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The child whose town rejected vaccines

Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.

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Milk trails round Euston

Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.

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Doctors and the English seaside

Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.

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Graveyards as green getaways

Stressed city dwellers have been visiting cemeteries in greater numbers since the start of the pandemic. Discover how, despite the constant reminders of death, graveyards bring visitors a sense of renewal.

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  • Cape Town, South Africa: The docks at Cape Town. Photograph by George Washington Wilson, 1896.
  • The Dust Heaps, Somers Town, 1836.
  • Ink sketch of Farmer Peck's refreshment station, on the road from Simon's Town to Cape Town, South Africa 1844.
  • King William's Town, South Africa: part of the town. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Simon's Town, South Africa: part of town, sea and hills. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Map of St. Pancras in 1833 showing Parish Boundaries. From a map in the possession of the Town Clerk's Department, Town Hall, St. Pancras.
  • A street in Old Town, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Free confidential voluntary counselling & testing (VCT) / City of Cape Town.
  • Man in turban in Old Town, Karachi, India. Photograph, 1897.
  • Sketches from a smallpox epidemic in Cape Town. Wood engraving.
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