TOPICS : NATIONAL EVENTS & FAMOUS PEOPLE
CHURCHILL : Our greatest Prime Minister
THE SOMME : 1st July 1916; The art of World War I or II
70 YEARS OF THE NHS: In good health?
LONDON: The Austere 1950s; The Swinging 1960's
RATIONING ON THE HOME FRONT WORLD WAR II
ANIMALS IN WORLD WAR II
ANNIE BESANT & THE MATCH GIRLS STRIKE. The women struck a match that lit up
the east end.
FAMOUS VICTORIAN WOMEN or NURSE EDITH CAVELL.
ELIZABETH I: Gloriana amongst her courtiers.
WELLINGTON & WATERLOO 1815: a close run thing.
NELSON & TRAFALGAR 1805: England expects that..
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT 1605: Remember, remember the 5th of..
INVASION. THE ROMANS 43AD or THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS 1066.
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND: CHARLES DICKENS. His early life in London: The Thames, London Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield..
GREAT AUTHOURS: OSCAR WILDE, CONAN DOYLE, JANE AUSTEN, HG WELLS, ROBERT L STEVENSON or KIPLING.
GREAT ENGINEERS: BRUNEL- God's Wonderful Railway;
STEPHENSON- Rocketman; or BAZALGETTE built London's sewers.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851 or LONDON IN THE 1850s.
REGENT STREET- created in the 1820s for retail therapy.
LONDON IN THE 1880s. Hard work, poverty & street life.
JACK THE RIPPER. Murder & Fear stalked the east end.
THE CLEVELAND STREET SCANDAL 1888. A Victorian rent-boy ring? Disgusting!
The guilty rich allowed to escape? Definitely!
JOSEPH MERRICK- THE ELEPHANT MAN- was rescued from a very sad life.
THE DOCK STRIKE 1889 for the docker's tanner.
THE NAUGHTY 1890s? or EDWARDIAN LIFE 1900-14.
THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET 1911. terrorism on London's sreets.
THE DREYFUS AFFAIR 1894: J'Accuse! Lies, cover-ups & courage.
DEAR DIARY: SAMUEL PEPYS faced gall stones, plague & fire.
18th CENTURY LONDON: bawdy, opulent & crude.
STAND & DELIVER/STAGECOACHING. Dick Turpin &16 String Jack were defeated so we could travel safely by coach.
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE 1720. Buy - The Mother of all Frauds - Sell!.
BETWEEN THE WARS 1919-39 or THE BATTLE OF CABLE STREET, 1936.
THE REAL McCOY: FAMOUS BLACK HEROES.
HORATIO BOTTOMLEY MP. What a crook & fraud. Not like today!
CHAUCER: A POET’S TALE OF THE 14th CENTURY.
SUFFRAGETTES: Votes For Women!
CECIL RHODES: Diamonds, Africa, Empire. A very divisive figure.
CHURCHILL : Our greatest Prime Minister
THE SOMME : 1st July 1916; The art of World War I or II
70 YEARS OF THE NHS: In good health?
LONDON: The Austere 1950s; The Swinging 1960's
RATIONING ON THE HOME FRONT WORLD WAR II
ANIMALS IN WORLD WAR II
ANNIE BESANT & THE MATCH GIRLS STRIKE. The women struck a match that lit up
the east end.
FAMOUS VICTORIAN WOMEN or NURSE EDITH CAVELL.
ELIZABETH I: Gloriana amongst her courtiers.
WELLINGTON & WATERLOO 1815: a close run thing.
NELSON & TRAFALGAR 1805: England expects that..
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT 1605: Remember, remember the 5th of..
INVASION. THE ROMANS 43AD or THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS 1066.
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND: CHARLES DICKENS. His early life in London: The Thames, London Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield..
GREAT AUTHOURS: OSCAR WILDE, CONAN DOYLE, JANE AUSTEN, HG WELLS, ROBERT L STEVENSON or KIPLING.
GREAT ENGINEERS: BRUNEL- God's Wonderful Railway;
STEPHENSON- Rocketman; or BAZALGETTE built London's sewers.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851 or LONDON IN THE 1850s.
REGENT STREET- created in the 1820s for retail therapy.
LONDON IN THE 1880s. Hard work, poverty & street life.
JACK THE RIPPER. Murder & Fear stalked the east end.
THE CLEVELAND STREET SCANDAL 1888. A Victorian rent-boy ring? Disgusting!
The guilty rich allowed to escape? Definitely!
JOSEPH MERRICK- THE ELEPHANT MAN- was rescued from a very sad life.
THE DOCK STRIKE 1889 for the docker's tanner.
THE NAUGHTY 1890s? or EDWARDIAN LIFE 1900-14.
THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET 1911. terrorism on London's sreets.
THE DREYFUS AFFAIR 1894: J'Accuse! Lies, cover-ups & courage.
DEAR DIARY: SAMUEL PEPYS faced gall stones, plague & fire.
18th CENTURY LONDON: bawdy, opulent & crude.
STAND & DELIVER/STAGECOACHING. Dick Turpin &16 String Jack were defeated so we could travel safely by coach.
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE 1720. Buy - The Mother of all Frauds - Sell!.
BETWEEN THE WARS 1919-39 or THE BATTLE OF CABLE STREET, 1936.
THE REAL McCOY: FAMOUS BLACK HEROES.
HORATIO BOTTOMLEY MP. What a crook & fraud. Not like today!
CHAUCER: A POET’S TALE OF THE 14th CENTURY.
SUFFRAGETTES: Votes For Women!
CECIL RHODES: Diamonds, Africa, Empire. A very divisive figure.