISLAND, QUIET AND HEALTHY IN THE RESTful SHADOW OF FALAS AND ORANGE TREES
YOUR TITLES
VERY NOBLE LOYAL
ANGRA ADDS THE DE
AND ALWAYS CONSTANT
I have no information about Gatehouse Square. Please contact me if you do.
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{top left} The Gatehouse Square development was designed by the Greater London Council for Southwark Council and constructed with funds provided by the Sea Containers Group. The pavement mosaics which decorate this square were designed and made by pupils from the following schools: Aylwin School, Snowsfields Primary School, St. James CofE Primary School, St. joseph's RC Primary School, George Row, Tower Bridge Primary School. The bronze figure 'Great oaks from little acorns grow' was sculptured by Brian Yale. {top right} This plaque was unveiled on 12th November 1987 by the Mayor Councillor Mrs Dorothy Winters to commemorate the social housing and nearby workshops which provide job opportunities for local people. These developments have been the result of the commitment of the local community, the Greater London Council and the London Borough of Southwark.
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The George and Devonshire, originally called The George, is a Grade II listed building, and has traded as a public house since the 1650's. It is the last pub still trading in what was Chiswick Village, the others having been demolished or closed down. The George and Devonshire has had generations of publicans over the years including John Howell Burden, the assistant purser of the Lusitania, aged 25, who was drowned when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 7th May 1915. Both are buried in Chiswick Graveyard. In the 18th century, smugglers used to row up the Thames with their contraband goods of rum and spirits and at a given signal pull over towards the huddle of fisher cottages between the river and the medieval church of St Nicholas. Somewhere among those tiny houses was the opening of a tunnel which led under the church to the George and Devonshire. There the boats would be unloaded and the goods carried up a secret passage, which led into the cellar. Evidence of this passageway can be seen today in the cellar of the George and Devonshire with two steps leading up to a bricked up doorway, facing towards the river!
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Golden Yard is derived from "Goulding" the family who dwelt in the Yard for about 200 years. The first copyhold grant of 20 Rods was made by the then Lord of the Manor of Hamstede Sir Robert Wroth to Henerye Gouldingy "by the Rod at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor by Fealty Suit of Court" in the last quarter of the 16th Century. The area was then largely a disused sand pit, the sand no doubt used in the expansion of Elizabethan London. Its upper boundary was along the east side of the now Holly Mount and its lower boundary along the then Cloth Hill, later called the High Road and finally Heath Street. The first cottage in which the Gouldings lived was No. 6 the yearly rental value of which was assessed in 1646 at £3. Henry Goulding was married at the Parish Church in 1574 to Agne Bolden and they had at least 6 children, the 3rd son Edward married at the age of 12 to a local girl Elizabeth Lacraft in 1601, at which time the population of Hampstead was under 200. Other residences were erected here by the Goulding family in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, by which time this was called "Goulding's Yard." An entry in 1758 gives the names of those entitled to use "the said Pump in the yard for water, the common necessary house and watercourses". The properties were sold in 1779 by Sarah Goulding (then a Mrs Brown) to John Bitton, upon whose death in 1822 and as directed in his Will the small estate was sold separately, his beneficiary living at that time in Benham Place close by. Compiled from the Manorial and other Rolls, Parish Church Register, old Title Deeds and Maps, 1960, E.R. Levett, 6 Golden Yard.
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John Michael Goldman 1938-2013 Professor Emeritus, Imperial College
The Catherine Lewis Centre was conceived by and built under the leadership of Professor John Goldman, who worked for over 40 years at the Hammersmith Hospital and dedicated his life to curing patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia and other haematological disorders. His legacy continues through this building, his colleagues and the thousands of patients who are alive today as a result of his work.
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Sir Daniel Gooch BARI DL JP 1816-1889 Cable laying and locomotive engineer lived in Clewer Park from 1839. These houses have his armorial bearings. Supt. Great Western Railway at 21 and Chairman 1886. Engineer SS Great Eastern laying the first Atlantic cables 1865 & 1866. Buried in Clewer.
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The George Green Association This clock was presented by members of the association, pupils and other friends of the school as a Centennial Memorial and in remembrance of the founder George Green
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Chalk Farm Station
Architect: Leslie Green 1907
The station opened on 22 June 1907 on the Golders Green branch of the Charing Cross, Edgware & Hampstead Railway, one of the lines that were part of the Underground Electric Railways of London (UERL) group. Formed by the flamboyant American financier Charles Tyson Yerkes, he was determined that the UERL stations should all have a similar look - an early "corporate identity". One way to do this was to use the same architect Leslie Green, for all the group's stations.
The station is a fine example of Green's architecture, a two storey structure with its multiple identical arches and the red glazed terracotta façade. It is believed to be the longest street frontage of the original stations. The terracotta was made by the Burmantofts Fireclay Company in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The station was designed as a 'plinth' that would allow the construction of a building above - this has never happened here. Inside the station, at street level, there are fine examples of the green "pomegranate" design relief tiles. Lower down, and at platform level is the red and cream ceramic tile design. Each of the UERL tube station platform designs had a unique coloured pattern tile design. This was intended to allow regular passengers to recognise their stop. The station, refurbished several times, still has many of the original design features.
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Chalk Farm Station
Architect: Leslie Green 1907
The station opened on 22 June 1907 on the Golders Green branch of the Charing Cross, Edgware & Hampstead Railway, one of the lines that were part of the Underground Electric Railways of London (UERL) group. Formed by the flamboyant American financier Charles Tyson Yerkes, he was determined that the UERL stations should all have a similar look - an early "corporate identity". One way to do this was to use the same architect Leslie Green, for all the group's stations.
The station is a fine example of Green's architecture, a two storey structure with its multiple identical arches and the red glazed terracotta façade. It is believed to be the longest street frontage of the original stations. The terracotta was made by the Burmantofts Fireclay Company in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The station was designed as a 'plinth' that would allow the construction of a building above - this has never happened here. Inside the station, at street level, there are fine examples of the green "pomegranate" design relief tiles. Lower down, and at platform level is the red and cream ceramic tile design. Each of the UERL tube station platform designs had a unique coloured pattern tile design. This was intended to allow regular passengers to recognise their stop. The station, refurbished several times, still has many of the original design features.
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This east wing of the south front of the Guildhall was restored in 1910 according to the original design and as built by George Dance RA in 1788.
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Knill, bart, Lord Mayor
F. G. Painter Esq Deputy Chairman City Land Committee
Sydney Perks FRIBA, FSA, Architect
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In gratitude to Crystal Hale, tireless campaigner & founder of The Islington Boat Club. The club has provided safe boating for thousands of youngsters on City Road Basin and now celebrates its 25th anniversary.
1970 - 1995
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Guests and neighbours, on the site of this guest-hall once stood the lecture-room of the Hammersmith Socialists. Drink a glass to the memory! May 1962.
- News from nowhere. William Morris.
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{Latin translated} Wise is he who looks ahead.
In recognition of the hospitality received on this hill during the 4 years 1942-1946 AD and of so many beneficiaries, the Council of Malvern College arranged for this clock to be installed in the year of our lord 1950.
Take with a grateful hand every hour that God gives you.
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Mary Seacole Trust: This plaque is to honour those healthcare workers who have dedicated themselves to aiding others in times of war, conflict and catastrophe throughout history 8th September 2017
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Ernies BeachThis stretch of the river foreshore is named afer local resident and community activist John Hearn (known as Ernie). This is in recognition of his work gaining appreciation of the Thames as an asset and amenity for London...
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A hospital for sick poor and lying-in women formed part of the Hebra Guemilut Hassadim established in 5425-1665 and was located on this site in front of the burial ground of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Association the first cemetery acquired by Jews after their re-settlement in this country. In 5507-1747 the hospital was established as a separate institution Beth Holim and is now used as a home for the aged. Re-erected to the glory of god
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The former resident
of this historic building,
the great fellow citizen
Petar Hektorovic 1487-1572
, patron of Slavic villas
and pioneer of artistic
Croatian literature.
On the occasion of the 350th anniversary of his death
in times of fought-for
national freedom
for the Stari Graders and the whole world. Built
on Trvdalj in a spirit of
unifying, joyful pride. August 20, 1922
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She said she comes from Iceland... I told her I was from the west
She took me to the snow-capped mountains ... then she put me through the test
We walked across the glacier, the horses stayed behind ... and as we laid between the frozen vallies .. we kissed for the very first time And now we're stuck together
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On this site stood the residence of The Hervey Family. Their house was completed in 1676 and occupied the following year by John Hervey. Treasurer to Queen Catherine of Braganza. Wife of King Charles II. In 1700 the property passed to his nephew also John Hervey who became Earl of Bristol in 1714. His descendants retained it until 1955. The house was demolished in 1958 and has been twice replaced. The present building was completed in 2014.
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Hidden River 1860s. The River Fleet runs under your feet. This subterranean stream flows from the Hampstead and Highgate ponds to the River Thames
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ALFONS MARIA HILI 1865-1943 WITH A MUSCLE MOUTH BROADCAST THE WORD OF GOD WITH GOOD WORKS OF WITNESSES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH GREAT BOALB LOVED HIS SPIRITUAL CHILDREN AS A PRIEST WAS THEIR SERVANT SING THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OM THE DEATH SAINT JOHN BOSCO HIS ORATORY WAS STOPPED BY DUN PAWL MICALLEF AS A DEPUTY IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MALTA
SPEAK FOR THEM AS ARCHPRIEST OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA HE LIVED WITH THEM AND WORKED AMONG THEM AND FROM THE CHURCH, PARISH OF SAINT GEORG WHERE THE GREAT BENEFACTOR AND WETTAO TO THE END HIS PASTORAL WORK GIVE THEM THE GOODNESS OF HEAVEN DIED ON DECEMBER 31, 1943
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This court is named after Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt. PC, GCB, 1786 -1869, created Baron Broughton 1851, who was Member of Parliament for Westminster from 1820 to 1833, for Nottingham from 1834 to 1847 & for Harwich from 1848 to 1851. He held several important offices of state, including those of Secretary of State for War and Chief Secretary for Ireland. In 1824 Sir John spoke at the first dinner of the Society of British Artists, whose galleries on Whitcomb Street have been kept and restored. He was appointed First Commissioner of Woods & Forests (the then title of the First Crown Estate Commissioner) in 1834. His close connection with the Crown Estate, with the City of Westminster & with the Society of British Artists is commemorated by the naming of this Court after him.
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{Postmarked 13 III 58}
Dear Mother & Dad, I haven't got any letters from you yet so I guess that if you wrote, they were lost. Jerry has had some from his mother so there shouldn't be any reason for them not being here unless they were lost. Everything is going fine here. We are back in London for a few days. Then we start back on the road again for the remainder of the tour. It shouldn't be too much longer until we are back in the states again. I don't know why, but in a foreign country I get a lot more what could be called homesick than I do in the states even though it actually isn't too much further away from home. I'll sure be glad to get back where I can call home and talk for a while every few days. I guess that's really what I miss. It's pretty hard to call from over here and costs a lot too. It seems you have to reserve your call a few days in advance or something like that. Well there's not too much else to say other than both shows tonight went real good. Almost unbelievably good because we usually do "not so good" the first show because our spirits are kind of low about that time of the evening. It's 2:00 A.M. Thur. here but it's just 8:00 P.M. Wed. there at home. Seems kinda funny doesn't it? Well, that's all for now. Love, Buddy P.S. Tell Larry, Trav, and Pat "hi" for me.
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At this place New Years Day 1881 were spoken these deathless words "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive" by Mr. Sherlock Holmes in greeting to John H. Watson, M.D. at their first meeting. The Baker Street Irregulars - 1953 by the amateur mendicants at the caucus club.
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Homenagem da Cidade do Funchal a Maria Aurora Carvalho Homem escritora, poeta, jornalista e dinamizadora cultural 26 de Septembro 2019 (Tribute from the City of Funchal to Maria Aurora Carvalho Homem writer, poet, journalist and cultural promoter 26th of September 2019)
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This building and its contents being a portion of a gift from Frederick John Horniman MP to the London County Council as representing the people of London, are dedicated to the public for ever as a free museum for their recreation, instruction & enjoyment. 1901
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From April to August 1945, in this hotel, then transformed into a reception centre, a large party of the survivors of the Nazi concentration camps were received. Happy to find freedom and the loved ones from whom they had been torn away.
Their joy could not erase the anguish and pain of the families of the thousands of missing people who waited in vain for their loved ones in these places.
40th anniversary of the liberation of the camps. May 21, 1985
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The house where I was born in the South American Pampas... W.H.Hudson. Hudson's Friends Society of Quilmes, near Buenos Aires, where the great writer was born on August 4th 1841, and where he spent his youth, has placed this bronze tablet at 40 Saint Luke's Road, London, the house in which Hudson lived his last years, and died on August 18th, 1922. The plaque was erected by Hudson's Friends Society of Quilmes in 1938 and adopted by the London County Council in the same year.
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Hugh Lupus, first Duke of Westminster, K.G., lessor to the Improved Industrial Dwellings Coy. Ltd. Of this and other buildings on his London estate accommodating nearly 4,000 persons of the working class, the friend and benefactor of his poorer brethren. Obit 1899.
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Hydraulic Power Dockland's Lifeblood
History
With the advent of the industrial revolution, the exports and imports of Victorian Britain caused the rapid early nineteenth century growth of the London docklands. Muscle and then steam provided the power to do everything from opening the lock gates to loading and unloading the vast warehouses flanking both banks of the Thames. However, fire was such a great risk that the insurance companies insisted on an alternative to steam. This problem was solved largely by the hydraulic inventions of Lord Armstrong of Newcastle, amongst which was the 'jigger' preserved here, which in this case was built by the Hydraulic Engineering Co. Ltd. of Chester in 1890. Hydraulic power was the lifeblood of the docklands.
Mechanics
Widely distributed and easily controllable high-pressure water was fed into the large cylinder. This pushed the piston up, forcing the sheaves apart such that 10cm (4") of silent piston movement gave 80cm (32") of chain movement over the wall crane to unload lighters or barges in the river below. For loading boats out of the warehouse, water was exhausted from the cylinder so that the weight of the piston and load descended by gravity. Two small jiggers control slew, the horizontal semi-rotation of the crane for reaching different cargo positions and swinging the loads into the warehouse doors on each floor served by the same crane. The jigger and crane could be controlled from any floor via a reach rod running up through the building.
The refurbishment of the jigger is part of a series of improvement projects by Taylor Woodrow Property Co. Ltd., owners of St Katharine Docks, with contributory funding from the Government Office for London Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund through an award by the Pool of London Partnership.
It can be seen going through its cycle by pressing the button once.
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The Totem was the British Columbia Indians's coat of arms. Totem poles are unique to the north west coast of B.C. and lower Alaska. They were carved from western red cedar and each carving tells of a real or mythical event. They were not idols nor were the worshipped. Each carving on each pole has a meaning. The eagle represents the kingdom of the air. The whale the lordship of the sea. The wolf, the genius of the land, and the frog, the transitional link between land and sea.
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Born in this house in Tezak in 1903 was the communist Jerko Ivanic member of the district committee. In 1942 he was arrested by the fascist occupiers and showed superhuman courage in the torments to which he was subjected. Died January 27 1942 in Split prison.
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Jacob, the Circle dray horse
The famous Courage dray horses were stabled on this site from the early nineteenth century and delivered beer around London from the brewery on Horselydown Lane by Tower Bridge.
In the sixteenth century the area became known as Horselydown, which derives from 'horse-lie-down', a description of working horses resting before crossing London Bridge into the City of London.
Jacob was commissioned by Jacobs Island Company and Farlane Properties as the centrepiece of the Circle to commemorate the history of the site. He was flown over London by helicopter into Queen Elizabeth Street to launch the Circle in October 1987.
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The Rorke's of Rorke's Drift Rorke's Drift was named after James Rorke who settled here with his wife Sarah in 1849 to farm and trade. During the 26 years James spent here until his death in 1875, he became actively involved within the community. He was the Government Border Agent, Justice of the Peace and First Lieutenant in the Buffalo Border Guard. He became well known amongst the Zulu. They called this place "Kwa Jimu" (Jim's Place). Rorke broke down the steep banks of the Mzinyathi (Buffalo) River, where it was easiest to cross, to improve travel between Natal and Zululand. This became known as Rorke's Drift.
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These Almshouses were erected & built at y sole & proper cost & charges of James Smyth Esquior. citizen & salter of London in y year of our lord 1659
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Clive James born 1939. In Sydney Harbour...the yachts will be racing on the crushed diamond water under a sky the texture of powdered sapphires. It would be churlish not to concede that the same abundance of natural blessings which gave us the energy to leave has every right to call us back. UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS (1980). Born in Sydney, Clive James settled in London in the early 1960s and became known as a TV and literary critic, poet, novelist and broadcaster. NSW Ministry for the Arts Writers Walk
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Jasper Information Centre This building is one of the finest and most influential examples of rustic architecture in Canada's national parks. Designed by A.M. Calderon and completed in 1914, it introduced a building tradition based on the use of local construction materials, in this case cobblestone and timber. The facility originally housed park administration offices, a museum, and living quarters for the park superintendent. As the first major building in the townsite, it helped to define the character of Jasper's early development and provided a conspicuous landmark that greeted park visitors upon their arrival by train.
I have no information about Petar Jelusic. Please contact me if you do.
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This is where the youth Jelusic Petar
was killed by gendarmes in 1928 . Committee for the Promotion of the Tradition of the National Liberation War, Stari Grad 1978
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Place of meditation upon the martyrdom of 65 thousand Polish citizens of Jewish nationality from Kraków and its environs killed by the Nazis during World War II.
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The roll of honour John Kidd & Co Ltd.
In memory of those who gave their lives in the World War 1939 - 1945 their name liveth for evermore.
Baines Alfred J Lieut Essex Reg May 1940 France
Black William E Bombadier RA Sept 1944 Malaya
Fisher Joseph Pte RAMC Dec 1944 Italy
Greenaway Stanley F Gunner RA Jan 1943 Singapore
Hawkins Edward L Pte Cambs Feb 1942 Singapore
Richards George F Caretaker Sept 1940 London
Richards Ann Mary his wife Sept 1940 London
Tenwick William J E Able Seaman RN June 1944 At Sea
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This plaque, erected by London Underground Ltd, is dedicated to the memory of Ian Jones MIMechE 25th February 1948 - 4th May 2003 He was greatly admired colleague and friend.
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Henryk Jordan Born July 23, 1842 - Died May 16, 1907 Doctor of Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics Pioneer of Physical Education for Youth, Founder of the First Jordan Park in Kraków
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He lived in this house Prof Dr Ljudevit Jurak The founder of human and animal pathology in Croatia for witnessing the truth about the mass graves in Katynska Suma and Vinica shot in June 1945.
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On November 22nd 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth president of the United States, visited Dallas. A presidential parade traveled north on Houston Street to Elm Street and west on Elm Street. As the parade continued on Elm Street at 12:30 p.m., rifle shots wounded the President and Texas Governor John Connally. Findings of the Warren Commission indicated that the rifle shots were fired from a sixth floor window near the southeast corner of the Texas School Book Depository building, Elm and Houston, a block north of this marker. President Kennedy expired at Parkland Memorial Hospital at 1:00 p.m. The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Plaza is nearby, bounded by Main, Record, Market and Commerce Streets.
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Designed by the eminent Architect Maxwell Fry in 1937, Kensal House was hailed at the time as the first "modern" housing scheme in Britain.
Kensal House forged new frontiers for social housing in several innovative ways. Built by the Gas, Light and Coke Company to house its work force and their families, it was the British attempt to produce a self-contained and self-supporting community. With its own nursery and residents social club, containing sewing rooms and workshops, the fame of Kensal House spread far and wide.
Kensal House was also built as a practical demonstration of the economic use of gas, the comprehensive use of which throughout the flats was included in the weekly rent of 11s 6d.
Kensal House is now a Grade II Listed Building and in 1991/1992 was provided with much needed environmental and security improvements with monies provided under the Governments "Estate Action" programme and by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Ten years later, modernisation works were carried out in 2001/02 funded by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. These works provided residents with new double glazed windows, new kitchens, new insulated roofs and large scale concrete repairs were undertaken to the building structure.
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The arch designed by Wm. Kent c.1750, came here from Northumberland House on the Embankment into the garden of Tudor House, demolished to form the park in 1900. It was renovated in 1997 to form this gateway funded by Tesco plc.
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Warrant to Execute Kinge Charles the First AD 1648 At the high court of Justice for the tryinge and judging of Charles Steuart Kinge of England January XXIXth Anno Dni 1648 Whereas Charles Steuart Kinge of England is and standeth convicted aitaynted and condemned and other high Crymes, ANd Sentence uppon Saturday last pronounced against him by this Court to be putt to death by the severinge of his head from his body. Of wch sentence execution yet remayneth to be done, these are therefore to will and require you to see the said sentence executed so the open street before Whitehall uppon the morrow being the This Day of this instante month of January betweene the hours of tenn in the morninge and five in the afternoone of the same day with full effect And for so doing this shall be yet sufficient warrant And there are to require All Officers and Soudiers and other good people of the Nation of England to be offeringe unto you in this service given under our hands and Sealed.
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Near this spot on 27th April 1646 King Charles I, when fleeing from Oxford with two companions on his way to surrender to the Scottish Army at Southwell, rested to take a last look at London and to water his horses at the spring which still runs below and has ever since been called King Charles's Well.
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In commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of His Majesty King George V This reach of the river beweeen London Bridge and Westminster Bridge was with His Majesty's gracious permission named by The Port of London Authority "King's Reach"
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This office was officially opened by His Majesty King Mswati III on the 6th of May 1995 on the occasion of the commemoration of the victory in Europe
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Near this place is interred Theodore King of Corsica who died in this parish Dec 11 1756, immediately after leaving the Kings Bench Prison by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, in consequence of which he registered his Kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors.
The grave, great teacher, to a level brings
Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings,
But Theodore this moral learn'd ere dead:
Fate poured its lessons on his living head,
Bestow'd a kingdom, and denied him bread.
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1400-2014. To Vladislav King of Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania Founder and Most Exceptional Benefactor of the University of Kraków.
Jagiellonian University
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TO JOIN MEAKKAR THAT THIS PLACE SERVED AS IS BAI LA NAZIONALE'S FIRST CLUB TODAY KING'S OWN
KNOWN BY THE PEOPLE
TALLISTED
WHEN IT HAPPENED IN 1874
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George Strickland Kingston 1807-1880 Engineer, Architect & Statesman G.S. Kingston arrived in SOuth AUstralia in 1836, employed as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel William Light and later became Government Architect. He was an early landowner at Lacepede Bay where on January the seventh 1858 he surveyed the first township, later named KINGSTON by Governor McDonnell. Five streets were named after his family: Charles, Cameron, Gough, Strickland and Holland. Kingston's name is also commemorated by the Hundred of Kingston, Mount Kingston and Kingston Park, a suburb of Adelaide. Despite his strong republican outlook he accepted a knighthood in 1870 for services to South Australia which included being a member of the Legislative Council and Speaker in the House of Assembly for many years. Locally he remained a generous benefactor.
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Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 Sydney ... was populated by leisured multitudes all in their shirt-sleeves and all picknicking all the day. They volunteered that they were new and young, but would do wonderful things some day. SOMETHING OF MYSELF (1937) Rudyard Kipling visited Sydney in 1891. A prolific writer of verse and stories including the two volumes of The Jungle Book, he had a strong influence on Australian poets like 'Banjo' Paterson. NSW Ministry for the Arts Writers Walk
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Edmund Klemensiewicz 1839 - 1916
Graduate of the Jagiellonian University Esteemed notary, President of the Notary Chamber, Patriot dedicated to activities for the country and society, Insurgent of 1863, exiled to Siberia, Deputy to the National Parliament, Distinguished City Councillor of Kraków.
He donated this house to serve as the headquarters of the Society of Folk Schools
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Colonel Goran Kliskic, the hero of the homeland defensive war, was born and lived in this house. The first commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 4th Guards Brigade of the National Guard
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In the year 1775, lived in this house Tadeusz Kosciuszko at that time Captain of the Cadet Corps. This plaque was founded by ... in 1946 in place of the previous one destroyed by the Germans
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Kossuth 1802-1894 Here on March 30, 1852 Louis Kossuth Governor of Hungary Leader of the 1848 revolution Addressed the citizens of New Orleans Hungarians of Louisiana, Arpadhon and Hungarians Worldwide 2002
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The remains of the inscription indicate that this building was once a house of study for a Torah group who conducted Talmud lessons for the adult members of the Jewish community.
The inscription within the Shields of David indicates, according to the Jewish calendar, that the group was founded in 1810 (right) and that the building was renovated in 1912 (left).
In 1773 the building was damaged by fire, and was only renovated in the first half of the 19th century. During renovation it was converted into the group's learning centre for Talmudic studies, which previously operated from 6 Esther Street, in the Jewish quarter. The building was renovated again in 1912.
The acronym ח"ק stands for 'חברה קדושה' (Holy Society), a common name for voluntary organizations engaged in activities related to observing the Jewish commandments within the Jewish community.
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The remains of the inscription indicate that this building was once a house of study for a Torah group who conducted Talmud lessons for the adult members of the Jewish community.
The inscription within the Shields of David indicates, according to the Jewish calendar, that the group was founded in 1810 (right) and that the building was renovated in 1912 (left).
In 1773 the building was damaged by fire, and was only renovated in the first half of the 19th century. During renovation it was converted into the group's learning centre for Talmudic studies, which previously operated from 6 Esther Street, in the Jewish quarter. The building was renovated again in 1912.
The acronym ח"ק stands for 'חברה קדושה' (Holy Society), a common name for voluntary organizations engaged in activities related to observing the Jewish commandments within the Jewish community.
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In this building the German occupiers set up in the years 1939 - 1944 the so-called Transitional Labour Camp where thousands of Poles were imprisoned and then sent to Germany. Here the prisoners were starved and tortured, and many of them were cruelly murdered. In eternal memory of the German violence, this plaque was placed by the Municipal Administration in 1946.
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The Croatian author, Miroslav Krleza was born in this house on July 7 1893. He died on December 29, 1891. A memorial plaque was placed by the Croatian Academy of Sciences of Intelligence, the Association of Croatian Authors
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Aware of the significance of the heroic mission of disabling the empire of evil through the intellect and will of a lone soldier, we establish this monument to Colonel Ryszard Kukliński.
{on the reverse} No statutory law, no oath, no threat can hold back the human conscience (Josef Tuschner). Colonel Ryszard Kukliński was the first Polish officer in NATO. He served Poland well (Zbigniew Brzezinski)
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To Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, Polish diplomat, soldier, and founder of the first Viennese coffeehouse in 1684. The commemoration of the 325th anniversary of this historical event
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His childhood was spent in this house Rajmund Kupareo 1914 - 1996 Dominican, philosopher, writer, composer and Chilean academician. Built
by the people of Vrboska on the anniversary of his birthday .
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THE ILLUSTRIOUS AND REVERED MONSIGNOR BISHOP OF MALTA BROTHER DON VINCENZO LABINI GRANTS 40 DAYS OF INDULGENCE TO THOSE WHO DEVOTELY RECITE A PATER AVE REQUIEM IN SUFFRAGE OF THE SOULS OF THE POOR DEAD
AS PER DECREE 5. OCTOBER 1789.
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{above}IN MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS SCHOOL DEPORTED FROM 1942 TO 1944 FOR BEING BORN JEWS, INNOCENT VICTIMS OF NAZI BARBARISM AND THE VICHY GOVERNMENT. THEY WERE EXTERMINATED IN THE DEATH CAMPS.
MORE THAN 700 OF THESE CHILDREN LIVED IN THE 18th ARONDISSEMENT.
LET'S NEVER FORGET THEM
{below}Yvonne Le Tac (1882 - 1957) Former principal of this school. Resistant deported.
January 27, 2005
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Hereabouts on the 19th March in 1689 David Leslie, Earl of Leven, raised a Regiment of Foot in the space of two hours for the defence of the City. To commemorate this act and also the gallant behaviour of the new Regiment at the Battle of Killiecrankie some months later, the City Magistrates conferred upon LEVEN'S Regiment the unique right of recruiting by beat of drum in the City and of marching through the City at any time with drums beating, colours flying and bayonets fixed: the Regiment, later titled the 25th Edinburgh Regiment of Foot, is now known as THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS and frequently exercises this privilege
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This is the place where 360 members of the Navy Women Battalion had 19 trials in 1992 for the defence of the motherland in front of the commander, Admiral Svete Letice
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In memory of the leaders of the local scout groups that cared for the scout memorial.
Skipper Gandolfi, 1904 - 1990.
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And Kim Mayo, 1907 - 1999.
Kim inspired the research that gave FONC the Leysdown tragedy and the memorial that now marks the boys grave.
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ON AUGUST 20, 1944, AT DAWN, THE RESISTANCE OCCUPY THE TOWN HALL FOR THREE DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS THEY RESISTED THE ENEMY ASSAULTS.
ON AUGUST 23,THE PARISIAN LIBERATION COMMITTEE IS INSTALLED. ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 24, THE FIRST SOLDIERS OF THE LECLERC DIVISION ARRIVE ON THE SCENE. ON AUGUST 25, 1944, PARIS WAS LIBERATED. THE BULLET IMPACTS ON THE FACADE OF THE TOWN HALL TESTIFY TO THESE FIGHTS
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Lighthouse Cape L'Agulhas This lighthouse sited on the most dangerous part of the South African coast was completed in 1849 at an approximate cost of £12,000. It is the second oldest lighthouse in South Africa.
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Livingstone House This house was placed by the Sultan Seyyid Majid at the disposal of the famous explorer David Livingstone for some weeks when fitting out his last expedition to the mainland in 1866. It later became the property of Ethnasheri Khoja Indian community who used it as a rest house and as a place of religious meetings and became known as Sonabach. In 1947 the government purchased and renovated it for use as laboratories for scientific research and living quaters (sic). It now houses the Zanzibar Tourist Corporation head office.
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London Bridge 1825 - 1967 These granite slabs are coping stones from the former London Bridge which was dismantled in 1967 and re-erected in Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA. Designed by John Rennie, the bridge was opened in 1831 and has since featured in many films and books including those of Charles Dickens. Substantial parts of the abutments and walls still remain and are preserved as part of the fabric of the new bridge, where two large granite stair chambers (including 'Nancy's steps') still exist as part of the original Rennie southern vault. Southwark Heritage Association - Southwark Heritage - alive today, working with Transport for London.
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London Coliseum
Home of English National Opera since 1968, The London Coliseum, opened in 1904, was originally conceived as a variety theatre, Sir Oswald Stoll wanted a revolving dome to top his sumptuous theatre, but this being deemed illegal, he settled instead for the flashing electric lights familiar today.
Theatreland - Heart of the Performing Arts in London
A joint venture by the City of Westminster and the Society of West End Theatre
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Lyric Theatre
Built by C.J. Phipps, the Lyric Theatre opened in 1888, with the comic opera 'Dorothy' and has since developed a tradition of drama, light comedy and popular musicals, the great Italian actress Eleonora Duse made her debut here in 'Camille' in 1893
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In the years 1940 - 1972 lived and worked here Feliks Mlynarski 1884 - 1972 outstanding Polish economist and banker, vice president of Bank Polski, S.A., chairman of the financial committee of the League of Nations during the occupation period, with the consent of the Polish government in exile, president of the Bank of Issue in Poland.
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{top left} In 1940 the sinister shadow of Fascism spilled across Europe and into North Africa. Malta, under the protection of Great Britain, found herself alone in a hostile Mediterranean 800 miles from her nearest allies in Gibraltar and Alexandria. Besieged by enemies Malta became a fulcrum on which the fate of the war balanced for the next three years. If Malta fell the rest of North Africa would follow, opening the door to the oil fields of the Middle East and for the Axis Powers to join in Asia and threaten India. The allies knew this. So did the Axis Powers. Malta, besieged, became and remains the most bombed place in the history of War.
Supplied only by Sea, at great cost, Malta was defended not only by her own people but by forces drawn from the whole free world. Fighter aircraft delivered by the American and Royal Navies were piloted by Britons, Canadians, Australians, and New Zealanders. Convoys crewed by British, American and Commonwealth seamen were supported by the free forces of Greece, the Netherlands, and Poland. Free Norwegians added their merchant fleet to the Allied cause. In April 1942 King George VI awarded to the People of Malta the George Cross, the highest decoration for civilian courage and heroism.
By summer 1942 only weeks of food remained and the Allies mounted operation Pedestal as a last attempt to save Malta. After a five-day running battle the Convoy's four remaining merchant vessels and the immortal Tanker Ohio, all that was left of the fourteen that set out, entered Grand Harbour. The date was 15th August, 1942, the feast of Santa Maria. The siege was broken; within months North Africa was retaken and the first steps of European liberation begun.
This stone taken from Malta, was presented by the Maltese Government on the 60th Anniversary of the end of Second World War to commemorate all who participated in the siege and defence of Malta, 1940-43.
Placed by the George Cross Island Association, 15th August 2005.
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SALUTE TO THE THOUSANDS OF MALTESE WHO MOVED TO LIVE IN A FOREIGN LAND DURING THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
DELEGATES OF MALTESE CONVENTIONS ABROAD JANUARY 28-FEBRUARY 1, 2000
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13 DECEMBER 1974 MALTA IS PROUD THAT ITS PARLIAMENT WITH A LARGE MAJORITY CONSIDERS IT A REPUBLIC
BEST EVER TO GET FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN HER GRACE