Stories
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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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Pepys and the plague
Through its long history, London has survived some enormous epidemics. During the 1665 Great Plague of London, the city burned, shops closed, the streets emptied and bodies piled up. Read Samuel Pepys’s account of how the city pulled through.
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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
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Parks and politics in Brixton’s past and present
Gentrification is creeping along Railton Road, but racial inequality still lingers in memories of the 1980s, and in the continuing lack of green-space access.
Catalogue
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Dartford, looking north from Highfield Road.
Beales, David, 1954-Date: 1998Reference: 3313125i- Pictures
Kidbrooke skyline.
Beales, David, 1954-Date: 2001Reference: 3312981i
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A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1847Reference: 25972iPart of: The bottle- Pictures
Cotmandene.
Beales, David, 1954-Date: 2001Reference: 3312972i- Pictures
The cafe.
Beales, David, 1954-Date: 2001Reference: 3313100i