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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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姜、蒜、葱 Ginger, garlic and spring onions
Nina Mingya Powles felt adrift in the UK, living thousands of miles from home. But nurturing familiar tastes and smells in her tiny balcony garden helped her roots begin to grow.
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Monument to Sir Hans Sloane in Chelsea, London. Etching, ca. 1830.
Date: 1830Reference: 571835i- Pictures
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Monument to Sir Hans Sloane in Chelsea Old Church, London. Etching, ca. 1830.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 571837i- Books
Urban air pollution, 1973-1980 / prepared in cooperation with the Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre, Chelsea College, University of London, London, England.
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The Chelsea Physic Garden, London: two men at work in a laboratory drying and sorting seeds for research on medicinal herbs. Photograph, 1921.
Date: 1921Reference: 565684i- Pictures
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The Royal Hospital, Chelsea; and the Rotunda at Ranelagh: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Coloured engraving.
Maurer, John, 1696?-1761.Date: 1744Reference: 20604i