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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Navigating in a connected world
Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.
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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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The girl with no name
When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.
Catalogue
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Report of the Committee of the Eastern District Hospitals and ambulance station, for the year 1882.
Eastern District Fever Hospital (London, England)Date: 1883- Books
Report of the Committee for the Eastern Hospitals and ambulance station, for the year 1883.
Eastern Fever Hospital (London, England)Date: 1884- Archives and manuscripts
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Group photographs, including 16th Field Ambulance in France; 17th Field Ambulance; 28th Motor Ambulance Convoy, Rawalpindi, India; drivers at Rubery Hospital; and staff of Pembroke Dock Military Hospital, Connaught Hospital, 4th London General Hospital and 4th Northern General Hospital; and Christmas card with photographs of 24th Casualty Clearing Station on the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1916
Date: 1916Reference: RAMC/801/22/19Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
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Prints and negatives relating to period from First Battle of Ypres to the following summer, Northern France
Date: October 1914-June 1915Reference: AML/2Part of: Martin Leake, Arthur- Archives and manuscripts
Whittingham, Sir Harold E., 1887-1983, Air Marshal
Whittingham, Harold E., Sir.Date: 1904-1983Reference: PP/HEW